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Kris Jenner is coming clean about one of her biggest obsessions — and revealing her daughter, Khloé Kardashian, shares the same passion.
“If it’s Saturday, people are going, ‘Are you in your closet organizing? Are you cleaning your doors?’ I kind of walk around with a roll of paper towels and my cleaning spray at all times,” she recently shared with People.
At 69, Jenner admitted she’s been dedicated to having squeaky clean surfaces and a spotless home her “whole life.”
‘”I’m a perfectionist!” Jenner said, explaining that even when she was a very young mother with four children at home — daughters Kourtney Kardashian Barker, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, and son Rob Kardashian — nothing came between her and her desire to keep her house in pristine condition. “I wanted everything to be the way I wanted it.”
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And it seems Jenner’s 40-year-old daughter, Khloé, has inherited her penchant for perfection. “Khloé and I are like the counter wipers,” she revealed. “We’re definitely the same.”
As for the rest of her famous family? “The other kids are used to us,” she said. “We just like things tidy and organized!”
Over the years, Jenner has proven herself to be a savvy businesswoman, and she’s now leveraging her need for a tidy home into a way to clean up at the bank with Safely, her own line of household products.
“I grew up in the generation where if your house didn’t smell strongly of cleaning products, it wasn’t clean,” she explained. “So I was really excited by these and the idea and was able to be a part of formulating something natural that would truly, really clean.”
The reality television mom admitted that despite her perfectionism, sometimes she has to try to take a step back and go with the flow — especially around the holidays.
“I just take a deep breath and embrace it,” she said, reflecting on the chaotic Christmas morning festivities she plans to host at her home this year.
