Kristin Cavallari

“And also my relationship with my dad is very complicated,”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari described her relationship with her father as very complicated.

“So, when I tell you, I’m in the hole with my own dad, a quarter of a million dollars.”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari stated she is in the hole a quarter of a million dollars with her father.

“I will never see that money,”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari said she has no expectation of recovering the money she lent her father.

“And you are in no way, shape or form required or obligated to lend anybody money, especially if you’ve worked your f---king tail off for that money.”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari said no one is obligated to lend money, especially to those who have not worked hard for it.

“But I lent it to him, and he promised me he would pay me back,”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari said her father promised to repay the loan but never did.

“We’re talking all things MONEY this week!!”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari wrote on Instagram about her podcast episode focusing on money.

“And so I think that’s why probably that stings the most.”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari said the loss stings because of how hard she worked for her money.

“I’m over money being a taboo topic for women. We’re talking financial independence, the mistakes I’ve made, and everything I’ve learned along the way. If you wanna chase the bag, this one’s for you.”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari wrote on Instagram that she wants money to no longer be a taboo topic for women.

“It just was like sort of taking advantage of me at such a young age.”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari said she felt taken advantage of at a young age.

“I didn’t know how to set boundaries in my early 20s,”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari admitted she did not know how to set boundaries in her early 20s.

“So there are other layers to it. But for the purpose of this conversation, I just think you’re allowed to do what you want to do with your money.”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari said people are allowed to do what they want with their money.

“My dad came to me — I was filming ‘The Hills,’ so I must have been 22 — and asked for a large sum of money to borrow. Six figures,”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari recalled on her podcast that her father asked to borrow a large sum when she was around 22.

“I’ve learned that. You know, it would be a very different conversation probably today, but it’s the lending-money-to-people thing.”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari said she has since learned to set boundaries around lending money.

“I guess I understand that he didn’t have a lot of options. But I don't know.”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari said she understood her father may have had few options but remained uncertain.

“And I was making great money at the time, but it’s still — I’m 22,”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari acknowledged she was making good money at the time but stressed she was only 22.

“When you have money, it’s almost like people expect it,”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari said people seem to expect loans when you have money.

“Like I have worked my ass off for all of my money,”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari said she worked hard for all of her money.

“He probably said six months, and he was going to give me interest on top of it. And, you know, well, I didn’t get paid back. And instead, he asked to borrow more money, another six-figure number.”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari recalled her father's repayment promise and that he instead asked for another six-figure loan.

“Six figures is a big deal for me.”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari emphasized that a six-figure sum was significant for her even though she was earning well.

“I said to him, ‘You haven’t even acknowledged the first payment, and now you want more money?’”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari recounted confronting her father about the unacknowledged first loan before lending more.

“Talk about a bad business decision,”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari characterized the loan to her father as a bad business decision.

“I can’t imagine going to my kids when they’re 22 and asking for that kind of money,”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Now a mother, Cavallari said she cannot imagine asking her own children for that kind of money at 22.

“But because I’m such a f-----g sucker — or I was at the time — I lent him more money.”

Kristin Cavallari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19

Cavallari admitted she lent more money despite feeling like a sucker.