Kristin Cavallari opens up about the most beneficial choice she made concerning her father, Dennis.
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Hey, here's the dirt on Kristin Cavallari's break from her pops, ol' man Dennis Cavallari.
In a raw conversation with PEOPLE, our fave Uncommon James queen spilled the beans on cutting her father off. And let me tell you, it ain't pretty.
"To be honest, and some folks might find this shocking, but this was the best move I've ever made—kicking my dad to the curb," she bluntly declared.
"You know what? There isn't a single day that I miss him. It's been a cracked iceberg melting off me, and it ain't come back. I'd say I was about 35 when I did it. That's 35 years of pent-up rough and tumble leading up to this moment."
This 38-year-old mama bear of three— Saylor, Camden, and Jaxon— with ex-husband Jay Cutler, kept the nitty-gritty details quiet, but she made one thing crystal clear: her kids were the catalyst.
"He threw a spanner in the works with my kids," she disclosed. "No apology. Just gaslighting. I'm done with that nonsense! If someone ain't bringin' ya joy, if people are just bringin' ya hurt, anger, and sadness, what's the point? Even if it's your own flesh and blood, life's too short."
Now, cutting ties isn't something she did on a whim. It was a long time coming, as she shared she'd been itching to do it for a while.
"It was somethin' I'd been hankerin' to do fer a spell. I'm happy with the choice," she said.
This ain't the first time the Laguna Beach royal has spoken out about the drama with dear old dad.
In a Dec. 2023 episode of her Let's Be Honest podcast, she called him a narcissist and announced, "I cut my family tree short—kicked my dad out of my life about two years ago, and lemme tell ya, that's the best damn thing I've ever done, for real."
In that heart-to-heart with psychologist Dr. Sherrie Campbell, she opened up about enduring years of pain—until it impacted her children.
"I was always sayin', ‘I can take it.’ But when it started messin' with my kids? I'm done."
Kristin's choice to stand her ground reflects a personal boundary she's chosen to uphold for her mental well-being and her fam's sake. Here's to strong women with a backbone!
- "In her podcast, Kristin Cavallari revealed that she chopped her father out of her life approximately two years prior, labeling him a narcissist and asserting it as the best decision she's ever made."
- "As Kristin Cavallari shared, her children served as the catalyst for the ultimate split with her father, due to his gaslighting behavior that brought her nothing but hurt, anger, and sadness."
- "Following her decision to cut ties, Kristin Cavallari found peace and happiness, stating that she'd been longing to make the move for some time."
- "Kristin Cavallari's choice to sever her relationship with her father, motivated by a desire to protect her mental health and family's peace, stands as an inspiring example of personal boundaries for women everywhere."
