Brody Jenner and Brandon Jenner aren’t always keeping up with the Kardashians.
Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian and Rob Kardashian gained four stepsiblings — Burt Jenner, Casey Jenner, Brandon and Brody — when Caitlyn Jenner married Kris Jenner in 1991. (The former Olympian, who transitioned in 2015, shares her two eldest children with ex-wife Chrystie Scott and Brandon and Brody with ex-wife Linda Thompson.)
Caitlyn and Kris went on to welcome Kendall Jenner in 1995 and Kylie Jenner in 1997.
“The effect of my parents’ souring relationship was that I didn’t see my father more than half a dozen times between the ages of eight and 25,” Brandon wrote in his 2020 memoir. “Sadly, the infrequent exchanges felt more like staged photo opportunities than real bonding. In fact, they were staged photo ops for ‘family’ Christmas cards: me, Brody, Burt and Casey alongside our father. We were one big happy family. For a day.”
As they got older, Brandon and Brody entered the spotlight in 2005 via Princes of Malibu, which followed their mother’s marriage to David Foster. After their divorce, however, Fox pulled the remaining episodes. Brody went on to star in several seasons of The Hills, which debuted in 2007. It was later revealed that Kim sought out a cameo on the show before her famous brood landed Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
While the Jenner boys were seen on a handful of episodes of the E! show in the early seasons, Brody and Brandon weren’t cast members until season 7. Things took a turn, however, when Kim opted not to give the former MTV star a plus one to her wedding to Kanye West in 2014.
“I’m very happy for them, but do you think that they were really like, ‘We have to have Brody and Kaitlynn there. If they’re not there then this wedding is not going to happen,’” Brody said sarcastically during a 2015 episode of KUWTK, referring to then-girlfriend and future ex-wife Kaitlynn Carter. “Nobody really gave a f—k if Kaitlynn or I went.”
Brody went on to praise Kim’s ex-boyfriend Reggie Bush, whose wedding he did attend. “Put Kanye and Reggie together in a burning building, guess who I’m saving? Reggie all the way,” he said.
Kim said via a confessional at the time: “I don’t know why Brody is still talking about this. We were very strict about our wedding. There were less than 200 people there. Everyone else respected that – it’s not a big deal. We love our stepbrothers. It just seems like they are always talking about this divide.”
While Brody and Brandon didn’t have public beef with Kendall and Kylie, their relationships haven’t been perfect either. The youngest Jenner sisters missed Brody and Carter’s 2018 wedding.
“We sent them an invite but we just never heard anything back,” Brody told People at the time. “Well, they’ll be missed. I would have loved to have had them there.”
Caitlyn also skipped the nuptials, which didn’t sit well with Brody. Keep reading for more:
Caitlyn and Kris wed in 1991, causing the former athlete to spend more time with the Kardashian family. “After Dad met and married Kris, family became a business for him, and I stayed away [for] most of my teenage years,” Brandon wrote in his book. “I didn’t want to be part of their dynamic. I know now, though, that Dad was pretty unhappy in that house and felt like [she] wasn’t treated well.” Bei/Shutterstock
Brandon and Brody made appearances on season 1 of KUWTK, with the latter babysitting Kendall and Kylie in one memorable episode. Picture Perfect/Shutterstock
The Jenner boys were at Kim’s wedding to Kris Humphries, to whom she was married to for 72 days. Broadimage/Shutterstock
Caitlyn, Kris, Kendall and Kylie attended Brandon’s wedding to Leah Felder in Hawaii. (Brandon and Leah split in 2018.) While Kourtney, Kim and Khloé missed the ceremony, they all sent love on social media at the time. Earl Gibson III/Shutterstock
While Brandon attended Kim and West’s overseas nuptials, Brody skipped the wedding after his then-girlfriend wasn’t extended an invite. “To be completely honest, I don’t know Kanye. Like, at all,” he said on his then-podcast at the time. “I really don’t. I’ve had one conversation with him that maybe lasted 15 seconds or 20 seconds. I’ve known Reggie for a very long time. Reggie dated Kim for years and I developed a very close relationship with Reggie and [wife] Lilit [Avagyan]. We spent a lot more time together as a whole.” Broadimage/Shutterstock; Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Brody dissed Kim one year after the wedding drama. “Look … @kaitlynn_carter and I finally get to go to a wedding together!!!” he captioned a later-deleted photo. Kcr/Shutterstock; Kevin Wolf/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
The Sex With Brody alum gave insight into where he stood with Kylie after he admitted he didn’t know she was pregnant with her first child until after she welcomed Stormi. “Well, to be honest, I didn’t even know she was pregnant for the entire pregnancy. Now I found out and would love to see her,” he told TMZ. “Relationship’s always been there, but you know, they’re busy. It is what it is. I would love to meet the baby.” That same year, he revealed Kendall and Kylie didn’t respond to his invite to his wedding. “My two little sisters, we never even heard from them. They never even RSVP’d I don’t think,” he said. Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP/Shutterstock; John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock
“I don’t ever really see [the Kardashians anymore],” Brody told Us. “Everybody’s kind of doing their own thing now, since my dad and Kris split up.” Courtesy of Hulu
Brody gave an update on his relationship with his dad, who transitioned in 2015. “Bruce was just never really around — every so often, maybe once every couple years. Wasn’t around for my graduation, wasn’t around for most of my birthdays so, yeah, it really wasn’t any relationship. It was very surface,” he said on The Hills: New Beginnings in 2019. “Eventually, we started to become closer but then all of a sudden, it’s like, I was just getting to know Bruce and then Bruce became Caitlyn. … She’s totally different. It’s awesome, it’s great. She’s happy, she’s running around. She’s off living her life, so what I’ve learned is to just not expect too much from her.” During another episode, he slammed Caitlyn for missing his wedding. “Honestly, it really did hurt and I would have loved to have had her there,” he said. “But she had better things to do. Apparently." Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock; John Salangsang/Shutterstock
Brandon seemingly confirmed he wasn’t notified about Kylie’s second pregnancy, commenting, “No way!!!!! Congratulations,” on her Instagram reveal. She gave birth to a son with Travis Scott in 2022. Shutterstock(2)
While they haven’t been publicly photographed together in years, an insider told Us that there wasn’t an active feud between Brody and Brandon and their half and step-siblings. “There is no bad blood between the siblings at all. Brody and Brandon are supportive of the Jenners [and] Kardashians even if they’re not physically seen together all the time,” the source said. “Everyone has their own busy life. They live in the same town so they run into each other and sometimes even see each other at events. It’s not like they would ever avoid each other if they’re in the same room. They’re not obviously as close as they were when Kendall and Kylie were younger, but that happens in life – people grow apart.” David Fisher/Shutterstock; Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
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