Kristin Cavallari, 37, shocked ex Mark Estes, 24, with split - as insiders reveal why her friends had reservations about the Montana Boyz star

Kristin Cavallari's ex Mark Estes was near successful daze complete her determination to end their 7 period relationship, and pleaded pinch nan mother-of-three to reconsider.

Cavallari, 37, choked backmost tears arsenic she confirmed successful a candid question and reply connected her podcast, Let’s Be Honest, that she had surgery up pinch nan Montana Boyz star, 24, past week, earlier claiming that he will 1 time 'thank' her.

Now, sources person said Mark was not happy pinch nan decision, dissimilar immoderate adjacent to Cavallari who had ever had reservations astir nan TikTok influencer.

'It was Kristin who pulled nan plug connected this and though Mark was not onboard pinch it, he really has nary different choice,' nan insider told DailyMail.com exclusively. 

‘The property spread was not an rumor successful nan opening but past it was because of nan different places that they are successful their lives.

'Mark was hoping that it was going to last. He did inquire her to reconsider and still wants her to. He had gotten adjacent to her kids.'

The root explained that Kristin's certainty astir not wanting much kids was nan logic for her decision.

'Kristin is done having children,' they said. 'She loves being a mother but does not want to spell done it again. 

'Mark does want to person a family and children and that is why she said that he will "thank her" – because he will.'

Kristin had explained connected her podcast: 'He will make personification truthful happy 1 day... and he will person a beautiful family of his own.

'I cognize that 1 time he will look backmost and understand it and I really deliberation 1 time he will look backmost and convey me.'

The root reiterated that cheating had not played a portion successful nan break up, and added that their short-lived romance 'showed Kristin really beautiful she was' and 'restored nan assurance she mislaid aft nan divorcement pinch Jay.'

Speaking astir Mark successful her podcast, Kristin had insisted that nan young societal media prima had been her champion fellow since her divorcement from erstwhile NFL prima Jay Cutler.

However, friends of nan prima had ever been weary of nan age-gap romance - particularly owed to nan truth Mark was still very caller to fame and focused connected building his following. 

'Some group adjacent to Kristin were concerned astir his thirst for Montana Boyz getting famous,' they said. 'He was benignant of consumed pinch this. It was ne'er a reddish emblem to Kristin because this is really she met him, but it became a interest to those astir her.'

The insider added: 'As overmuch arsenic he would ne'er want to admit it, she did thief his emergence to recognition.'

Opening up astir her determination to extremity nan romance successful her podcast, Kristin told fans: 'Mark and I collapsed up. It's difficult because I collapsed up pinch Mark because I conscionable cognize semipermanent it's not right, and it's not because of emotion mislaid aliases thing bad happened.'

She went connected to praise nan influencer for being 'nothing but beryllium truthful saccharine and truthful supportive' during their relationship. 

'He's been nan champion fellow I've ever had,' she said. 'I conscionable cognize semipermanent he needs to acquisition life, he's young... I started to consciousness nan property a small spot pinch life experience.'

Kristin continued: 'I look backmost erstwhile I was 24 and really overmuch life has happened betwixt then, those are important years, those are formative years, they're erstwhile you find yourself and he needs to beryllium capable to do that.' 

The manner designer stressed that she was 'aware' of their 13-year property spread and hadn't been 'ignoring nan truth that he was younger.'

Still, she insisted her and Mark's narration was nan 'best' of her life and 'very patient and very mature.'

Despite their breakup, Kristin insisted that she doesn't 'regret going nationalist pinch him' aliases 'introducing him' to her 3 kids Camden, 11, Jaxon, 9, and Saylor, 8 who she shares pinch ex-husband Jay.

The Uncommon James laminitis besides stated that she was 'optimistic' that she and  Mark would stay friends. 

The podcast big antecedently revealed that Mark first came to her attraction successful September 2023 erstwhile she was going done TikTok, spotted him and instantly thought he was 'so hot.'

She past received an 'I emotion you' connection from nan Montana Boyz relationship and invited them connected to her podcast, wherever she instantly deed it disconnected pinch Mark.

Recalling their first gathering she said: 'That attraction was ever there, but erstwhile I met him, I was like, he's really a really nice, bully guy. He's very saccharine from nan jump. He was truthful saccharine to me.

'Me making love a 24-year-old is not thing that I was searching out. It's not thing that I astatine each ever thought would ever happen. I understand what it looks for illustration to nan extracurricular world. I really do. I get that. He is not a emblematic 24-year-old.

'I deliberation it's a batch of things. I deliberation activity for women conscionable gets amended arsenic you get older. Because I deliberation women, erstwhile you're successful your early 20s and stuff, you're insecure successful a batch of ways, you're worried astir your assemblage aliases what [you] look like. I've fto each of that spell and I deliberation I americium much coming physically during activity than I've ever been. And I'm truthful wildly attracted to [Mark]. And I conscionable deliberation we person really basking sex.' 

Kristin was joined to Jay for 7 years earlier they separated successful 2020.