“What the hell was I thinking?!” Pete Wentz Finally Spills on That Steamy Kiss With a Kardashian — But Wait, Which Sister Was It? Was It Real? Was It Just for Fame? And Why Did No One See This Coming?
“What the hell was I thinking?!” Pete Wentz Finally Spills on That Steamy Kiss With a Kardashian — But Wait, Which Sister Was It? Was It Real? Was It Just for Fame? And Why Did No One See This Coming?
“What the Hell Was I Thinking?!” Pete Wentz’s Shocking Kiss With a Kardashian Sister You Totally Forgot Existed
In a pop culture moment that has somehow evaded even the most die-hard fans, Pete Wentz — emo icon, bassist of Fall Out Boy, and 2000s heartthrob — has finally opened up about that steamy on-screen kiss with… wait for it… Rob Kardashian’s ex-girlfriend and the often-overlooked Kardashian sister: Kendall Jenner.
Yes. Kendall. Long before her modeling days and international fame, Kendall had a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo in one of Fall Out Boy’s most controversial videos: Thnks fr th Mmrs. And buried within that chaotic, monkey-filled fever dream of a music video? A full-on kiss between Pete and a then-teenage Kendall.
So why are we only hearing about this now?
“We Were Just Kids in a Weird Scene”
In a recent podcast interview, Wentz, now 46, said:
“I remember thinking, ‘This is gonna be weird in a few years.’ But back then, no one knew who Kendall would become. She was just this quiet, shy girl on set, and boom — the director threw in a kiss scene.”
Kendall was reportedly only 17 at the time, and the kiss was meant to be “cinematic tension,” according to the director. But fans never forgot — even though the scene barely made it into the final cut.
Was It Real? Or Just PR Gold?
Let’s not pretend the mid-2000s weren’t filled with staged romances and label-created headlines. MTV ruled the world, tabloids were king, and a scandal like this was marketing gold.
Was this kiss real? Pete insists it was “all for the camera,” but body language experts and fan conspiracy threads have long suggested otherwise.
“Look at how he grabs her waist,” one YouTube commenter wrote. “That’s not acting — that’s chemistry.”
The Fallout — and the Silence
Following the music video, the internet stirred with questions. But the Kardashian name hadn’t yet taken over every media platform, so the moment was quietly swept under the digital rug.
Kendall, in true Kardashian fashion, never addressed the kiss publicly. It wasn’t until Keeping Up with the Kardashians season 5 that a brief reference to “Kenny’s weird music video phase” made fans start digging.
Pete, too, moved on — marrying Ashlee Simpson, becoming a father, and eventually splitting from Ashlee in a very public divorce. Meanwhile, Kendall climbed the modeling ranks and became a billionaire businesswoman.
But the kiss stayed buried. Until now.
Why Now?
So what made Pete finally spill the beans?
He says it’s all about perspective.
“You look back, and you realize how insane that era was,” he said. “We were making music, doing photo shoots with chimps, and kissing Kardashians — all in a day’s work.”
More likely? He knows fans are hungry for nostalgia. And nothing sells quite like a juicy forgotten scandal from two mega-celebs who barely crossed paths again.
Fan Reactions Explode
Since the revelation, social media has gone wild.
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“HOW did I not know about this???”
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“This is my Roman Empire.”
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“Pete Wentz kissing Kendall Jenner was not on my 2025 bingo card.”
Memes are flooding TikTok. Old screenshots of the video are circulating like wildfire. And conspiracy theories are being born by the minute.
What Does Kendall Say?
So far? Radio silence.
But insiders close to the Kardashian-Jenner camp say Kendall is “unbothered” and “barely remembers the shoot.”
“She was a teenager doing a favor for a friend of the family,” said one anonymous source. “It was nothing to her — but now, apparently, it’s everything to the internet.”
The Legacy of a Kiss
In the grand scheme of celebrity history, a quick peck in a music video might seem trivial. But in today’s world of hyper-nostalgia and viral reboots, no moment is ever truly forgotten.
This kiss between emo royalty and reality TV nobility is now being reexamined as a “lost relic of 2000s pop culture.”
And Pete Wentz, for his part, seems amused.
“It’s wild what people remember,” he laughs. “Or what they completely missed.”
🧨 Moral of the Story?
Never underestimate the power of a kiss — especially when it’s between two people who would go on to define an entire era of entertainment.
And never forget: the internet forgets nothing.
