The ordeal was the cover story for Life & Style earlier this year. “Cindy and Rande are at their wits’ end,” an anonymous source revealed, pointing to Presley’s DUI, face tattoo, and online behavior and Kaia’s brush with controversial comedian Pete Davidson. “Kaia’s relationship with Pete has been hard enough to endure, and now Presley’s problems are worse than they thought,” they added.
“It’s no secret that they’re freaking out. Trying to decide how to handle their kids has been a nightmare and put a major strain on their marriage.” The tabloid slyly noted that the couple, in fact, was actually “struggling” to deal with the situation.
“They have been fighting and blaming each other for not being strict enough parents or attentive enough,” the insider said. “After all of these years, their kids’ questionable choices could be what finally breaks them.” Despite the family’s successes, like Kaia’s skyrocketing modeling career and Rande’s big business deal with longtime pal George Clooney, they still had problems. The snitch told the outlet,
No family is perfect. Even ones who seem to have it all.
“Rande and Cindy aren’t agreeing on anything lately, especially when it comes to their kids.” Presley’s online outbursts, which have seen him challenging commenters to a physical fight among other things, were a sure “sign” that thing could only get worse. “It’s all too much,” the snitch said. “Cindy absolutely lost it over his latest antics.”
Meanwhile, the tabloid placed much of the stress regarding their daughter on Davidson, referencing his “whirlwind” of famous girlfriends and drug use. The most shocking of these accusations was a bizarre anecdote about Rande and Crawford being photographed arguing outside of their daughter’s apartment where someone claimed to overhear Rande saying that Davidson had “scratched out eyes” and needed help, although no further information or context is offered.
While the outlet admitted that Davidson and Gerber seemed to have already split at the time, it was skeptical. Crawford “is not convinced that she’s actually stopped seeing Pete,” the tipster shared. “Kaia has always thought she could save Pete.” The resulting stresses have apparently taken quite a toll on the parents.
“They feel as if they failed as parents,” the snitch continued. “They’re questioning themselves: If they had raised their kids outside of LA, like Cindy wanted, away from the ugly side of Hollywood, would they have turned out better? Were they too lenient? Did they give them too much freedom? They’re having major regrets.”
It’s supposedly got bad enough that George Clooney wanted to lend a hand to help out his close friends. “George has reached out, saying that he’ll do anything to help with the kids — like Rande, he thinks Presley should be setting a better example for his sister, and Kaia doesn’t need to jeopardize her career for Pete,” another tipster added, saying that Clooney was deeply concerned about his friends’ relationship. “He and Amal have even offered their home in Lake Como, Italy, as a romantic escape from all of the chaos.”
Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber “find themselves blaming each other for being bad parents.” Worse yet, their home life has crumbled. “Cindy and Rande have even taken to sleeping in separate bedrooms at times. It’s a mess,” the source said. “They are not bad parents. They always gave Presley and Kaia all the love and support they ever needed.”
Still, the tipster asserted, they can’t stop feeling guilty. “They went to the best schools, had access to every extra-curricular activity possible — and yet Cindy and Rande still feel like they didn’t do enough with both of their kids spiraling out of control.”
“Nobody wants to see Cindy and Rande divorce,” the tipster added, “but if they did, it would be one of the messiest divorces ever.” Noting that any legal battle would be a nightmare due to both of their respective career successes, the article concluded on a sour note. “Cindy and Rande haven’t given up yet,” the well-informed insider said. “But they really are at the end of their rope.”