I’m sorry to blow your minds, but Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries got divorced. It’s true. Who saw that coming? Besides everyone, ever, in the history of the world?
I could sit here and fault Kim for spending an inordinate sum of money on a wedding we all knew wouldn’t last. Or I could bash Kris for being so naive that he thought proposing to her was a good idea. Or I could pen my disgust with the E! Entertainment network for projectile vomiting 4 hours of coverage devoted to this matter.
But I won’t. Because it’s a rich person’s privilege to spend their rich person money on whatever rich person luxury they want. And we all know in our heart of hearts, or maybe the brain of our hearts, or maybe just the liver of our hearts — the point is, we somehow know, despite possessing no proof to the contrary, that Kim somehow passive-aggressively nudged Kris onto his bended knee. There’s no way he’s smart enough to do that on his own. And E!? Well, E! is meant for pop culture vomit. That’s why it’s on the air. You don’t punish a guard dog for barking at a burglar. Especially if it’s a Hamburglar. Hamburgers are crazy important.
Kim Kardashian is a product of our society; a conglomerate of our most disgusting, voyeuristic, intrusive habits. She exists because we want her to exist. The media viewer is her Dr. Frankenstein and she is our monster. We built her, and now we want to destroy her.
I feel sad for Kim. She has completely lost herself within her personal brand. Her constant quest to upgrade and meticulously refine Kim Kardashian © has simply buried the person behind the brand. She is a product, no longer a human being. She is an ass, a couple of breasts and a pretty face. She is not known for her humor, her personality, her charity work, or anything that makes a human being worthwhile, and she knows it.
I will be the first to admit that I am an avid fan of anything Kardashian. There is nothing ironic or snarky about my enjoyment of America’s Royal Family. My interest is as true and real as Kim Kardashian’s bottom, which was x-rayed earlier this year to prove the validity of its voluptuousness. This past season there was nearly an entire episode dedicated to Kim’s refusal to dance in public. She couldn’t dance well, and so she didn’t want to dance at all. If she didn’t possess millions of dollars, I would feel heartbroken for her. She is a beautiful, successful woman who is so low on confidence that she won’t even dance around the kitchen with only her sisters present. The last half decade she has been viewed as physical perfection, and her confidence is so low that she won’t put herself on the line to goof around and break that illusion.
I believe that Kim married for love. I believe that she is jealous of Khloe’s marriage, of Kourtney’s child. In her official statement, she states:
I want a family and babies and a real life so badly that maybe I rushed in to something too soon. I believed in love and the dream of what I wanted so badly. I felt like I was on a fast roller coaster and couldn’t get off when now I know I probably should have. I got caught up with the hoopla and the filming of the TV show that when I probably should have ended my relationship, I didn’t know how to and didn’t want to disappoint a lot of people.
This divorce says as much about our society and its unhealthy dedication to pop culture as it does Kim and Kris. This divorce might say more about us than it does them; they simply have a failed marriage, something more than half of America possesses. We have a half dozen CNN talking heads, hundreds of local news papers, countless gossip shows, and millions of airy opinion pieces swirling around the Internet (oh, don’t think the irony is lost on me here) giving attention to this single, failed relationship that is of absolutely no consequence to anything important to any of our lives.
It’s disgusting. And I want more.
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“She is an ass, a couple of breasts and a pretty face. She is not known for her humor, her personality, her charity work, or anything that makes a human being worthwhile” LOL the best description of Kim K, I’ve ever read! I disagree however, I don’t feel sorry for her, this is the life she wanted. I can’t wait until she’s out of the spotlight like Paris Hilton.
Be honest Heelo Giggles…. You guys get funded by the Kardashian family and are required to post about them all the time….. How else can you explain why a supposed “female empowering” “. Positive” website constantly talks about the insipid Kardashian clan….. Claims to fame …… Sex tape and marrying NBA players…. Yes girls that’s something to aspire too……
I agree. I love all things KarDASHian and I feel super bad that people are being so mean. Well, more mean than normal. It was obvious that she was caught up and she does feel like a failure, despite her enormous success. Let’s be real. If I was 31 and twice divorced with no babies, a boring (because it IS boring) career then I’d be in a state institution on suicide watch. That’s the world we live in. Your success is based on money but no money in the WORLD will ever buy her a real husband and baby. It’s tragic. I think she knows what’s wrong in her world but she won’t ever be able to really fix it. That’s sad, guys. Real sad.
What’s weird is that usually when I watch, it’s just fun to see the way they joke and interact. But this wedding thing wasn’t much fun to watch at all. It almost hurt because there was no huge spark between them and the wedding was getting so much bigger than their relationship. It was a bit of a downer and I ended up just looking forward to the dresses. :/
It’s like a car wreck hard to look at but yet we can’t look away.
Also, if you’re saying we should just be entertained by them and not take them seriously, does that mean everyone should just get married whenever they want, on a whim, because it’s “highly entertaining” to watch millions of dollars get spent on a spectacle like that? I’m sorry….I have never believed in televising marriage ceremonies of any kind, because you’re doing it for TV and not for love. This just proves my point. And makes me feel bad for people who CANT get married, because of the alleged “sanctity of marriage” people are so concerned with.
My fiance and i can’t yet get married because she is a woman and even if we could, it wouldn’t be recognized because of DOMA (since she is a French citizen). I find it sad that Kim can get married so easily when it means nothing to her, and i can’t when it means so much to me.
Absolutely. I agree with that. What I mean is, what’s on tv is entertainment, and in the real world, all the things you just mentioned. We could possibly look to this and realize that we don’t have to do that, ever. We don’t have to buy into the idea of a huge “fairy tale wedding.” In fact, calling it a fairy tale wedding says a lot about its substance.
I really don’t feel we should take Kim’s choices seriously, because we have the responsibility of making the real choices in our own lives. For example, I might joke and say, “If Kim can’t find love, then i give up!” It’s a joke. In the real world, the one that’s not monetized and blasted on television, real things happen, in particular the points you have raised.
Unfortunately, it’s 2011. We live in a digital age, where the past never dies and can come back to haunt you at any moment. So, yes, she IS famous for having a sex tape, and a father that was part of the OJ case. She wouldn’t have ever gotten a tv show without both of those things. If that’s how you’re willing to start out your “career,” much like the Jersey Shore kids getting drunk, or the Real World cast hooking up with each other in a hot tub, then you should expect it to ALWAYS come back to haunt you.
Speaking of OJ, last night I watched Kris Jenner on Leno discussing her book and she briefly mentions that some of her thoughts on the whole OJ thing are in there. I don’t know, but something feels very eerie about that. What do you think?
Also, excuse my awful grammar.
First, I want to say that I”m tired of hearing people constantly bring up that she’s famous for a sex tape.
No. That’s been over for YEARS now. I can’t think of any woman who would enjoy being constantly reminded of ONE mistake for the rest of their lives. If we had naughty pictures out there, but then continued on to take on other accomplishments, we’d be damned if we were forever written about as “that woman who only got famous for….etc etc.”
In any case, I think we’re losing sight of the fact that entertainment is entertainment. We watch Kim and other crap on television because we enjoy entertainment and we enjoy criticizing the lives of others. At the end of the day, Kim K isn’t paying my bills.
I am entertained by this, but mostly, I enjoy that we have these women in the spotlight who are far from conventional. They vary in size and appearance, and they are far from perfect (though I know Caragh appreciates Kim as a ‘flawless human’ and I understand it).
What we do with our reality will have nothing to do with what we have chosen to watch on television. Who we love, who we marry, and where we work will have everything to do with our best judgement.
We can’t forget that everything on these shows is highly scripted and hightly intentional. Real life doesn’t come with a second or third take. When I was in Miami, I happened to be staying at the same hotel as Scott Disick back when he smashed the mirror with his hand. Kim and Kourtney were in the driveway and they drove around one more time to do another take. When the episode aired, they pretended to be in the hospital driveway, not the hotel.
Let this be a reminder to us that we live very real lives and to forever treat television as strictly entertainment.
I normally love everything you ladies write about, but this Kim Kardashian sympathy is just utterly confusing to me! Yes, it is the fault of ‘fans’/reality tv watchers and the media that so many people are paying attention to this story. But…pretty sure that’s what Kim wants. She’s a girl who voluntarily put her marriage on TV, for fame, and for money. She’s the one who allegedly agreed to film a segment to air in this upcoming season’s Kourtney and Kim taken Manhatten where she and Kris sit down and discuss their need for a break in their relationship. Excuse me? How is this now, “poor Kim, the media is lambasting you.” Everything you DID was for reality tv purposes, from dating Kris, to marriage, and so when that backfired on you, yes, the media and reality tv show watchers WERE going to obsess over the divorce. Because we’d been “had.” Whether or not she believes in love, all signs point to this particular “union” being a ratings grab, and the idiocy of two people more obsessed with fame and being caught up “in the moment,” then with ACTUAL reality. I don’t feel bad for her that it backfired. When you sign up to make millions off of people by putting your life on TV, and enjoying all of the perks and benefits that go along with it, then you deserve to be looked at under the microscope for EVERYTHING. It doesn’t mean everything is Kim’s fault. But it does mean maybe we shouldn’t make people famous for a sex tape and a willingness to air everything out on tv.
I find it impossible to not feel bad for her, and that’s the truth. How can you not pity a woman who places her self worth into her reality show ratings and her line of handbags? Who truly does “caught up” in the moment of her audience during her wedding planning, that she becomes blind to the fact that her partner is not someone she should marry? That’s tragic. I’m not saying she didn’t set the wheels in motion — but I don’t think anyone, anyone, anyone assumes that’s the way their life is going to turn out when they try to “make it” in the entertainment business.
And I don’t meant place fault on the viewer and apologize if it comes across that way. What I was trying to point out is that we’re propelling this fiasco forward. I don’t think this kind of attention is what she “wants,” but would never deny that it’s her own fault.
Kim and Kris aren’t divorced yet. She’s filed for divorce. They’re no more divorced yet than Zooey and Ben are. They may be emotionally done, but legally, they’re still married.
I’d feel more sympathy for Kim if she didn’t seek out attention so much. Yes, her “fairy tale” didn’t work out the way she’d planned. It happens. It sucks, but it happens. Let’s not throw her a pity party. The best thing for her or anyone else in this situation is to maintain perspective on the situation. It sucks and it’s sad, but don’t let your emotions get the better of you when you’re dealing with this legal process. Don’t be a vindictive monster (even if you’re the one getting emotionally burned), but don’t let yourself get taken advantage of. Take care of yourself.