Kristin Cavallari is no longer staying quiet about her family drama. In recent interviews, Cavallari revealed that she has been estranged from her father, Dennis Cavallari, for years following a deeply personal incident involving one of her children. What started as a strained relationship, she says, ultimately crossed a line she couldn’t come back from.
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On the “Boyfriend Material” podcast with Harry Jowsey, Cavallari, 38, got brutally honest about why she no longer speaks to her dad.
“I haven’t talked to my dad in probably three years,” she shared. “He crossed the line with one of my boys and that’s a deal breaker for me—especially when he had zero accountability, no apology.”
The mother of three—she shares Camden, 12, Jaxon, 11, and Saylor, 9, with ex-husband Jay Cutler—didn’t detail the incident, but made it clear it marked the end of their relationship.
“He traumatized my kids,” she said. “And I have no room for that in my life.”
Cavallari added that cutting ties was “one of the best decisions” she’s made. “I always had a rough relationship with my dad,” she said.
She also called out her father’s lack of remorse. “If I really f–ked up with my kid and they wanted to cut me out of their life, I would do everything imaginable to not let that happen,” she said. “My dad, in a lot of ways, was like, ‘OK.’ He hasn’t tried.”
She alleged her father has shown “zero accountability” and called him a “narcissist” who gaslit her during their fallout.
In a December 2023 episode of her “Let’s Be Honest” podcast with Dr. Sherrie Campbell, Cavallari hinted at the incident, saying, “I can take the abuse. I have my whole life. But it’s like, when you start now messing with my kids—I’m not doing it.”
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Cavallari doubled down on her decision during a recent Page Six Radio interview, telling co-hosts Danny Murphy, Ian Mohr, and Evan Real that she has no regrets.
“A lot of stuff has gone on with my dad. He’s crossed the line with my kids, and those are dealbreakers for me,” she said.
She also spoke about how rare and powerful a simple apology can be. “If I hurt your feelings, and I come to you, you just want me to be like, ‘You know what? I am really sorry,’” she said. “Not, ‘Here’s why I did it.’ Don’t defend yourself—just say sorry and acknowledge it.”
Those close to Cavallari aren’t pushing her to reconcile. “People on the internet don’t understand, but they don’t need to,” she said. “If they knew what happened, they wouldn’t say, ‘You should really try.’ No. He’s out of my life forever.”
She says the emotional relief has been real. “There’s not one day where I miss him,” she said. “It was 35 years of buildup to that point. Such a weight has been lifted from me.”
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Kristin Cavallari Gets Candid About Her Fractured Relationship With Her Dad