Twitter Misses the Old Rob Kardashian

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 07:  (L-R) Cheryl Burke and Rob Kardashian attend Macy's Ideology Press Launch at Dream Downtown on December 7, 2011 in New York City.  (Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images for Macy's)

Rob Kardashian, the only male sibling in the Kardashian/Jenner clan, has quickly gone from being Kim Kardashian’s cute younger brother to a pitiful couch potato who most girls would rather diss than date.  The 27-year-old gained prominence when his family landed a reality show on the E! Network.  The show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, followed Rob and the rest of his family as they lived fabulous lives in their home state of California.  During the show’s second and third seasons, Rob’s relationship with singer and former 3LW member, Adrienne Bailon, helped give Kardashian his own story line and many fans became invested in the couple.  During one episode, viewers were allowed to see Kardashian and Bailon get tattoos of each other’s names.  However, when Rob and Adrienne split in 2009, Rob had a very difficult time coping with the end of his relationship.  On an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians which aired after the couple’s break-up, Rob is seen on camera, visibly shaken after reading a letter that is perceived to be from Bailon’s new boyfriend.  However, Bailon has since admitted that the letter was written by her and a friend as a part of her scheme to create a “fake boyfriend” in an effort to get Rob to leave her alone; something that she says was successful.

After the couple parted ways, news quickly began to circulate that the relationship ended because of Rob’s infidelity, and although Rob admitted to the accusations, many fans and viewers still chose to side him.  Bailon, who felt as though a double standard was in place, decided to take a stand for women everywhere, after being attacked by the press she defended her choice to leave Kardashian by stating, “It’s common knowledge that he cheated on me. Why are women always the ones who have to forgive? If you cheated on a man, he would be like, “You’re disgusting, and I want nothing to do with you.” But women, we’re supposed to be like, “He messed up. He made a mistake.”  She continued her rant by saying that Rob left her no choice because, “He strategically planned things out so that he could cheat on me, and that to me was so disloyal.” However, Bailon didn’t just stop there, she proceeded to suggest that her relationship with Kardashian hurt her career – a suggestion that got Kim and the rest of the Kardashian crew extremely riled up.  In an attempt to explain herself more thoroughly, Bailon said, “”To be stuck with that Kardashian label, that was so hurtful to me and to my career. I probably realized that too late—not that it would’ve affected my decisions in terms of who I dated, but it would’ve affected my decision to appear on the show. To this day, people will still say, ‘You ruined Rob’s life!’ and I’ll think, ‘…, I was still playing with Barbie dolls when I met him.'”  However, Kim quickly jumped to her brother’s defense and tweeted “Funny how she says being with a Kardashian hurt her career yet the only reason she has this article is bc she is talking about a Kardashian,” and while Kim K may have a point that Bailon’s relationship with Rob has been nothing but beneficial to her career, it’s becoming more and more apparent that Rob’s ‘career’ has been the only one to “suffer.”

Although it’s been five years since the two have gone their separate ways, Bailon still discusses the situation frequently, and while Rob has remained relatively quiet, the relationship has left its mark on him in other ways.  Over the last five years, Rob has gained a considerable amount of weight, and even his family seems to be getting fed up with Rob’s antics.  According to sources, Rob even missed his big sister Kim’s wedding to rapper Kanye West after negative comments were made about Rob’s weight.  However, Kim has repeatedly tried to help her brother shed pounds and during an interview she stated: “I try to encourage him, and once you don’t make that change for so long … my patience wears out.”  Well apparently, Kim isn’t the only one running out of patience and several of Rob’s fans have been wishing for Rob to rediscover his old self.  Rob has recently announced that he wants to lose weight and lead a healthier lifestyle, and although he has shown a bit of progress, the internet has remained extremely hard on Rob and his weight loss journey.  Here are tweets from people who miss the old Rob Kardashian.

Hopefully Rob will shed a few pounds so @swagsher (and the rest of the people who are devastated by Rob’s new weight) won’t have to be sad forever.  Gaining weight is difficult for everyone, but it’s probably even harder for a reality TV star who can easily watch old episodes and see the person they used to be.  Even fans feel nostalgic when they watch old episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and for now, those old episodes are the only way they’ll be able to see Rob Kardashian at a normal body weight.

https://twitter.com/SinicaVilla/status/475686034680713217

Here is the moral of the story folks, cheating on your girlfriend won’t get you anywhere except sad, overweight, and alone – three things that Rob Kardashian has unfortunately learned how to master.

https://twitter.com/ebreezzyyy/status/531862529060786176

Rob Kardashian has not been in a long-term relationship since his split with Bailon, and his excessive weight gain probably has a lot to do with that.

https://twitter.com/HoneyLoveNic/status/494163820453961729

In a world full of mean comments and negativity, it’s nice to see someone who genuinely cares about another person’s well-being.  This Twitter user seems to be motivating by nothing other than wanting Rob to “get healthy and be happy.”

(Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images for Macy’s)

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