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Season 12 of Keeping Up with the Kardashians commenced this weekend and it seems no topic is off-limits as the girls discussed Lamar Odom and his near-fatal overdose, Kourtney and Scott’s very public breakup, Kylie’s boyfriend Tyga, and even #BlacRob.
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Later in the episode, Khloé is off on her press tour in NYC for her new book, Strong Looks Better Naked, and receives a series of angry texts from Caitlyn Jenner concerning an interview. Khloé had gone on the Howard Stern Show and discussed her issues with Caitlyn’s transition, which didn’t go over well with the 66-year-old. An irate Khloé calls Kris and freaks out claiming that she was done with Caitlyn.
“Mom can you handle this?,” the 31-year-old asks Kris. “She can tell me to f— off all she wants, I don’t have a relationship with her. I’m done.”
Later, Kris tries to smooth things over between the two, and calls Caitlyn.
“This is not intentional, you’re making this so hard,” Kris tearfully tells Caitlyn. “You were her father. You were her dad since she was five years old. Give her a break.”
Click here for more on this season’s premiere episode and tune into E! every Sunday at 9 p.m. EST to keep up with the krew.
