Rob Kardashian has returned to The Kardashians following a years-long absence.
During the season seven premiere of the Hulu reality series, Kris Jenner’s only son appeared on-screen instead of via phone call, as he’s been featured previously.
In the first episode of the new season — which premiered Thursday — Rob and his siblings, Khloé, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, plus half-sisters Kylie and Kendall Jenner, were at their mother Kris Jenner’s iconic Hidden Hills home for one last get-together before it gets sold.
“All my kids are here tonight,” Kris tells the cameras. “My kids, my children, my grandchildren, and even Rob, which means the world to me.”
While the youngest Kardashian did not speak in any confessionals, nor was he attached to any microphone, he was shown on screen talking to his mother and interacting with other family members.
“Yes, guys. Rob is here,” Khloé said in her confessional during the episode. “I know everyone is hoping that Rob comes back to the show, and trust me, we are too.”
“Rob is doing well, he’s alive,” she added. “The conspiracies are running wild. One of the main ones is that he lives with me, he’s in our shadows and we don’t want to have him around us. He’s not some miserable person that lives under a bridge. He’s not a Gruffalo. We’re totally fine.”
His other siblings expressed how much they missed having their brother on the show.
“Rob and I, we’re very similar in a lot of ways. He’s super sweet. [He’s] the funniest person I know. I love having him around,” Kourtney said, while Kim added, “I do miss him being on the show because he’s just so funny. It would be great if he would regularly be back on. That’s the goal.”
The youngest Kardashian was a regular on his family’s first reality series, E!’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which ran for 20 seasons and ended in 2020. He stopped appearing on the series in 2016 after he and his former fiancée, Blac Chyna, were given their own one-season self-titled reality series.
Earlier this year, Rob spoke on Khloé’s podcast, where he admitted that despite his love for his family, he is a “homebody and I just choose, like I said, my peace and happiness.”
“I mean, I love filming if it's positive and if it's natural, and I'm feeling good about myself. Then, of course, and I'm comfortable,” he said.
“I'm not gonna just put myself out there if I'm not comfortable with myself. I haven't been comfortable with myself in years,” Rob continued. “And I choose my own happiness and peace [over] just filming for somebody who doesn't do anything for me in my personal life.”
New episodes of The Kardashians air every Thursday on Hulu.
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