Kylie Jenner shared why she’s so protective of her personal life amid her romance with Timothée Chalamet.
“I have to live my life,” Kylie said during the Thursday, December 11, episode of Hulu’s The Kardashians while reflecting on growing up in the public eye. The reality star was asked about the fallacious rumor that she was pregnant at 16, before a producer asked Kylie if she felt more “protective” of her personal life now.
“I can’t live for whatever everyone else wants me to do,” she added. “I just have to try to do what’s best for me every day.”
She continued: “I know that fame has absolutely shaped me from experiencing these things since I was nine. But I guess I also wouldn’t know who I would be today without growing up like this. I’m just navigating through life.”
Kylie became a household name after starring in E!’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians from 2007 to 2021. After becoming a mom when she welcomed daughter Stormi with on-again, off-again boyfriend Travis Scott in February 2018, Kylie stepped away from the spotlight. The then-couple, who started dating in 2017, welcomed their second child, son Aire, in February 2022 before parting ways for good nearly a year later.
Three months after her split from the rapper, Kylie sparked romance rumors with Timothée, 29. A source previously told Us Weekly that Kylie’s loved ones have seen “a whole other side of her” since she started dating the actor.
“They’ve never seen her so happy and they love the qualities Timothée brings out in her,” the insider shared in September 2023. “She can totally be herself, and she’s much more laid back with him than she’s been in past relationships.”
Despite choosing not to speak out about her romance with Timothée, Kylie has discussed how her children remain her biggest priority.
“Finding myself in the hospital alone with a new and unknown creature in my arms [has been my favorite part],” she told Vanity Fair Italy in February 2023. “It’s such a unique and special situation and it’s all about building with these little beings that you’re learning about. There is another magical moment, though: when you bring your children home. It is perhaps the most beautiful moment.”
Kylie later detailed her positive outlook on life, telling HommeGirls in April 2023, “It’s really such a blessing that I’ve been able to live and experience so much life at such a young age. I have two kids, I’m 25. Honestly, I’ve never been happier. As I get older, I get more appreciative of my life, my family, my friends and having all these opportunities.”
More recently, Timothée hinted that he was thinking about settling down and starting a family of his own.
“That could be on the radar,” he told Vogue last month. Timothée recalled how he once saw an interview where a person was “bragging about not having kids and how much time it afforded them to do other stuff,” which he found to be “bleak.”
New episodes of The Kardashians are released Thursdays on Hulu.
