OK so here’s a shocker, after 72 days of marriage Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from her husband Kris Humphries. Because apparently a 10 million dollar wedding can’t buy you happiness after all, or at least it can’t buy you the kind of fame and fortune that you thought it would.
Clearly this current announcement doesn’t surprise me, I wrote all about the wedding and the eventual ‘marital strife’. But what does surprise me is that the Kardashian Klan still thinks that people care. E! Online (the network that carries all of the Kardashian reality shows) even released a statement saying;
"All of us at E! are surprised and saddened by this news, and we send our support to Kim and Kris at this difficult time. The Kardashians have always been uniquely open with all aspects of their lives from joyous events to intimate moments to heartbreaking transitions. E! will continue to share the fascinating real lives and larger-than-life existence of this close-knit family."
Because while they respect them and are saddened by the news, don’t think for one minute that they won’t be airing every single moment of this divorce! Hell I’m just waiting for the special 2 part ‘divorce extravaganza!’ They're already covering it from every angle possible on their website.
Kim also released a statement via E! saying "I hope everyone understands this was not an easy decision, I had hoped this marriage was forever, but sometimes things don't work out as planned. We remain friends and wish each other the best." Um, of course it was an easy decision, you’ve only been married 72 days! I’ve taken longer than that to decide on paint colour for my living room!
I don’t care about reality stars who want to use their 15 minutes of fame to sell their latest book or to put their name on their own line of perfume but I think that when you start selling out every small detail of your private life – when you’re willing to BE MARRIED in order to make a buck, there is something seriously wrong with you and the family that supports you.
Of course Kim will tell you that she’s agonized over this but she’s currently off in Australia with her sister Khloe promoting her new handbag line, so clearly this was nothing more than your run of the mill business decision and Kris Humphries just happened to be caught in the crossfire.
So while we can be disgusted with the excess that was the Kardashian wedding and we can be appalled that there would be a divorce filing only months later, we can also take a little enjoyment in the fact that maybe this will signal the beginning of the end for the Kardashian Klan. Maybe this will make people wake up and realize that they are simply exploiting themselves just to make a buck, and there is no limit to what they will exploit to do so.
So if you’ve have enough of the Kardashian excess, simply stop. Stop watching the shows, stop buying the products and stop making them into the celebrities that they are. I promise you, you won’t regret it.
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