Kristin Cavallari Caught Intruder Crawling on Her Floor While in Bed with Son Camden: 'Your Instincts Just Kick in'

Mar. 15, 2025

Kristin Cavallariis reliving one of her scariest moments.The 37-year-old shared the terrifying story on the Tuesday, Dec. 17 episode of herLet’s Be Honest with Kristin Cavallaripodcast.Noting, “My kids still do not know [this] to this day,” Cavallari — who shares sons Camden, 12, and Jaxon, 10, and daughter Saylor, 9, with exJay Cutler— added that the event took place during a family trip to theBahamas in 2020. The family had to stay in the location for a month amid pandemic restrictions.TheLaguna Beachalum said she had jewelry from herUncommon Jamesbrand laid out in her closet when the house’s HVAC unit broke and they needed to call in workers to fix it.“That night I had [my son] Cam in the bed with me. Cam and I were sleeping,” she recalled. “And I woke up to a man crawling on my bedroom floor.”Kristin Cavallari in November 2020.ABC/Shutterstock“I was so out of it because obviously I had just woken up,” she said. “And I go, ‘What the f— are you doing?’ And this man stands up, runs out the door, and, you guys, he had a ski mask on, full black arms, black pants, the full thing. And I went ‘oh, f—.’”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Cavallari added, “Because Cam was in the bed with me, I didn’t yell. I didn’t scream. You think in those moments that that’s what you’d do, but your instincts just kick in. I honestly felt like I was inMission Impossible.”Kristin Cavallari and son Camden.Kristin Cavallari/InstagramAfter rushing to get her now-ex-husband Cutler, Cavallari said the reality of the situation began to sink in.“Once I woke Jay up, then I got really nervous,” she admitted. “Then I start [to get] like, really scared. I started shaking, and I was able to process then what just happened. But until that point, I was not scared. I was really calm. You just are running off of instinct.”The Hillsalum added that she’s chosen not to share the story with her kids for fear it will deeply impact them.Kristin Cavallari and sons Camden and Jaxon.Kristin Cavallari/Instagram“That’s just one that I think would really scare them,” she said. “Long story short, he took all of the cash that we had in a backpack. We ended up getting it back. We found out who it was. It was the HVAC guy.”Calling the ordeal “one of the scariest things that I went through,” Cavallari said she’s happy to shoulder the knowledge of what happened to protect her kids.“I will not tell them, probably, until they’re adults,” she said. “Because I just think some things kids do not need to know. And scary stuff like that, I will take that one.”

Kristin Cavallariis reliving one of her scariest moments.

The 37-year-old shared the terrifying story on the Tuesday, Dec. 17 episode of herLet’s Be Honest with Kristin Cavallaripodcast.

Noting, “My kids still do not know [this] to this day,” Cavallari — who shares sons Camden, 12, and Jaxon, 10, and daughter Saylor, 9, with exJay Cutler— added that the event took place during a family trip to theBahamas in 2020. The family had to stay in the location for a month amid pandemic restrictions.

TheLaguna Beachalum said she had jewelry from herUncommon Jamesbrand laid out in her closet when the house’s HVAC unit broke and they needed to call in workers to fix it.

“That night I had [my son] Cam in the bed with me. Cam and I were sleeping,” she recalled. “And I woke up to a man crawling on my bedroom floor.”

Kristin Cavallari in November 2020.ABC/Shutterstock

ABC/Shutterstock

“I was so out of it because obviously I had just woken up,” she said. “And I go, ‘What the f— are you doing?’ And this man stands up, runs out the door, and, you guys, he had a ski mask on, full black arms, black pants, the full thing. And I went ‘oh, f—.’”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Cavallari added, “Because Cam was in the bed with me, I didn’t yell. I didn’t scream. You think in those moments that that’s what you’d do, but your instincts just kick in. I honestly felt like I was inMission Impossible.”

Kristin Cavallari and son Camden.Kristin Cavallari/Instagram

Kristin Cavallari/Instagram

After rushing to get her now-ex-husband Cutler, Cavallari said the reality of the situation began to sink in.

“Once I woke Jay up, then I got really nervous,” she admitted. “Then I start [to get] like, really scared. I started shaking, and I was able to process then what just happened. But until that point, I was not scared. I was really calm. You just are running off of instinct.”

The Hillsalum added that she’s chosen not to share the story with her kids for fear it will deeply impact them.

Kristin Cavallari and sons Camden and Jaxon.Kristin Cavallari/Instagram

“That’s just one that I think would really scare them,” she said. “Long story short, he took all of the cash that we had in a backpack. We ended up getting it back. We found out who it was. It was the HVAC guy.”

Calling the ordeal “one of the scariest things that I went through,” Cavallari said she’s happy to shoulder the knowledge of what happened to protect her kids.

“I will not tell them, probably, until they’re adults,” she said. “Because I just think some things kids do not need to know. And scary stuff like that, I will take that one.”

source: people.com