Sofia Richie leaves KUWTK to pursue ‘acting’ after Kourtney Kardashian quits show
SOFIA Richie has revealed she will not make any more appearances on Keeping Up With The Kardashians, just four months after making her debut. The model has been dating Scott Disick for several years but admitted that she was looking to move into acting, and therefore would be giving up reality TV for good. “2020 […]
SOFIA Richie has revealed she will not make any more appearances on Keeping Up With The Kardashians, just four months after making her debut.
The model has been dating Scott Disick for several years but admitted that she was looking to move into acting, and therefore would be giving up reality TV for good.
“2020 is the year of letting everything go, and no fear,” she shared, admitting that “for a while, I kind of held back on things because I was afraid of failure, but 2020 is [the year of] no fear!”
When asked by ET if she would then return to the E! show she insisted the answer was “no” because she would be focusing on TV roles.
“The roles I’m reading for right now are kind of similar to me, so they’re easy for me to play, and I really, really enjoy it,” she said.
The 21-year-old has been dating Scott, 36, since 2017.
She is thought to be close to his ex-girlfriend Kourtney Kardashian and Kourtneys half-sister Kylie Jenner.
Kourtney, 39, and Scott, 36, dated for nine years and have three kids together, eight-year-old Mason, six-year-old Penelope, and three-year-old Reign.
However their relationship was rocky at first with Kourtney and Sofia not meeting until a year into her romance with Scott.
The three were then spotted sharing a “tense” dinner in Los Angeles in October 2018, with Kourtney reportedly keen to meet her ex’s new partner for the sake of her children.
Speaking to People magazine, a source explained: “Kourtney doesn’t necessarily care to get to know Sofia better, but she feels she needs to because of the kids.
“Sofia spends time with Kourtney’s kids, so Kourtney wants to make sure they are all on the same page.”
Sofia, singer Lionel Richie’s youngest daughter, and the younger sister of former reality star Nicole Richie, made her debut in October as part of an extended family trip episode.
In November, however, Kourtney confirmed she was stepping back from the show of which she has been a part of since 2007, admitting she “just decided to spend more time as a mom and put more of my energy there”.
“But I’m not saying goodbye… I think you’ll have to see more of it on the new season, season 18. It isn’t airing yet, but it’s being filmed. Currently, in this room,” she said.
Sister Khloe Kardashian revealed that she hoped Kourtney would return to the family’s reality show at some point.
The 35-year-old explained: “We definitely love Kourtney and we will miss Kourtney and whatever she decides to do, but people come, people go all the time in this family.”