Kim Kardashian is a no-show at Dancing With The Stars as brother Rob achieves best score yet (watched on by proud family)

It was his most successful night yet on Dancing With The Stars.

But one notable absentee in the crowd tonight cheering on Rob Kardashian was sister Kim.

The reality star stayed at home licking her wounds following her marriage breakdown from Kris Humphries, leaving the rest of her family to offer 24-year-old Rob support.

Kris Jenner and husband Bruce were pictured happily sat in the audience at the CBS studios in Hollywood, along with Kourtney, 32, her toddler son Mason and Khloe, 27.

Kim arrived back in LA yesterday after making an overnight trip to Minnesota where she visited estranged hubby Kris.

Though she was there for less than 24 hours, Kim and Kris met with the pastor who performed their wedding ceremony to discuss what went wrong in the 72-day marriage.

Sources told TMZ that while Kim was 'conflicted about the divorce' there was no chance of a reconciliation for the pair and that the summit was about 'closure.'

And Us Magazine are reporting that the mission came as a result of a hostile email exchanges that were building up between the pair.

'She needs to do what she's doing now and cry and figure it out,' her mother Jenner, 56, told Extra during an interview with Maria Menounos at The Grove shopping mall in Hollywood today.

She's just trying to follow her heart, and she's going to be okay.'

Kim will eventually open up about what led to her decision to file for divorce, her mother added.

Such trailing of the sordid details has been criticised as protracted advertising for the new series of Kim and Kourtney Take New York.

But the Kardashians have vowed to ban all divorce drama from the shows, however, it certainly doesn't stop Kim taking part in an interview elsewhere, and one that's televised at that.

Something that did happen without the E! cameras there to document it, was Kim's midnight flight to Minnesota to see Kris on Saturday night.

Jenner said of the dramatic dash that her 'she really needed to talk to him.'

Meanwhile Rob Kardashian had 'the best week of any Kardashian' with his punchy quickstep to A-ha's Take On Me, and Carrie Ann Inaba told him he was the ideal contestant on the show because even though he started off poorly, he’s had continuous improvement.

'Tonight, you’re polished, you’re elegant, you’re smooth and you were light on your feet,' she said.

Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and head judge Len Goodman each gave Kardashian nine points, leaving him with a total 27 out of 30 - his highest score of the entire competition.

He was delighted with his instant dance song, Hall and Oates’ Maneater, announcing: 'They're my favourite band.'

Kardashian’s second dance also pleased the baying judges.

Goodman told him the jive needed sharper kicks, but overall commended the routine and he earned 24 points, for a grand total of 51.

After the show the Kardashian clan, minus Kim, were seen heading out to celebrate Lamar Oden's birthday.

Source: Chris Johnson

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