Cici Bussey, Robert Kardashian Sr.’s cousin, who has been married to her spouse Jeffrey Bussey, has a strong bond with all the Kardashians.
Before Kris Jenner tied the knot with her husband, Caitlyn Jenner, in April 1991, she had divorced a month prior from her first husband, Robert Kardashian Sr.
Kris was married to Robert Sr. from July 1978 until March 1991, when their divorce was finalized. They welcomed four children together: Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Robert Jr.
Fans of the Kardashians must have seen Cici Bussey, Robert’s cousin, make appearances on the family’s reality show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, since 2008.
In a recent episode of The Kardashians, Khloe Kardashian and Cici Bussey unearth Kardashian family tensions after Robert and Kris’s divorce making many question how much the former is related to the famous American family.
Here’s everything we know about Cici Bussey.
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How is Cici Bussey related to the Kardashians?
The Kardashian family is huge. In addition to the well-known bunch — Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Rob Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, and Kris Jenner — other members of the famous brood have appeared on the family’s television shows. Among the supporting cast of family and friends is Cici Bussey.
Cici has made numerous appearances on Keeping Up With the Kardashians and even joined the Kardashian crew during their appearance on Celebrity Family Feud.
You are wrong if you’ve ever thought of Cici being related to Kris because of their closeness to each other. The truth is, she is actually in relation to Robert Kardashian Sr.
According to Life & Style, Cici is Robert’s first cousin.
She stayed in contact with Kris and the children after the reality star split from Robert in 1990. Amid the pair’s tumultuous divorce, which came after Kris allegedly had an affair, Cici continued her friendship with Kris although Robert disapproved.
Cici and Kris’s friendship has continued to blossom over the years. They’re often seen together in photos on Cici’s Instagram.
In addition to being the cousin of one of the world’s most famous families, Cici is a wife and mother.
Who is Cici Bussey’s husband, Jeffrey Bussey?
Despite appearing on Keeping Up With the Kardashians for more than a decade, Cici is a family woman.
Cici has been married to her husband, Jeffery Bussey, for nearly 30 years.
Cici and Jeffery tied the knot in 1996 and have stayed together since.
The couple celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in 2021. “25 years!!! My first, my last, my everything,” Cici wrote, alongside a collection of photos from her years with Jeffrey.
What does Jeffery Bussey do for a living? Cici Bussey’s husband, Jeffery appears to have previously owned and operated a wellness center in Houston.
His former business was called The Pocket Center for Health & Wellness. It provides holistic guidance, hosts group healing sessions, and provides resources for better physical and mental health.
His current professional career is unclear as he prefers to live a private life.
Cici has a strong relationship with all of the famous Kardashians.
Cici made her first appearance on Keeping Up With the Kardashians in 2008 and has since played a key role in the lives of her famous relatives.
In 2015, she called Kourtney and Kim to inform them that Scott Disick was caught cheating. “Scott, front and center, Daily Mail, arms around a girl, laying down together with their arms around each other,” Cici said during the Season 10 finale.
Cici also has a strong bond with Khloe. During the Season 2 premiere of Hulu’s The Kardashians, Khloe confides in Cici after she finds out that Tristan Thompson was unfaithful again.
Khloe also shared a touching tribute to Cici for her birthday in July 2023, writing, “Never have I ever met someone who views life’s obstacles the way that you do.” She continued, “You remind me every day to be grateful, appreciative of anything life throws at us, whether it be bad or good, because it essentially forms us to who we are at this very moment.”
What is Cici Bussey’s net worth?
Robert Kardashian Sr.’s cousin Cici Bussey has accumulated an impressive fortune over the years. Just like the Kardashians, who are all millions with Kim only being a billionaire, Cici is of no exclusion.
According to Biography Gist, Cici is worth between $8 million and $10 million.
Cici accrued her money from her work as a massage therapist.
What did Cici Bussey say about the Kardashian family tensions after Robert and Kris’s divorce?
Robert Sr.’s cousin Cici Bussey shared a surprising anecdote with Khloé Kardashian on Thursday’s episode of The Kardashians when Khloé, 39, interviewed her for a family video “time capsule” she was putting together.
During the interview, Cici told Khloé that her maternal grandmother Helen told her not to speak to Kris, 68, amid her divorce from Robert Sr.
“The lesson is family first,” Cici explained. “When your mom and dad were getting a divorce, the phone would ring, [it was] Helen calling me, [saying] ‘What’s she doing? You’ve got to fix it!’ She thought I could fix it!”
“And your dad got mad at me because your grandma said nobody can talk to [Kris], and I said I can’t do that because then I wouldn’t be able to talk to Kourtney, Kimberly, Khloé, and Rob, so I was outed,” she went on. “And nobody talked to me. Your dad didn’t talk to me and he was furious at me till he died, and that’s my biggest regret.”
When Khloe insisted that there would be “no way he’s mad” at Cici and would instead be proud of her, Cici reiterated, “I went up against the Kardashians and I wasn’t supposed to.”
“One day during this time, your grandmother Helen went over to the house and said to Kris, ‘Come outside,'” Cici recalled. “She’s screaming [saying to Kris], ‘I worked so hard my whole life, you have ruined our family. The Kardashian castle has crumbled!'”
Despite tensions between the women, Cici claimed Helen ultimately wanted Kris back in her life — and even took the steps to do it, PEOPLE reports.
“I remember when she married [Caitlyn Jenner], they were in PEOPLE Magazine, and there was Helen [yelling], ‘Look she’s made PEOPLE! She’s in PEOPLE!” Cici recalled. “She carried that PEOPLE Magazine around as if it was her child, and that was when she was not even supposed to like her.”
“She was so proud of her, she’s so proud that she rose up and survived and didn’t crumble,” she added. “The castle crumbled, your mom didn’t crumble. She was proud!”
Even so, Kris still had to rely on her daughter Kim Kardashian to say goodbye to her late ex-husband when Robert Sr. was on his deathbed.
“Kim snuck her in,” Cici revealed. “They said their goodbyes, I think they professed their love and she said, ‘You’re the love of my life,’ and he said the same thing. And he died.”
“It was fabulous and amazing until it wasn’t, and that’s the truth,” she added. “It was magical until it wasn’t, and that one day it ended.”