Kristin Cavallari Claims She Has ‘Never Gotten a Penny’ from Jay Cutler in Divorce

Kristin Cavallari is speaking about her divorce from her ex-husband Jay Cutler.

Five years the couple’s split, the reality star, 38, revealed the financial details of their divorce. In the June 18 episode of Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour, she addressed public speculation about the former NFL quarterback’s involvement in her brand, Uncommon James.

“Our revenue is close to $50 million a year, but because I was obviously a WAG — athletes’ wives and girlfriends, if you’re not familiar — people love to say that everything I have in my life is because of my ex-husband, and that my ex-husband funded Uncommon James,” Cavallari shared. “But I am, to this day, 100% owner, and I’be never taken any outside funding.”

“I have never gotten a penny from my ex-husband,” she claimed. “I didn’t get any money from our divorce, so let’s just clear that up.”

Representatives for Cutler did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Cavallari later opened up being why she “hates” the term WAG.

While talking to Camille Kostek, who previously dated retired New England Patriots player Rob Gronkowski, at her live podcast taping, the host admitted that being a WAG was “a phase of my life that wasn’t my happiest time.” 

“In society, you have to have a man,” Cavallari began. “Then in the WAG world, you have to have a man, but you’re only supposed to be arm candy and really, you have no identity. Football fans love to diminish me and who I am and [say] I was only famous because of Jay. I’m like, what? Okay. I was on TV.”

“Honestly, I’m just so sick of talking about my marriage,” she added. “Men can be praised for staying single and busting their ass in their career. Women deserve the same thing. We should still all be chasing our dreams, whether we’re with a man or not.”

Cavallari said that her standards for a future partner are higher than they used to be.

During a conversation with her best friend and celebrity colorist Justin Anderson, the Laguna Beach alum also reflected on her marriage to Cutler, with whom she shares three children. When pair separated after nearly seven years of marriage in 2020, she confessed that dating became “really f—— hard” because she’s “not going for toxic anymore.”

“I am never gonna settle,” she noted. “I am waiting for my perfect.”

When Anderson pointed out that Cavallari has a history of attracting “really unhealthy guys,” he wondered if she had ever had a different experience.

“I think you’re dealing with guys who are insecure that you could steamroll,” he said. “Has there ever been a guy that felt like, ‘Oh, I couldn’t steamroll this guy’?”

“I couldn’t steamroll Jay,” Cavallari replied. But Anderson disagreed, claiming: “Yeah you could, you owned Jay.”

“Yeah, but not in a way where I could do whatever the f— I wanted,” Cavallari shared. “It wasn’t like I could just run all over him.”

Cavallari said she has developed a new outlook on her romantic life since her most recent relationship.

Cavallari has been romantically tied to several people in the years since her divorce, including internet personality Mark Estes, who she broke up with in September 2024 partly due to their 13-year age gap. Going forward, she explained that she is trying to be more mindful of who she spends her time with.

“It’s gonna take someone really f—— special for me to want to continue to make them a priority and make time for someone,” she said in her confessional. “I want someone who is my rock, who I can really lean on and really trust, because I’ve never experienced that in a relationship.”

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Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET on E! and can be streamed on Peacock.