Khloe Kardashian and Emma Grede Reportedly No Longer on Speaking Terms

Khloe Kardashian and her longtime business partner Emma Grede are reportedly “no longer on speaking terms,” according to a new claim, after fans noticed the reality star had unfollowed the entrepreneur on Instagram.

Khloe, 42, who rose to fame on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, was once understood to have a close relationship with British-born businesswoman Emma, 43, the CEO of Khloe’s fashion label Good American.

Grede also has deep ties to the Kardashian business empire, serving as a founding partner of SKIMS, the shapewear brand launched by Khloe’s sister Kim Kardashian.

However, their relationship appears to have shifted in recent months, with speculation growing after Khloe unfollowed Emma earlier this year.

Khloe recently hinted that she has stepped back from day-to-day involvement in Good American, saying on her podcast: “Good American is doing so well, and Good American is strong enough and stable enough to sustain on its own.”

Following those remarks, a new report has claimed that as the pair spend far less time working side by side, their friendship “has essentially dissolved.”

A source told The Sun: ‘Over time, Khloe just wasn’t as involved – she started cancelling events and not promoting the brand.

‘She has a lot on in her personal life, as fans know, but Emma is a businesswoman first and foremost and that just didn’t wash with her.

‘Khloe has so much going on and it just wasn’t a priority in her life. In theory, Khloe is still the founder of Good American but it’s Emma who does the hard work behind the scenes. I don’t think Khloe & Emma are on speaking terms now.

‘They are both smart women who realised it was time to part ways professionally, and they had to navigate it carefully so the brand wasn’t damaged as they are both heavily involved.’ 

Representatives for Khloe and Emma have been contacted by Our News Outlet for comment. 

You can read more about the beginning of the change in their friendship in our exclusive report here. 

Credited with being the brains behind the Kardashians’ various fashion companies, Emma has spent the last two decades working behind the scenes with the famous family.

Born and raised in east London and the eldest of four sisters, Emma now lives in LA, where she presides over multiple companies with an estimated combined value of £300million.

Her success however hasn’t been without controversy. 

While appearing on the Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett in May 2025, Emma was asked to share what her ‘red flags’ are when interviewing someone.

She immediately said that she would walk out on anyone who asks her about a ‘work-life balance’. 

‘Work-life balance is your problem,’ Emma said. ‘That’s yours to figure out.’

She went on to explain that at her companies, no one is tied to their desk – people go to haircuts, appointments, things for their kids when they need to – and no one questions why someone might not be at their desk.

‘So when someone talks to me about their work-life balance in an interview process, I’m like ‘something is wrong with you,” she said.

Interviewer Bartlett then told Grede that one-third of people he surveyed mentioned that a work-life balance was a priority wherever they worked.

When Bartlett said it wasn’t something he’d personally choose for himself, Emma said that it was because he was ambitious, implying that someone without drive or passion would be thinking about a work-life balance.

She explained that it’s not expected that the average employee would be working seven days a week – but someone who has ‘ambition’ and wanted to be successful would have to work a little bit more.

While the entire interview was over two hours long, the clip of Emma speaking specifically about work-life balance went viral on social media.

Many compared Emma’s remarks to Kim’s notorious sentiment about ‘nobody [wanting] to work these days,’ which she faced flack for in 2022.