Kristen Mary Jenner (born November 5, 1955) is an American television personality, entertainment manager, producer, businesswoman, and author. She rose to fame starring in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–present).
She has four children from her first marriage to lawyer Robert Kardashian: Kourtney, Kim, Khloé and Robert, and two children from her second marriage to television personality and retired Olympic Games medalist, Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn): Kendall and Kylie.
Hulu, with their new reality series “The Kardashians” premiering April 14. And according to the cover story in today’s issue of Variety, the streaming platform ponied up a rumored nine figures for the deal, after the clan parted ways with the E!
Network in September 2020.“Well, money always matters,” matriarch Kris Jenner told Variety about the decision to jump networks. “I think that anybody would be foolish to say that money doesn’t matter anymore.”“We had options for sure,” Jenner said of getting courted by other services, but she’s not naming names: “I’m not one to kiss and tell.”The glossy new reality show — which Variety describes as “like a premium version” of their original, 20-season long juggernaut — will feature Jenner, along with her five in-demand daughters: Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie. (Rob Kardashian is reported to be sitting this one out, although he could make a cameo from time to time.) Collectively, the family is worth an estimated $5 billion, with television making up only a small part of their income.
It’s important for branding, the article notes, but the women’s biggest paydays come from partnerships and their other businesses, including Kylie Cosmetics and Skims.All of the gals had a say in the financial terms of their new TV venture. “It definitely played a factor because we give so much of our personal lives up for entertainment,” Khloé said in the article. “We always have our private family conversations, and we’re pretty brutal, me and my sisters, with what we will settle for or not settle for,” she continued, adding that they’ll split the paycheck from the streaming enterprise evenly.But they left the dirty work of negotiating with Hulu — which is owned by Disney — to their mom..
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