Khloé Kardashian Says Son Tatum, 2, Calls Kris Jenner by Nickname Only the Late Robert Kardashian Used

Mar. 15, 2025

From left: Kris Jenner, Tatum and Khloe Kardashian.Photo:Khloe Kardashian/Instagram

Khloe Kardashian/Instagram

Khloé Kardashian’s son shares a lot of similarities with his grandfather.

On the Thursday, Feb. 13 episode ofThe Kardashians,the Good American co-founder, 40, revealed how similar her 2-year-old sonTatum, who she welcomed via surrogacy, is to her father, the lateRobert Kardashian.

“I swear he’s my dad,” Kardashian said of her son in the episode. “It’s so interesting. He calls my mom honey and my dad used to call my mom honey. No one has asked him to call my mom honey, at least not that I know of.”

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Kris Jenner and her grandson Tatum.Kris Jenner/Instagram

Kris Jenner/Instagram

Kardashian, who has been candid in the past aboutdifficulties connecting with her sonafter welcoming him via surrogacy,reflected on her experiencein an emotional scene in the episode. Noting that her experiences bonding with daughter True and Tatum were very different, Kardashian attributed some of those discrepancies to the varying emotional states she was in after each birth.

“I do think it was a storm of either traumas or emotions. I mean I knew he was my son and I loved him and I took care of him, but I just did not have that instinctual feeling that I had with True instantly,” she said about Tatum.

“But I knew I was going to get there. I didn’t think Tatum was going to be 5 years old and I would have no attachment to him. I never thought that at all. I simply was really mad at myself," she continued. “Those feelings are not about Tatum. He is the best, sweetest, most loving boy. It was the situation and everything that I went through. I was more mad at myself that I couldn’t get over it faster.”

Kris Jenner and Tatum Thompson.Kris Jenner/Instagram

During the season 3 finale ofThe Kardashiansin 2023, Kardashianshared more about the progressshe had made bonding with Tatum after revealingsome of the struggles she faced with Tatumduring his first few months.

“Bonding with Tatum has definitely gotten easier,” she said in the episode.

In a previous episode, Kardashian opened up about her experiences with the newborn while talking to her mom.

“Compare it to True and him, it’s a different experience,” Kardashian admitted at the time. “The connection … took days with True. With him, it’s taking months and we still don’t have a complete bond.”

New episodes ofThe Kardashianspremiere Thursdays on Hulu.

source: people.com