Why Kourtney Kardashian’s Son Mason Disick Is Living a Private Life

If you’ve been keeping up, then you know Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick’s son Mason Disick has been living a more private life these days.

Sure, the teen has made the occasional cameo on The Kardashians and on his parents’ Instagram accounts. Recently, Kourtney celebrated Mason’s 15th birthday Dec. 14 (alongside Reign Disick‘s 10th because, yes, the siblings share a birthday) with a series of throwback photos, and Scott revealed the gift he got his eldest son.

“Happy birthday big boy!” the Flip It Like Disick alum wrote on his Instagram Stories. “Felt like it was only fair 4 you 2 get your first g wagon even if it’s a mini g wagon it’s still a wagon! Love u son!!!!!!”

Scott also celebrated Mason graduating from middle school in June and shared a rare snap of his firstborn sleeping on a plane the following month.

“Young blood knocked on the way home,” he captioned the July 23 post. “Best friend 4 life.”

Mason even joined Instagram himself in May. Still, he doesn’t appear on fans’ screens as often as he used to—and there’s a reason for that.

“I see comments all the time that I’m never with my kids, and I just don’t love to post my kids on social media,” Kourtney—who, in addition to Mason and Reign, shares 12-year-old daughter Penelope Disick with ex Scott—explained on a 2022 episode of the podcast Not Skinny But Not Fat. “They don’t love it—sometimes they do.”

In Mason’s case, she noted, he “doesn’t want any part of it.”

“He doesn’t love it,” the reality star continued. “I want my kids to be kids. I crave normalcy as much as we can have it.”

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Considering Mason’s life has been documented since birth, followers could understand why he may want a break from the cameras. But as Kourtney has made clear, when it comes to family time, it’s not a matter of pics or it didn’t happen.

“Just because he’s not in the photo,” the Lemme mogul replied to an Instagram follower in 2022, per The Daily Mail, “doesn’t mean he’s not with us.”

And she knows just how cruel the internet can be, which is why she initially deleted Mason’s Instagram account after he signed up without her permission in 2020.

“I think on Instagram the thing that really worries me with kids is comments,” the Poosh creator shared on social media at the time. “People can be so mean.”

So even though Mason isn’t in the spotlight, his mom and dad have noted he’s still thriving.

“He’s great,” Scott said on an episode of The Kardashians that aired in May. “He’s been really unbelievable. We’re closer than ever.”

In addition to her three kids with Scott, Kourtney has son Rocky Thirteen Barker, 13 months, with husband Travis Barker—the couple have also been protective of his privacy by not revealing his face—and is stepmom to the Blink-182 drummer’s son Landon Barker, 21; daughter Alabama Barker, 18; and stepdaughter Atiana De La Hoya, 25, from his previous marriage to Shanna Moakler.

To see family photos Kourtney and Travis have shared over the years, keep reading.