Rob Kardashian: 22 Secrets And Scandals Of The Forgotten Kardashian
Click through RadarOnline.com’s gallery of the forgotten Kardashian’s dark moments.
Sept. 22 2016, Updated 5:52 p.m. ET
Alleged drug use, weight gain, rumors of a secret son, and feuds with ex-girlfriends. While Rob Kardashian has been the most low profile member of his famous reality family, he’s also racked up his share of scandals. The only grown Keeping Up with the Kardashians son once seemed to have such promise, succeeding on Dancing with the Stars and starting a sock business. But since then, Rob, 27, has packed on the pounds, become estranged from his family, and allegedly has had substance abuse issues. For more, click through RadarOnline.com’s gallery of the forgotten Kardashian’s dark moments.
Alleged drug use, weight gain, rumors of a secret son, and feuds with ex-girlfriends. While Rob Kardashian has been the most low profile member of his famous reality family, he’s also racked up his share of scandals. The only grown Keeping Up with the Kardashians son once seemed to have such promise, succeeding on Dancing with the Stars and starting a sock business. But since then, Rob, 27, has packed on the pounds, become estranged from his family, and allegedly has had substance abuse issues. For more, click through RadarOnline.com’s gallery of the forgotten Kardashian’s dark moments.
Khloe Turns Her Back: As RadarOnline.com has reported, Rob’s sister Khloe Kardashian has been his biggest supporter, but even she is giving up on him. According to a Star magazine source, Rob currently lives with Khloe – and she’s considering legal action to get him out of her house! “Khloe is fed up with Rob and his lazy, mooching ways,” the source said. “He hasn’t made any attempt at getting work, going to therapy, getting help or giving up drugs.” According to the source, all Rob does is order food, smoke pot and spend hours watching TV and playing video games.”
Put A Sock In It?: In 2012, Rob launched a luxury sock line called Arthur George ( a combination of his middle name and his late father’s), but as RadarOnline.com reported, he hasn’t had the same business success as his sisters and momager Kris Jenner. The socks were priced at $30 per pair and sources told RadarOnline.com that sales stagnated at Neiman Marcus. But the socks remained at Neiman’s and surprisingly, in November 2014, Kris announced Rob is coming out with a new loungewear line, which also includes onesies for men, at Macy’s.
Rehab Rumors: In summer 2014, In Touch claimed Rob was heading for rehab after attempting to cure his crippling depression with food, alcohol and prescription pills. But it still hasn’t happened.
Lawsuit: A female photographer filed a civil suit against Rob in 2013, alleging that he had attacked her and took her camera’s digital media card after she took shirtless photos of him. But paparazzo Kassandra Perez (aka Andra Viak) later dropped the suit after Rob reportedly agreed to pay for the camera equipment. Perez told the court she wanted criminal charges against him dismissed, so the judge tossed the two misdemeanor charges against Rob for battery and theft.
Adrienne Bailon Feud: Rob’s ex-girlfriend, singer Bailon, publicly blasted him, claiming that dating the Kardashian little brother had hurt her career and that he had cheated on her. Rob responded by retweeting a message from sister Khloe reading 'FDB' - an abbreviation for the slang term 'F*** Dat B****'. Kim Kardashian also scolded Bailon for criticizing Rob.
Bad Ora: Rob’s breakup with British singer Rita Ora was bitter. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star tweeted of Ora, “She cheated on me with nearly 20 dudes while we were together” and claimed he’d gotten her pregnant. Later, he deleted the tweets. For her part, Ora has said her 2012 time with Rob was just a “phase.” On his claim that she was unfaithful, Ora sighed, “I was like 'Really, dude?’”
Back Door Rob: On a 2013 Keeping Up with the Kardashians episode, Rob confirmed to Scott Disick that he’d had anal sex “with two different girls.”
Mommy Dearest: According to a Star magazine report, it’s been hard being Kris Jenner’s only son. Kris is “ashamed to be with him! He’s very aware that he’s not his mom’s favorite. It’s had a devastating effect on the self-esteem, leaving him thoroughly depressed,” a source said. The momager also wasn’t helpful when she told Dr. Oz of her obese son that Rob had been “chubby” as a kid.
Secret Son?: As RadarOnline.com has reported, Rob only stoked the fires of a bizarre rumor that he has a secret son whose existence has been covered up by mom Kris Jenner and the rest of the family. Rob joked about his alleged fatherhood but followed it up with the provocative tweet, “Was with my baby mama tonight.” He also wrote, “I’m about to go pick up my Son from the port and can’t wait to watch a great movie with him, Suggestions anyone ??? He’s 6.”
Flees Kimye Wedding: In one of Rob’s biggest scandals, he fled his sister Kim Kardashian’s Italian wedding to Kanye West in May 2014. He wound up not getting on the plane from Paris to Florence and instead flew back to L.A. While Kim claimed on KUWTK that Rob read “some nasty comments about himself and just didn’t feel comfortable” attending her wedding, sources told RadarOnline.com Kim had accused him of leaking negative information about her to the media.
Rob Wrecked By Odom? : On KUWTK, Khloe Kardashian blamed her troubled estranged husband Lamar Odom for Rob’s downfall. Khloe told cameras cryptically, “Only Rob, Lamar and I know what happened in the house and what was going on…I was not there to protect Rob…Even Rob has said, ‘Being in that house, it was so dark, it made me do dark things.’”
Missed Connection: RadarOnline.com exclusively reported that in the midst of his depression, Rob scheduled a meeting with step-dad Bruce Jenner at his Malibu mansion. But “Rob didn’t show up, and didn’t even bother to call Bruce and tell him why,” a source said.
Sister Act: Khloe and Kim have been shown squabbling on camera about what to do about their brother. During the family Thailand trip on KUWTK, Kim chimed in, “I feel like Rob needs to get it together…I’m a little bit more of a tough love kind of person.” Khloé snapped at Kim, “That’s what frustrates me about you so badly,” calling her older sister closed-minded about their brother’s struggles.
Pimping?: Rob got slammed by fans when he tweeted a sexy picture of his younger sister, then 16-year-old Kylie Jenner, with the caption “MEN.” Horrified followers tweeted back at the reality star, claiming he was “pimping out” his sister and was a “pervert.”
MIA: As KUWTK viewers know, Rob failed to show up at the airport for a trip to Thailand with his family in 2014. The Kardashians and Jenners took off without him, and later, Rob didn’t even respond to sister Khloé’s desperate phone calls from the country.
Drug Use: According to online reports, Rob was seen at a party smoking marijuana and sipping Sizzurp, a codeine-packed concoction popular with music stars.
A Sterling Connection: One of disgraced L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s girlfriends, Raquel Lee, had an odd connection to Rob Kardashian. Lee, also a friend of Sterling’s former mistress V. Stiviano, said Rob Kardashian babysat her nephew at one point.“#tbt #RobbieK he’s so nice, he kept my nephew for me one day. And he loved him!” Lee captioned a photo with Rob.
Estranged Besties: Khloe made her estrangement from Rob very public when she Instagrammed, “I miss my best friend @robkardashian,” above a photo of the siblings as adorable tots.
Harsh Reality?: As RadarOnline.com reported in 2014, Rob no longer wanted to be a part of KUWTK or the other family spinoffs. “He drastically cut back on filming,” a source told RadarOnline.com.
Full Court Press: According to RadarOnline.com’s source, Rob had a heated confrontation with brother-in-law Lamar Odom amid allegations that the NBA star had been cheating on Khloe. Rob, who lived with the couple on and off in their Calabasas, Calif. mansion “asked Lamar point blank if he had cheated on Khloe with criminal defense attorney, Polina Polonsky” a source said. But Odom “refused to answer the question. Rob grew angrier that Lamar didn’t respond, and he ended up just leaving the house.”
Stepmom’s Crushing Claim: During her legal battle with the Kardashian family (which has since been settled) Ellen Pearson, Rob’s stepmother, claimed in court papers that he had lived with her and Robert Kardashian Sr. for a time instead of his own mom Kris! After her engagement to Robert Sr., Ellen contended in the docs, she moved in with him and “subsequently Robert, Jr., then a teenager, joined them because Jenner did not want to care for him. Robert and Ellen cared for Robert Jr. and built a life together as they planned their coming wedding.”
Packing On Pounds: Before limiting his time on the family E! show, Rob’s battle of the bulge became a KUWTK plotline as he was shown gorging on food. How much did he gain? During the family’s Thailand trip, his mother Kris helpfully mentioned on camera that Rob had put on 75 pounds in a year’s time.