Kristin Cavallari admits her kids fly coach while she's in first class
Kristin Cavallari told the "Aspire with Emma Grede" podcast that she flies first class while her three children—Camden, 13, Jaxon, 12, and Saylor, 10—sit in coach when the family travels. The Uncommon James founder said the split teaches money perspective and makes clear her wealth is not automatically theirs.
Kristin Cavallari, the former "Laguna Beach" and "Very Cavallari" star, is drawing headlines for a blunt travel rule that separates luxury from lesson. She co-parents Camden, Jaxon, and Saylor with ex-husband Jay Cutler, and says she waits until the kids are old enough before enforcing the coach-versus-first-class divide.
Key Takeaways
- Cavallari revealed on the July 7 "Aspire with Emma Grede" episode that she sits in first class while her kids fly economy.
- She frames the choice as a money lesson: "This is my money, this is not your money."
- Her sons have started small businesses, including washing windows and garbage cans, to earn spending money.
- Some online commenters praised the move, though it echoes recent first-class parenting debates involving other celebrities.
Why does Kristin Cavallari fly first class without her kids?
During the podcast interview released Tuesday, July 7, Cavallari, 39, said she is "hyper-aware" that her children are "growing up in a very fortunate situation." She told host Emma Grede that she does not want them to assume her success is theirs by default.
"Something as small as they fly coach, I'm flying first class," she said. "That was important to me when they became old enough that they could."
Now that Camden, Jaxon, and Saylor are older, Cavallari joked that she can trust them not to fight while seated apart. "I'm like, 'Bye guys, have fun back there,'" she said, adding that the arrangement is "good for them."
What money lessons is she teaching her children?
Cavallari credited her own mother for shaping how she thinks about finances. "My kids don't just get whatever they want," she said. "And if they want something, they have to work for it."
She pointed to last summer as proof. Both boys launched what she called "their own little businesses"—one washing people's windows and the other washing garbage cans—because, as she put it, "they got to go work for it."
The entrepreneur, who built the jewelry and skincare brand Uncommon James, also stressed boundaries around privilege. She wants her kids to understand that first-class comfort reflects her earnings, not an entitlement they inherit. For more on how lifestyle debates spread online, see our Future Tech & AI Wonders coverage.
How are fans reacting to her coach-versus-first-class rule?
According to Fox News, some viewers applauded Cavallari's candor. One YouTube comment cited in the report read, "She's a real one for flying her kids coach while she is in first class."
Fox News also noted that Cavallari's admission arrives amid renewed scrutiny of celebrity air-travel choices, including singer Jessica Simpson's recent defense of flying first class with her mother while her children and then-husband traveled elsewhere.
Cavallari acknowledged parenting is personal. "There is no one-size-fits-all," she told Grede. Still, her coach-versus-first-class split has reignited a familiar question: when wealth meets family travel, where should the line between comfort and accountability sit?