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Katie Wilson

Kendall Jenner struggled to make friends over Keeping Up With The Kardashians fame

Kendall Jenner has revealed she struggled to make friends when she was younger after shooting to fame on Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

The 26-year-old supermodel was still in school when she first appeared on the hit reality TV show in 2007.

And this caused problems, she says, as her classmates only wanted to come over so they could appear on the show.

In a preview clip for Thursday's episode of The Kardashians, Kendall said she began ‘putting walls up’ as it made her so ‘uncomfortable’.

“When it comes to like friends being on the show, it went back a really long time to when I was in middle school,” she shared.

Kendall said she put a wall up to protect herself from fake friends (Hulu)

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Recalling what it was like for her back then, Kendall continued: “The show had just started and like friends at school were a little sus.

“They just wanted to come over to be on it [the show], or something like that, so my walls went up then.

“I also just get uncomfortable. I didn’t want to be like ‘hey, come be on my show’. I don’t know, it was always kind of weird for me.

“But now I think I’ve gotten a lot more comfortable with it.”

Kendall says Kylie had way more friends than her at school (London Ent/Splash News)

These days Kendall is often seen out with her famous pals including Hailey Bieber, sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid and singer Fai Khadra.

She revealed she is picky about who she lets in her inner circle and shared they are the only ones who hang on because ‘when they make commitments they mean it’.

Back in 2018, Kendall spoke out about ‘crying every day’ when she was younger as little sister Kylie had more friends than her.

Speaking on Beats 1 radio show, Zaza World Radio, she said: “I was sitting in my room a lot of days crying because Kylie had so many friends.

“I didn’t know what to do. It’s gonna make me emotional right now. I really was like ‘I’m never gonna have friends.’”

Kendall with BFF Hailey Bieber (Getty Images)

Although she led a privileged life, the star – who grew up in the wealthy Calabasas suburb of LA – said she struggled to occupy herself growing up.

She shared: “I had nothing to do, so I would just sit with my horses and I’d ride all day.

“I’m not kidding. I ride from 8am to 8pm. I would ride all my trainer horses because I had nothing better to do.”

These days, things have changed a bit – and her and Kylie’s roles have even reversed.

Kendall said: “Kylie and I flipped roles, not that Kylie’s not... Kylie is so happy.

“I love her, but it’s crazy cause I never thought that I would have more friends than Kylie. Not that it’s a competition or anything.”

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