Kourtney Kardashian Finally Speaks About Her 'Auntie Karen' Houghton A Month Month After Her Death

Kourtney Kardashian has been quiet following the death of her Aunt Karen Houghton. Nearly a month after, the star finally pays tribute to the dead woman on Monday though she doesn’t post extended family members.

The mother of four Instastoried a toddler-aged snap of herself circa 1980 resting in the arms of ‘Auntie Karen’ along with heart and angel wing emojis. Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian also paid their final respects then after her passing.

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Aunt Karen Houghton had suffered from Type 2 diabetics and bipolar disorder but died on March 18 in San Marcos, CA from ‘cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac arrhythmia,’ according to TMZ. It was the same day Kourtney Kardashian attended the Target launch of the sugar-filled vitamin and botanical supplement company, Lemme.

She co-founded Lemme in 2022 with publicist Simon Huck. At the time of her passing, Kim shared a couple more snaps of them spending quality time with Karen as children and teenagers. The 43-year-old SKIMS co-founder captioned her Instagram tribute slideshow to her auntie.

‘I love you so much, Auntie Karen.’ Karen is the younger sister of their mother Kris Jenner – called The Kardashians producer-star ‘beautiful Kourtney’ in a Facebook post from 2015. Their mother Kris Jenner called Auntie Karen Houghton ‘beautiful inside and out’ and ‘the sweetest, kindest, most sensitive, vulnerable, and so so fun.’

‘She holds such a huge part of my heart and I cherish every single memory we have together,’ Kris wrote in her Instagram tribute on March 19. ‘Karen’s passing is a reminder that life is so short and precious and tomorrow is never promised. We must tell those we cherish how much we love them. I love you, my beautiful sister.’

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Kris Jenner also wrote that her ‘heart aches’ for her mother MJ and niece Natalie Zettel, whom Karen welcomed in 1997 during her marriage to ex-husband Mark Zettel. Auntie Karen Houghton had been known to call the wealthy grandmother-of-14 ‘a nutcase’ who should’ve bought their ailing mother ‘a condo in La Jolla’.

But she is in awe of Kris Jenner as she underwent a five-hour facelift in 2016 to look more like her. Kardashian and her famous family will next executive produce and star in the 10-episode fifth season of The Kardashians, which premieres May 23 on Hulu.