Kim Kardashian’s grandmother Mary Jo Campbell is seen all the time at family events, in social media posts and on reality TV.
MJ seems especially close to granddaughters Kim and Khloe Kardashian.
But the SKIMS founder’s late grandfather is hardly ever seen.
Most superfans don’t even know that man’s name. He is Kris Jenner’s father Robert True Houghton. He passed away in March 1975 in Mexico.
But Kris calls another man her father: her mother’s second husband Harry Shannon.
The momager paid tribute to her stepfather on Monday with a sweet Instagram post.
Kris shared several photos of her dad to Instagram on Monday: ‘Happy Birthday Dad!! There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about you.. I miss you terribly and wish you could be here to see all the kids and great grandkids!!! I love you beyond measure ❤️❤️❤️#papaHarry.’
Kim Kardashian’s late grandfather is hardly ever seen. Most superfans don’t even know the man’s name
He is Kris Jenner’s father Robert True Houghton. He passed away in March 1975 in Mexico at the age of 43
Harry looks nothing like Kim or any of her siblings which include Kourtney, Khloe, Rob, Kendall and Kylie, because he is not blood related.
Harry was Kris’ stepfather and a father figure in her life.
Shannon was married to Kris’ mother MJ Shannon until his death in 2003.
Kris and her sister Karen Houghton were raised primarily by their mother and Harry after their parents divorced in 1962.
Karen died in March 2024 at the age of 65. According to a death certificate obtained by the outlet, she died from cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac arrhythmia. The death certificate also listed that Type 2 diabetes was a secondary underlying cause.
Robert True Houghton was born on May 12, 1931, in San Diego, California. He lived a relatively short life, passing away at the age of 43.
He worked as an aircraft engineer, often also called an aeronautical or aerospace engineer.
The professional who uses scientific and mathematical principles to design, develop, test, and maintain aircraft and their components.
This comes as Kim is about to face off with several grandpas who robbed her of $10M worth of jewelry in Paris 10 years ago.
Kardashian’s American lawyers have confirmed that she will fly in from Los Angeles to give evidence in mid-May.
But Kris calls another man her father: her mother’s second husband Harry Shannon
The momager paid tribute to her stepfather on Monday with a sweet Instagram post. Kris shared several photos of her dad to Instagram
‘Happy Birthday Dad!! There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about you.. I miss you terribly and wish you could be here to see all the kids and great grandkids!!!’ she wrote; seen with wife MJ, who is Kris’ mother
Jenner added, ‘I love you beyond measure ❤️❤️❤️#papaHarry.’ From left, Kris, Harry and MJ
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Kim Kardashian is SLAMMED for wearing jewelry that 'costs more than a house' around her foot to the beach
A career criminal who wrote a ‘boastful and mocking’ book about robbing Kardashian at gunpoint today told told a court: ‘I do regret what I did, it opened my eyes.’
Yunice Abbas, 72, is facing life in prison for the attack on the American reality TV star, in which $10million of jewelry was stolen and never recovered.
He was part of a gang which bound and gagged Ms Kardashian, who is now 44, in her rented Paris penthouse during Fashion Week in the French capital in 2016.
Abbas – one of 10 defendants standing trial at the Paris Assizes – admitted his involvement as a lookout after his DNA was found at the crime scene.
While waiting to appear in the dock – first of all in a remand cell and then on bail – he wrote ‘I kidnapped Kim Kardashian’, despite serious health problems.
On Tuesday, the second day of proceedings, Judge David Pas said to Abbas: ‘Listening to you, it sounds like you only ever feel sorry for yourself. Do you have any sympathy for your victims?
Abbas, who is 72 and who underwent a triple bypass operation during a spell in prison, answered: ‘I do have regrets. Before I didn’t. But this time I do regret what I did. This case has opened my eyes.
‘The Kim Kardashian case was being talked about on TV all the time, and it led to me asking some questions.’
Career criminal Yunice Abbas who robbed Kim in Paris in 2016 told a court that he regretted committing the crime; seen in August 2024
Defendant Yunice Abbas arrives at the Palais de Justice on April 28, 2025 in Paris, France
Kim Kardashian pictured fashioning her diamond ring in 2016
When the Judge said Abbas’s literary work make it sound as though he was proud of robbing Ms Kardashian, Abbas replied: ‘No, not at all.’
In the book – described as ‘boastful and mocking’ by prosecutors – Abbas sneered at Ms Kardashian for trying to dial 911 – the telephone number for the emergency services in America – while being attacked in France.
He also mocked multi-millionaire Ms Kardashian for showing off her jewelery on social media platforms, such as Instagram.
While publicizing his book, Abbas said: ‘Since Ms Kardashian was throwing money away, I was there to collect it, and that was that.’
He added that celebrities like Kardashian should ‘be a little less showy toward people who can’t afford it.’
Abbas, who has spent 17 years of his life in jail for a variety of offences including robbery, told the Kardashian trial judge that he was used to life in a cell.
‘The longer the sentences are, the more you get used to it,’ he said.
Known for his fake alibis, Abbas said of his wife, Farida Abbas: ‘I’ve been lying to her all my life so as to protect her’.
The trial commenced against 10 suspects accused of stealing jewelry valued at millions from US celebrity Kim Kardashian during her stay at an apartment in Paris Fashion Week in October 2016
This court sketch made on April 28, 2025 shows defendants Aomar Ait Khedache (C, front), Francois Delaporte (R, up), Florus Heroui (2nd R, up) and Christiane Glotin (4th T, up) during the trial for the 2016 robbery and kidnapping of US celebrity Kim Kardashian at the Assize Court of Paris, on April 28, 2025
A defendant is seen outside the Palais De Justice on April 28, 2025 in Paris
Abbas was one of three men who kept watch in reception at the building where Ms Kardashian was staying, as two others went upstairs to attack Ms Kardashian, who was alone in her room.
Abbas escaped on a bike, but fell off, dropping a diamond-encrusted necklace which was found the next morning.
The only other defendant to admit his guilt is Abbas’s old friend Aomar Aït Khedache, 70.
Eight others, including one woman – Christiane ‘Cathy’ Glotin, 78 – deny any wrongdoing.
There were originally 12 alleged gang members but Marceau Baum-Gertner, the alleged super fence, ‘died suddenly’ last month at the age of 72.
He made a number of trips to Antwerp to sell Kim Kardashian’s jewelry, according to investigators who had placed a GPS tracker on his car.
His death came after threats were made to him, allegedly by mafia gang members who bought the Kardashian property, which has never been recovered..
Pierre Bouianère, 72, and considered one of the ‘brains of the operation’ by prosecutors is also now excluded from the trial, because of his Alzheimer’s disease.
The trial, which is due to go on until May 23, continues.