For years, Kylie Jenner and Jordyn Woods were best friends –– Woods starred in every episode of Jenner’s reality show Life of Kylie, and the pair were all over each others’ Snapchat and Instagram profiles.
But in February 2019, one night changed everything.
Read on to find out everything you need to know about what happened between Kylie and Jordyn.
What was the drama between Kylie and Jordyn?
Woods was reportedly spotted having an intimate moment with Tristan Thompson – the father of Khloé Kardashian‘s daughter – at a party in early 2019. A source told Us Weekly that the pair were “making out”.
Thompson, an NBA player, had already publicly been outed the previous year for cheating on Khloé when she was pregnant with their child, True.
So this time, he didn’t cop too much flack. But because Woods was such close friends with all the Kardashian-Jenner sister, the backlash hit her swift and fast.
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“Khloé loved Jordyn before this,” a source told Us in 2019. “This is completely shocking to Khloé’s family.”
Khloé broke up with Tristan, and though Woods initially denied the cheating, her relationship with Jenner seemed rocky at best.
Why did Kylie Jenner and Jordyn Woods fall out?
A month later, Woods went on Red Table Talk for a chance to tell her side of the story. She admitted that, yes, she’d kissed Thompson –– but they didn’t have sex.
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Woods admitted to the show’s co-host, Jada Pinkett Smith, that they kissed but there was “no passion” and “no tongue”. She added that sex was “never a consideration”. Woods then claimed that she “did as much apologising as [she] could over the phone, over the text” to Khloé.
In a Keeping Up With The Kardashians episode that aired six months after news of the scandal broke, Kylie candidly told Khloé that the “whole Jordyn situation needed to happen”.
“She was my security blanket, she lived with me, we did everything together,” she explained. “I just felt like, ‘Oh, I have Jordyn, I don’t need anything else.’ I feel like there’s a part of me that needed to grow without her. And sometimes people are there for certain reasons and certain times of your life and not for others.”
After the episode aired, the Lip Kit queen unfollowed Woods on Instagram.
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In mid 2020, news broke that Kylie’s sister, Kendall, was dating Woods’ ex-boyfriend, Devin Booker. That same day, Woods tweeted: “haha good morning” alongside three trash can emojis – but quickly deleted it.
In 2021, Kylie addressed the scandal, and Woods, yet again, in a reunion special for Keeping Up with the Kardashians. “When we were friends, we never thought that we wouldn’t be friends, it was kind of an overnight thing. When she did something to my family, it felt like she did something to me.”
Is Kylie friends with Jordyn Woods again?
Kylie Jenner and Jordyn Woods were spotted together in July 2023, for the first time in over four years. The former BFFs had dinner together at a sushi restaurant in LA.
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“Jordyn reached out to Kylie to apologise for how everything went down and let her know that she loves her,” an insider told People after the duo’s public reunion.
Another source claimed to the outlet that Jenner and Woods had been working on their friendship for the past year, and Saturday’s outing wasn’t the first time they had hung out – it was just the first time they’d done so in front of the cameras since their split.
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Neither have commented on their relationship, but it’s pretty much a rule of thumb that the Kardashian-Jenners are only ever photographed when they want it to happen. So it’s safe to assume they’re on good terms and they want us to know.
When the news of their reunion was reported, Khloé took to her Instagram Story to share quotes which seemed to be in reference to Woods, including “it takes grace to remain kind in cruel situations”.
Khloé has previously stated that she forgives Woods for her involvement in the scandal.
“I don’t have any grudge against Jordyn. I think people make mistakes, people live and they learn,” she said in the Keeping Up With the Kardashians: The Final Curtain reunion special.
How old is Jordyn Woods?
Jordyn Woods is now 25 years old; the same age as Kylie.
When the Tristan Thompson scandal went down, Woods was only 21 years old –Thompson was 27, and Khloé was 34.
What is Jordyn Woods’ dating history and is she engaged?
Woods has been linked to a few men since becoming a public figure.
In July 2017, she and socialite Fai Khadra were photographed holding hands. The couple seemingly dated for a couple of months before things fizzled out in March 2018. “I mean, I’m not in a relationship! We’re not together, and I was just having fun,” Jordyn told Refinery29“Fai is cute, but it’s not like that all.”
Khadra went on to spend more time with the Jenner sisters after the split – he and Kylie quarantined together in 2020, and he was Kendall’s date to Justin and Hailey Bieber‘s wedding in 2021.
It was widely reported in 2018 that Woods was dating NBA player Devin Booker, especially after the pair were seen on a double date with Kendall and her boyfriend at the time. They split just a few months before the Tristan Thompson scandal.
A year later, Kendall and Booker were dating, and were together for two and a half years.
In May 2020, Woods began dating basketball player Karl-Anthony Towns.
“People recognise us anywhere we go. I feel like everyone knows who Jordyn Woods is, so it’s really cool when we get to see new fans when we travel,” the NBA star told People in June 2023.
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What did Jordyn Woods say to Khloé Kardashian?
On Red Table Talk, Woods tried to clear the air, saying what she wish she could have said to Khloé.
“I know I was trying to protect Khloé’s heart… I’m not a home-wrecker,” she said.
“I would never try to hurt someone’s home, especially someone that I love and someone who has a beautiful daughter. I never was trying to steal someone’s man. I don’t need your situation. I really just hurt so many more people by not telling the truth.”
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Khloe didn’t take it well. She tweeted: “Why are you lying?? If you’re going to try and save yourself by going public, INSTEAD OF CALLING ME PRIVATELY TO APOLOGISE FIRST, at least be HONEST about your story. BTW, You ARE the reason my family broke up!”
How did Jordyn Woods become friends with Kylie?
The pair met first in 2012 through a mutual friend, Jaden Smith.
Woods’ dad, a TV sound engineer, worked on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; their family is close with Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, whom Woods considers her uncle and aunt.
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Kylie met Jaden at school, and they dated for a while. The girls became fast friends, always spotted on each other’s social media accounts and at events together.
Woods even attended Jenner’s big sister Kim Kardashian‘s wedding in Italy in 2014. She modelled for Kylie Cosmetics, and Khloé’s fashion brand Good American.
What is Jordyn Woods’ net worth?
Woods’ net worth is estimated to be around USD$6 million(approx. $8.9 million). She makes her money primarily through brand partnerships and TV appearances.
She’s designed multiple clothing lines in collaborations with brands like BooHoo and Pretty Little Thing. In 2021, she launched a fitness app called FRSTPLACE.