Brody Jenner, Kaitlynn Carter.Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Kaitlynn Carteris explaining why she wanted exBrody Jennerto be one of the first to know about her pregnancy — and how she didn’t get to break the news to him on her own terms.
Speaking on anew episode of Dear Media’sThe Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast, Carter, 33, explained the order of events that led to Jenner finding out before she could tell him.
Carter recalled feeling ill on a trip while filming forThe Hills: New Beginnings, then telling the showrunner that she learned she’s pregnant. Then, the new mom explained, “Somehow Spencer Pratt got word when I was 7 weeks — so hadn’t told my parents — and he went and told Brody, like, the next day.”
“So I got a call from Brody, he said, ‘What’s this news that you have that you’re not telling me? What’s the secret? There’s something going on.’ And of course, I wasn’t gonna lie to him. I just think that would’ve been a s—-y thing to do, and I had planned to tell him,” she said. “He was one of the first people I wanted to tell anyway.”
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“Just out of respect, because I continue to work with him,” continued Carter. “A lot of people say to me, ‘Why? You don’t owe him anything. You guys are split up.’ But I think that’s the problem in why people have a hard time maintaining cordial relationships with exes is because they can’t be bothered to have a mutual respect to just think, ‘Maybe it would be polite to let this person know something that’s probably going to have somewhat of an affect on them emotionally.’ "
The reality star added, “It’s not like he was devastated, but I still felt like I owed it to him to just tell him. So at that point, even though it was really upsetting that I didn’t get to share the news on my own — Spencer had told him. So he actually found out really early.”
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Jenner and Carterwed in 2018, and just one year later, theydecided to call it quits. (They have since confirmedthe union was not legally binding.)
In the comment section, Jenner said, “Congrats Kait! You are gonna be the best mom.”
source: people.com
