There’s no denying that Kim Kardashian is to Reality TV what Kate Middleton is to Royalty (sorry, Paris).
So when news broke yesterday that she filed for divorce, after only 72 days of marriage, it naturally dominated headlines in both tabloid and mainstream press. Reality TV saturates our culture now, and the Kardashians are its royalty.
But I see no point in commenting on the obvious “irreconcilable differences” that caused her to kick her country bumpkin of a husband to the curb so heartlessly. The currently unemployed (because of the lockout) NBA player Kris Humphries had no clue there was anything wrong.
Even worse, he responded to her filing by issuing a public statement swearing his undying love and vowing to do whatever it takes to “save this marriage.” Like I said, clueless.
Instead, I’ll caution those of you who are reveling in this news as if it represents some kind of comeuppance or failure for Kim. Because I assure you that while you’re laughing at her expense, she’s laughing all the way to the bank. With her two ugly and manifestly jealous sisters (a la Cinderella) in tow.
Besides, they clearly have no shame. After all, the fame the entire Keeping-Up-with-the-Kardashians clan now enjoys is based on the shameless exploitation of a sex tape Kim made with one of her many ex-boyfriends. Hell, as they say in the business, this makes good copy and even better TV.
More to the point, the tabloid media will probably pay her more for the rights to her divorce than the $10 million they paid her for the rights to her “fairytale” wedding. Ka-Ching! Ka-Ching!
So, by definition, this marriage for Kim was just another storyline in the serial drama that is her life on Reality TV. I suspect she vested no more emotion in it than Erica Kane vested in any of her 11 marriages on All My Children.
Which means that her only concern now is who will be her next on-screen love interest….?
That’s a wrap.
But iPINIONS notes that, unless he has a breakout season at some point in the NBA, Kris Humphries will be to Kim Kardashian what Chris Judd is to Jennifer Lopez. Remember him…?
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