Kim Kardashian ‘Doesn’t Understand’ Sister Kourtney Kardashian’s ‘Mentality’ Regarding Work and Fame

For years, Kourtney Kardashian has had mixed feelings about her famous family’s reality-TV empire, threatening to retire from The Kardashians and preferring to spend time with her kids and husband, Travis Barker.

“Kourtney’s been distancing herself for a while now,” a source tells Star. “And she’s way happier for it. She thinks the whole fame game has gotten out of control, and she’s not interested in being part of the circus anymore.”

Not so happy: sister Kim Kardashian. Though the 44-year-old has pooh-poohed reports of a rift, the source says the Skims founder is irate that Kourtney, 46, wants to abandon the family biz while continuing to profit from it with her Poosh and Lemme lines. “Kim doesn’t understand Kourt’s mentality and thinks she’s being a snob,” says the insider.

“After all, Kourtney got rich off Keeping Up With the Kardashians and became successful because of it. Kim reminds her that her brands would never gotten off the ground if not for the family’s name.”

More specifically, Kim’s name. “Kim takes most of the credit,” adds the insider. “She thinks Kourtney is being hypocritical. They get in constant fights over it.”