And, as to the question of their fame, many people will state that they are famous because they are businesswomen and socialites; models and actresses. Well, I'm not so sure about the actress part (check out any film credits they have prior to 2009. Even then, I don't think playing yourself gives you the right to call yourself an actress), and I'm sure they all did some modeling but here's the real scoop. None of the girls in this family ever got any real celeb face time until Kim's sex tape was "leaked" in 2007. So, really, they are famous because their sister got busy with a celeb and the world saw her naked. Bravo! Master Thespian!! (and she was 27 when this happened so she really was old enough to have known better... unless she wanted it leaked so her name would be in all the news... hmmm)
So, anyway, I'm not necessarily one for celebrity gossip (especially when it comes to the K clan), but this got me this morning. I saw that Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from her husband. Not that filing for divorce is some huge news, but her excuse blew my mind. She says that she's filed because he "wasn't who she thought." Really? Let's backtrack a bit and look at a timeline (courtesy of MTV's website)...
October 31, 2010: Kim is spotted sitting courtside at Kris Humphries' basketball game. This is the day they reportedly meet for the first time.January 1, 2011: Kim tweets a photo of a young Kris with the message "I want my son to look like this!"(now, in the real world, if a girl did this within 2 months of knowing a guy, she would be labeled a psycho and dropped like a hot potato)
January 23, 2011: Kim tells MTV News that she's still very much single. "I never have been single in my life," she said. "So [after] getting married as a teenager and then getting into a relationship, each lasting like four years, after that, something inside of me, I just felt like I wanted to be single." (umm... I have no words for how weird this is)
May 18, 2011: Just shy of seven months after meeting, they get engaged after he slipped a 20.5-carat, $2 million ring on her finger. "I didn't expect this at all," Kardashian said of the proposal, which included Humphries writing out "Will You Marry Me?" in rose petals in her bedroom. "I was in such shock. I never thought it would happen at home, and I never thought now."(really? Even though you've been dreaming about what your babies would look like for over 4 months now?)
June 8, 2011: Kim's family was just as shocked as the rest of us about the upcoming wedding. Her sister Khloe even says, "We didn't even know if it was a joke."(that's because one would think it was since they'd only known each other 7 months)
August 20, 2011: The two marry in a $20 million shindig that they paid nothing toward ($20 MILLION. They paid NOTHING. Even better than the wedding's price tag, they reportedly MADE money on the whole affair. How much? Choke on this... $17.9 MILLION).October 31, 2011: 72 days after they said "I do," these two are now saying "Not so much." (72 days. Wow. Granted, it's a lifetime compared to Britney Spears' 55 hour marriage but, seriously, 72 DAYS?)
OK, back to reality. The real reality. He wasn't who she thought? You mean, when you agreed to marry him less than 7 months after you met him, you thought you knew everything about him? Why does her divorce come as a surprise to her or anyone else? Were there really people, Kim and Kris included, that thought that this was going to work? Ever? The ugly stuff in a relationship usually doesn't happen during the first 6-9 months. I mean, it generally takes a year before all the really annoying stuff starts to surface and you know if you can deal with it or not. If you can, congratulations, your relationship has a better than average chance of lasting another year. Even then, you may need to hang on for awhile before you really know if this person is a keeper and that you are one to them. My favorite in the time line is this future event, though...
November 27, 2011: Even though they are no longer together, Kris and Kim's marriage will be documented on the second season of "Kourtney & Kim Take New York," which kicks off November 27. In previews for the show, fans have gotten a peek at the short-lived marriage. "How am I going to have my career and live in Minnesota?" Kim asks Kris when he suggests they move to his hometown. His response? "Baby, by the time you have kids and they're in school, nobody will probably care about you."
LOVE that he says that to her!! I guess this shows where her priorities lie, though. Husband, kids, home? Nope. Career. I'm not bashing a woman's right to her career but, really, one would think that she could run her store from about anywhere. I seriously doubt they're counting on her to run the cash register each day. And, couldn't those women in Minnesota benefit from a Kardashian boutique in Cheeseland?
In any case, let Kim be a role model for all those young ladies out there who, two months (or less) after meeting a guy, begin morphing their photo with that of their dream man to see what their babies will look like. While a sex tape with a celeb may make you famous, rushing into a relationship or marriage will almost certainly end in disaster. And, even if you did make $17.9 million off the wedding alone, no amount of money can fix stupid.
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