He made a rare appearance on social media over Easter<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Black Han Sans|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”|||on|||||” header_4_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Words by Nikki Peach<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/04\/kardashians-042125-2d8ed42747f54447ae55ba9a406acf1c.jpeg” alt=”Jennifer Aniston” title_text=”kardashians-042125-2d8ed42747f54447ae55ba9a406acf1c” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] What comes to mind when you think of the Kardashians? Perhaps the hit reality show(s), or the army of brunette sisters who have shaped modern beauty standards for almost two decades. Maybe even their momager, Kris Jenner, or just wads and wads of cash.<\/p>\n Someone who rarely fits into that image, at least not anymore, is their only brother, Rob Kardashian. Rob is Kris Jenner and the late Robert Kardashian\u2019s fourth child. The couple went on to divorce in 1991 and Kris remarried Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce) with whom she had two more daughters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Rob, in other words, remains outnumbered.<\/p>\n The Kardashian-Jenner clan have built a predominantly female empire since they first hit our screens on Keeping Up With The Kardashians<\/em> in 2007. The family\u2019s collective net worth is thought to be just shy of $3 billion (\u00a3224 billion) and has come to include shapewear, make up, perfumes, wellness products, tequila, skincare, jeans, multivitamins, socks, swimwear and, of course, a private equity firm. There\u2019s even a joke in KUWTK that if one of them died, Kris would launch a line of branded coffins. Anything and everything is a business opportunity for this family \u2013 and the proof is in their bank accounts.<\/p>\n They also have unadulterated global influence. At the time of writing, the youngest sister Kylie has an Instagram following of 396.7 million, family figurehead Kim is not far behind her with 364.2 million and trailing in ninth place with 3.2 million is Rob.<\/p>\n Rob has not reaped the rewards the same way his sisters have, in fact he has spent a large part of his adult life living in their shadows. In recent years, he has peeled away from public life altogether and when KUTWK left E in 2021, relaunching as The Kardashians<\/em> on Hulu and Disney+ in 2022, he stepped back from the spotlight. Since then, Rob has only featured on the show occasionally via phone call.<\/p>\n This is why Kim\u2019s Easter photo dump on Instagram, featuring a family picture of Kim, her daughter Chicago and son Psalm, Khloe and her two children, True and Tatum, Kris and Rob with his daughter Dream caught people\u2019s attention. \u2018I couldn\u2019t get all the sisters, kids, aunts, cousins and laughs in the pics but the memories are so real,\u2019 Kim wrote on Instagram. \u2018Happy Easter everyone.’<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}”] Prior to the Easter photo, Rob had not been photographed publicly in close to three years. He has openly struggled with his weight and mental health over the years \u2013 something Rob has spoken about himself on social media and has also played out on the show in the past. In 2015, Rob shared a throwback photo of himself and wrote, \u2018Started right here with these milkshakes #throwbackthursday.\u2019 He reportedly gained 100 pounds (45kg) that year, which led to him skipping multiple family events, including a holiday. At the time he wrote on X, \u2018No one will ever understand how much it hurts.\u2019<\/p>\n That same year on KUWTK, Kris revealed that she cried herself to sleep \u2018worrying about Rob\u2019 and said, \u2018it\u2019s breaking my heart\u2019. She offered to help him go to rehab, but he said, \u2018I don\u2019t believe in rehab or therapy or anything of that sort, and I\u2019m a grown man and will work on myself when I choose.\u2019 At the end of 2015, Rob was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which further complicated his health.<\/p>\n In 2016, however, things were on the up for Rob when he started dating Blac Chyna, with whom he shares Dream. \u2018She got me through my darkest times,\u2019 he told\u00a0People<\/em> at the time. \u2018I wasn\u2019t happy in my skin. I missed out on so many things.\u2019 Unfortunately, their romance was short lived and their acrimonious break up played out largely in the public eye, causing Rob to spiral back into old habits and take a hiatus from filming the show.<\/p>\n Now, he prefers to live quietly \u2013 something that can\u2019t be easy as a member of one of the world\u2019s most famous families. He might not feature on the show or their social media profiles very often, but last week Khloe confirmed that Rob is still very much part of the fold. \u2018I call him \u201cThe Wizard\u201d from The Wizard of Oz,\u2019 she said on her \u2018Khloe in Wonder Land\u2019 podcast, \u2018cause he likes to be behind the curtain.\u2019<\/p>\n She went on to say that all the siblings \u2018live in the same gated area, so he lives right next door to me\u2019. Khloe has always had a strong bond with her brother, who she has lived with on multiple occasions, and is considered a \u2018third parent\u2019 to Rob\u2019s daughter. \u2018I love all my siblings, but I think with Rob, I identify with him so much,\u2019 she explained to Bustle<\/em> last December. \u2018I feel so deeply what he feels \u2013 the struggles that he has, or just wanting to be out of the public eye, or just feeling like he doesn\u2019t fit in or is being judged about his appearance.\u2019 She added that she feels like they were raised in pairs, Kourtney and Kim being one, Kendall and Kylie being another, and her and Rob being a third. \u2018I just feel like we are both each other\u2019s protectors. I love him so much.\u2019<\/p>\n To see Rob smiling in the latest family photo dump, then, is a positive sign and one that has been warmly welcomed by those who have followed the family closely since the show first started. \u2018BOBBY we miss you!!!\u2019 wrote one fan in the comments section. \u2018Roberrtttt\u2019 wrote another with three heart emojis. \u2018Thanks for including Rob,\u2019 a third person commented, along with a series of heart and clapping emojis. It might not necessarily mean we can expect to see Rob regularly, or that he is rejoining the show, but it is a sign he is doing well.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”] Photo: <\/b>@Kimkardashian via Instagram<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Where has he been?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"guestgrazia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8744"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8769,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8744\/revisions\/8769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}‘He likes to be behind the curtain’<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]