When marriage is a publicity stunt

[lilmom]

<p>No morals…</p>

[barrons]

<p>I find their morals superior to most of Wall Street. The K’s never cost me a dime. You can watch or not and it’s free. They will never harm the world economy.</p>

[tango14]

<p>I’m not sure it was a completely faked thing. Their whole lives are pretty artificial. I think Kim wanted to get married but was more enamored of the idea of a wedding than married life. She said today that she got caught up in the all the hoopla and was afraid to disappoint people by backing out. I can totally understand that. Diana anyone? I just hope Kris knew what he was getting into. He seems like a nice guy.</p>

[notrichenough]

<p>He tried to become her:</p>

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It was Humphries’ alleged attempts to cash in on his newfound fame (and the Kardashian family name) that led to Kim’s weekend decision to call it quits. TMZ says the E! star was furious when she discovered Kris had hired a Hollywood publicist and was interested in branding himself with merchandise and club appearances. The basketballer was also reportedly interested in keeping a connection with Kardashian if the marriage didn’t work out in hopes of keeping a high Tinseltown profile.</p>

<p>Kim reportedly told a friend, “He’s not in ****ing Hollywood. He plays sports.”

[Report:</a> Kardashian Split Fueled by Kris Seeking Fame | Popcast Blog | Comcast.net](<a href=“Discovery Hub - News & Technology”>Discovery Hub - News & Technology)</p>

[ebeeeee]

<p>My sister just called to tell me she was channel surfing and they are still running the wedding show. Enough already…geeze.</p>

[LakeWashington]

<p>Scout, Humphries doesn’t play basketball for the NY Knicks. He’s on the roster of the New Jersey Nets. Although it’s debatable whether or not the Nets actually can play basketball, judging by their performance the last couple of years. Maybe Kim wants to dump Humphries because she is annoyed about the NBA shut down this season? She might have also discovered that Newark NJ is not one of the 5 boroughs of New York City.</p>

[MiamiDAP]

<p>'When will the American public stop its fascination with untalented, unskilled women who spend their lives changing clothes and posing for cameras? "</p>

<p>-Why? I envy anybody who gets fascinated by anything, I am bored most of the time when I am not at work or not on vacation. I wish I get fascinated with anything…Kim or anything else, I would love it…everytning is sooo boring…Any suggestions? I do have a nice hobby, husband, kids and all of it is very fascinating, but entertainment like TV, movies, books, and all presonalities involved are very boring. Once they get somebody who is a bit more exciting, they get rid of him/her or put them at 3am time slot.</p>

[scout59]

<p>Lake - yeah, I know, that detail was also part of the story. No one on the Knicks would agree to this wacky deal (I believe she was interested in Danilo Gallinari?), so she went to the Nets instead. Apparently they were “close enough.”</p>

[whatever4]

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It was Humphries’ alleged attempts to cash in on his newfound fame (and the Kardashian family name) that led to Kim’s weekend decision to call it quits. TMZ says the E! star was furious when she discovered Kris had hired a Hollywood publicist and was interested in branding himself with merchandise and club appearances. The basketballer was also reportedly interested in keeping a connection with Kardashian if the marriage didn’t work out in hopes of keeping a high Tinseltown profile.</p>

<p>Kim reportedly told a friend, “He’s not in ****ing Hollywood. He plays sports.”

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<p>How hilarious is this?! She dumped him because he was shamelessly promoting himself for merchandise endorsements and club appearances, despite not being a Hollywood star?! Pot, meet kettle.</p>

<p>Guess she’s got a point, though. He just plays basketball, while she “earned” her stardom performing in a sex tape with her boyfriend and cashing in on her father’s “name recognition” via his friendship with OJ Simpson.</p>

[Montegut]

<p>^^^Seriously! I think she more lost interest because of the NBA lockout and she was not going to be able to cash in on his fame. We in NOLA were not too happy about Reggie’s association with her, and were not too sad to see him leave. I only hope the husband gets to cash in on his brief association with her, since he won’t be earning much of a paycheck this year.</p>

[coureur]

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<p>How hilarious is this?! She dumped him because he was shamelessly promoting himself for merchandise endorsements and club appearances, despite not being a Hollywood star?! Pot, meet kettle.<<</p>
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<p>She obviously felt that there was room in the family for only one vapid, talentless, Hollywood celeb, and that gig was already taken.</p>

[barrons]

<p>One?? I think it’s a family business. Kim is just the biggest star. They already are working the younger sister into the business. She will never have to work a real job.</p>

[coureur]

<p>^^You’re right of course. What I meant was only one in her new immediate family that she was presumably establishing with her marriage.</p>

<p>Assuming the quote is accurate, it does basically say that she saw him as cutting into her act.</p>

[limabeans]

<p>I so dislike any time and attention spent on talking about the Kardasian family. They have absolutely not talent. And who cares about them? Robert K should get kicked off DWTS also. I didn’t care about the wedding and I don’t care about their separation, just let me be without listening about KK. The have nothing to contribute.</p>

[Scipio]

<p>Hilarious Kardashian skit from SNL:</p>

<p>[SNL</a> (Saturday Night Live) Kardashians Skit. - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>

[cartera45]

<p>To be fair, they are a brilliant marketing machine. They have 3 boutique clothing stores and have a line of clothing in Sears. They have a line of perfumes and colognes. I don’t know who buys the stuff, but plenty of people do. </p>

<p>[5</a> Ways The Kardashian Family Built A $65 Million Brand - Business Insider](<a href=“http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-10-01/strategy/30232468_1_kardashian-family-karadashian-star-magazine]5”>http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-10-01/strategy/30232468_1_kardashian-family-karadashian-star-magazine)</p>

[cartera45]

<p>Oh my - SNL is doing a great “Fairy Tale Divorce” sketch.</p>

[rockvillemom]

<p>I just want to see Kim return the ring - though I doubt that is happening. Did you catch Chris Jenner on Good Morning America - when asked that question - she made a comment about how “no one likes an Indian Giver”. Besides being a fairly tasteless comment - I think a divorce after a mere 72 days merits the return of the ring.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.aoltv.com/2011/11/05/kris-jenner-indian-giver-comment/[/url]”>http://www.aoltv.com/2011/11/05/kris-jenner-indian-giver-comment/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Hmmm…just came across this on TMZ:</p>

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Kim Kardashian is going to shell out some serious dough so she can keep her MASSIVE engagement ring … and TMZ has learned, the cash is all going to Kris Humphries.</p>

<p>Sources close to the former couple tell us … it was Kris who originally bought the 20.5 carat diamond stunner … and Kim loved the ring so much, she included a clause in the pre-nup which allows her buy the ring from Kris for the original purchase price in the case of a divorce.</p>

<p>Ironically, without a special clause in the prenup, Kim would have been the proud owner outright, because once the became man and wife, the ring would have been Kim’s.</p>

<p>Since the couple is now kaput – the diamond is in Kim’s court. We’re told KK still LOVES the ring – and will pay Kris so she can keep it.</p>

<p>As far as price goes – Kim never disclosed how much Kris plunked down, but according to multiple reports, it’s valued around $2 mil.

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[DougBetsy]

<p>Oh, gag me. She’s all about the ring. Barf!</p>

[cartera45]

<p>I figured she wanted to keep it because she paid for it. That still wouldn’t surprise me.</p>