--- title: Kristin Cavallari Doesn't Vaccinate Her Kids description: Claims there are 'some scary statistics out there' canonical: https://time.com/25719/kristin-cavallari-is-an-anti-vaxxer-because-she-has-read-too-many-books/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-14T22:35:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T06:47:11.381Z article:section: Health og:title: Kristin Cavallari Doesn't Vaccinate Her Kids og:description: Claims there are 'some scary statistics out there' og:url: https://time.com/25719/kristin-cavallari-is-an-anti-vaxxer-because-she-has-read-too-many-books/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf63825d31e873713/698685923617601bed90ae9c/478620801.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Kristin Cavallari Visits "FOX & Friends" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kristin Cavallari Doesn't Vaccinate Her Kids twitter:description: Claims there are 'some scary statistics out there' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf63825d31e873713/698685923617601bed90ae9c/478620801.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kristin Cavallari Is an Anti-Vaxxer Because She Has 'Read Too Many Books' > Sponsored content. 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On Friday, she defended her position on “Fox & Friends,” adding that it was not something she planned to come out publicly on, but it just came up in the interview. “Listen, to each their own,” Cavallari, pregnant with her second son, said. “I understand both sides of it. I’ve ready too many books about autism and there’s some scary statistics out there. It’s our personal choice, and, you know, if you’re really concerned about your kid get them vaccinated.” The link between autism and vaccines is [completely debunked and not based in science](http://healthland.time.com/2014/03/04/nothing-not-even-hard-facts-can-make-anti-vaxxers-change-their-minds/). There is concern that the anti-vaccine movement is causing the return of formerly eradicated diseases. You can see the video, [here](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/03/14/kristin-cavallari-defends-decision-not-to-vaccinate-her-son/). \[[FOX News](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/03/14/kristin-cavallari-defends-decision-not-to-vaccinate-her-son/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/25719/kristin-cavallari-is-an-anti-vaxxer-because-she-has-read-too-many-books/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/25719/kristin-cavallari-is-an-anti-vaxxer-because-she-has-read-too-many-books/"},"headline":"Kristin Cavallari Is an Anti-Vaxxer Because She Has 'Read Too Many Books'","datePublished":"2014-03-14T22:35:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:47:11.381Z","description":"Claims there are 'some scary statistics out there'","url":"https://time.com/25719/kristin-cavallari-is-an-anti-vaxxer-because-she-has-read-too-many-books/","keywords":["Vaccines","Autism","vaccinations"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf63825d31e873713/698685923617601bed90ae9c/478620801.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf63825d31e873713/698685923617601bed90ae9c/478620801.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kristin Cavallari Visits \"FOX & Friends\"","caption":"Kristin Cavallari Visits \"FOX & Friends\"","creditText":"Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/vaccines/","name":"Vaccines"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/25719/kristin-cavallari-is-an-anti-vaxxer-because-she-has-read-too-many-books/","name":"Kristin Cavallari Is an Anti-Vaxxer Because She Has 'Read Too Many Books'"}}]}] ```