There’s no denying that Kim Kardashian is to Reality TV what Kate Middleton is to Royalty (sorry Paris). Therefore, given the way Reality TV now saturates our culture, it’s hardly surprising that news of her filing for divorce yesterday – after only 72 days of marriage – made headlines both in the tabloid and mainstream press.
But I see no point in commenting on the obvious “irreconcilable differences” that caused her to kick her country bumpkin of a husband, the currently unemployed (because of the lockout) NBA player Kris Humphries, to the curb so heartlessly. The poor boy 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 will suffice to 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 are 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; not least because 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 is good 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.
So, by definition, this marriage for Kim was just another storyline in the serial drama that is her life on Reality TV. And 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.
NOTE: 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…?