49 Fun Facts About Kardashians

On which cable network did Keeping Up with the Kardashians air from 2007 to 2021?

E! aired Keeping Up with the Kardashians from October 2007 until June 2021, and the show became the cable network's flagship series and its most lucrative franchise.

Which TV host and producer came up with the premise for Keeping Up with the Kardashians?

Ryan Seacrest developed the show through Ryan Seacrest Productions with The Osbournes in mind, making it with Bunim/Murray Productions, the company behind The Real World.

How many seasons of Keeping Up with the Kardashians were made?

Twenty seasons aired between the October 14, 2007 premiere and the June 20, 2021 finale, making it one of the longest-running reality series in the US.

On which streaming service did the family's follow-up series The Kardashians premiere in April 2022?

The Kardashians premiered on Hulu on April 14, 2022, after the family signed a multi-year exclusive global content deal with Disney in December 2020.

What was the name of the fashion boutique the three eldest Kardashian sisters opened in Calabasas?

The store spawned its own spin-off, Dash Dolls, and gave the family its first business outside Kris's management work.

Which of these was the FIRST spin-off of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, premiering in 2009?

Kourtney and Kim Take Miami premiered on August 16, 2009 as Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami, the first spin-off, and was retitled when Kim replaced Khloé for its third season in 2013.

The Kardashian family's ancestors emigrated to America from which ethnic background?

The Kardashians are of Armenian descent: Robert Kardashian's forebears were ethnic Armenians from Karakale, a village near Kars, who emigrated to Los Angeles in 1913.

Robert Kardashian, the family patriarch, was famous before the show as a defence attorney for whom?

O.J. Simpson: Robert Kardashian, a friend since their USC days in the late 1960s, renewed his attorney's licence to join Simpson's defence team at the 1995 murder trial.

Which trade publication did Robert Kardashian co-found in 1973 and sell for a large profit in 1979?

Radio & Records, a music-industry trade publication, was co-founded by Robert Kardashian in 1973 and sold in 1979; he later founded Movie Tunes, which played music in cinemas.

In what year did Robert Kardashian die of oesophageal cancer?

He was diagnosed in July 2003 and died that September, four years before the show made his children famous.

What was Kris Jenner's maiden name?

Houghton: born Kristen Mary Houghton in San Diego in 1955, she was the daughter of Robert Houghton and Mary Jo, who ran a children's clothing store in La Jolla.

Before her marriage to Robert Kardashian, Kris worked for a year in which job?

Kris worked as a flight attendant for American Airlines in 1976, before marrying Robert Kardashian in 1978; she later ran her own production company, Jenner Communications.

In which year did Kris and Robert Kardashian divorce?

The divorce was finalised in March 1991, and Kris married Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner that April; Kendall and Kylie followed in 1995 and 1997.

What is the name of Khloé Kardashian's daughter, born in April 2018?

True Thompson was born on April 12, 2018 in Cleveland, where her father Tristan Thompson was playing for the Cavaliers; Khloé's son Tatum followed in 2022.

Caitlyn Jenner won Olympic gold in the men's decathlon at which Games?

Montreal 1976: Jenner won the decathlon with a world-record 8,618 points, and Wheaties-box fame as 'an all-American hero' followed.

Which reality series, running 2015-16, followed Caitlyn Jenner's gender transition?

I Am Cait ran for two seasons in 2015 and 2016, following Jenner's life after she came out as a trans woman in June 2015 on a Vanity Fair cover.

Where did Caitlyn Jenner finish in California's 2021 gubernatorial recall election?

She finished 13th of 46 replacement candidates with about one percent of the vote as a Republican, and was later hired as a Fox News contributor.

Kim Kardashian's 2011 marriage to which NBA player lasted just 72 days?

Kris Humphries, then a New Jersey Nets forward, married Kim on August 20, 2011; she filed for divorce on October 31, citing irreconcilable differences.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West married on May 24, 2014 in which Italian city?

Florence: the ceremony took place at the Forte di Belvedere overlooking the city, after West proposed on her 33rd birthday at San Francisco's AT&T Park the previous October.

What are the names of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's four children?

North was born in 2013, Saint in 2015, Chicago in 2018 and Psalm in 2019.

Kim Kardashian founded which shapewear company in 2019, valued at more than $4 billion by 2023?

Skims was co-founded with Jens and Emma Grede in 2019; it became the NBA's official underwear partner in 2023 and was valued at $4 billion that July.

Kim Kardashian's beauty and fragrance lines, launched in 2017 and shut in 2022, used which initials?

KKW Beauty launched in June 2017 and KKW Fragrance that November; both were wound down by 2022, when Kim relaunched her skincare as SKKN by Kim.

What was the title of Kim Kardashian's 2015 coffee-table book of self-portraits?

Selfish, published by Rizzoli in May 2015, collected hundreds of her selfies; Kimoji was her emoji app from the same year and Kardashian Konfidential the sisters' 2010 book.

Which magazine's winter 2014 cover of Kim Kardashian carried the caption "Break the Internet"?

Paper magazine's Winter 2014 issue, shot by Jean-Paul Goude, showed her balancing a champagne glass on her backside, and the pictures overwhelmed the magazine's website for days.

Kim Kardashian lobbied Trump to free which woman serving life for a first-time drug offence?

Alice Marie Johnson's life sentence was commuted by Trump in June 2018 after Kim lobbied him in the Oval Office; with Van Jones and Jared Kushner she also backed the First Step Act.

In 2025 Kim Kardashian completed a four-year apprenticeship, instead of a degree, in which profession?

Law: California's Law Office Study Program let her qualify for the bar exam by apprenticing under supervising attorneys instead of attending law school; her father had been a practising attorney.

Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in October 2016 while attending Fashion Week in which city?

Paris: on October 3, 2016, robbers bound her in her rented apartment at the Hôtel de Pourtalès and took about $10 million in jewellery; the 'grandpa robbers' were tried in 2025.

Kim Kardashian appeared in the twelfth season of which anthology series in 2023-24?

American Horror Story: Delicate, the twelfth season, cast her as publicist Siobhan Corbyn; she also voiced Delores in two PAW Patrol films and led the 2025 legal drama All's Fair.

Kim Kardashian paid a $1.26 million SEC fine in 2022 for promoting what without disclosure?

The SEC said she was paid $250,000 to plug the EthereumMax cryptocurrency token, EMAX, on Instagram; she settled in October 2022 and agreed not to promote crypto assets for three years.

Kourtney Kardashian's lifestyle website, launched in 2019, is called what?

Lemme is her vitamin brand from 2022; Poosh was named after her daughter Penelope's nickname.

Kourtney Kardashian married which Blink-182 drummer?

Travis Barker and Kourtney married in 2022, with a Santa Barbara courthouse wedding followed by a celebration in Italy; their son Rocky was born in November 2023.

Kourtney Kardashian graduated from which school with a degree in theatre arts?

The University of Arizona awarded her a theatre arts degree, with a minor in Spanish, after two years at SMU in Dallas; her brother Rob went to USC's Marshall School of Business.

Kourtney Kardashian first appeared on reality TV in 2005 on which show, earning money for charity?

Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive put children of the wealthy to work on a Colorado ranch in 2005, two years before her family's own show, with their earnings going to charity.

Scott, Kourtney's ex, styles himself with what aristocratic nickname?

He even had a web series, Lord Disick: Lifestyles of a Lord, and later a house-flipping show, Flip It Like Disick.

Khloé Kardashian married basketball player Lamar Odom in 2009 how long after they first met?

They married on September 27, 2009, one month after meeting at a party, starred in the spin-off Khloé & Lamar, and divorced in 2016; Odom won two NBA titles with the Lakers.

Khloé Kardashian co-founded which denim and fashion brand with Emma Grede in 2016?

Good American launched in October 2016 as a size-inclusive denim line, reportedly selling $1 million of jeans on its first day; Grede later co-founded Kim's shapewear brand too.

In 2012 Khloé Kardashian co-hosted the second season of which talent show with Mario Lopez?

The X Factor's second US season in 2012 paired her with Mario Lopez as host; she later fronted her own talk show, Kocktails with Khloé, and produced Revenge Body.

Rob Kardashian finished second on the thirteenth season of which competition show in 2011?

Dancing with the Stars: in 2011 Rob and partner Cheryl Burke finished runners-up in season 13 to Army veteran J.R. Martinez.

What product does Rob Kardashian's brand Arthur George sell?

Arthur George, launched in 2012, sells men's socks with bold prints and slogans; Rob named the line after his own middle name, Arthur.

Whose 15-year reign as the world's highest-paid model did Kendall Jenner end in 2017?

Gisele Bündchen had topped the Forbes model list since 2002; Kendall, who signed with Wilhelmina as a young teenager, displaced her in 2017 with $22 million in earnings.

Kendall Jenner launched which drinks brand in 2021?

818 Tequila, launched in May 2021, is named after the San Fernando Valley area code where the family lives; Kylie's canned cocktail Sprinter came in 2024.

The youngest Jenner sister's cosmetics company began in 2015 under what name?

Kylie Lip Kits launched in November 2015 and sold out in minutes; the company was renamed Kylie Cosmetics in February 2016 as production jumped from 15,000 kits to 500,000.

Which beauty conglomerate bought a 51 percent stake in Kylie Cosmetics for $600 million in 2019?

Coty also owns Covergirl, Rimmel and OPI; the deal fed the dispute over whether Kylie was really a billionaire.

In 2019 Forbes called Kylie Jenner the world's youngest self-made billionaire at what age?

She was 21 when Forbes' March 2019 cover made the claim; the magazine retracted it in May 2020, saying her team had inflated figures and likely forged tax documents.

What was the title of Kendall and Kylie Jenner's dystopian sci-fi novel about twins Lex and Livia?

Rebels: City of Indra was published in 2014, with a sequel, Time of the Twins, in 2016; the twins live in a self-sustaining biosphere built from the remains of Earth.

Kylie Jenner's phrase "rise and shine" became a meme after a video of her singing it to whom?

She filed to trademark the phrase in October 2019 and named a Valentine's makeup collection after Stormi too.

Kylie Jenner launched which clothing line in November 2023?

Khy debuted on November 1, 2023 with a faux-leather collection designed with the Berlin label Namilia; Sprinter, her canned vodka soda, followed in 2024.

Robert Kardashian's four grandparents came from provinces in what is now which country?

Turkey: the family's forebears left villages near Kars and Ardahan, in what is now north-eastern Turkey, emigrating to Los Angeles in 1913.

Who wrote Kardashian Dynasty: The Controversial Rise of America's Royal Family?

Ian Halperin, a Canadian investigative journalist, published Kardashian Dynasty in 2016, following his earlier unauthorised biographies of Michael Jackson and Brad Pitt.