The news that it was all a scam--a publicity ploy--was a bit more shocking. It was just too much to think that someone would go to such lengths to achieve attention and earn money. Granted, $17 million is not an amount to be scorned, but it is still reprehensible that this would happen.
It was very interesting to read Victor Solis' blog post about this topic, Kardashian Kover Up.... While I definitely didn't have any illusions that reality TV was a real and honest representation of life, it was quite different to read concrete examples of how things are faked by someone who worked in the business. It can be very eye-opening to move on from generalities to examples that clearly show what everyone has been talking about.
As is described in the blog post, Kardashian's camp would plant paid extras in order to make it look like she had hordes of fans, and Kardashian herself would make sure that her fans were aware of the locations she would go to, thus ensuring that she would get an audience wherever she went. While this is (almost) expected from reality shows, the lengths she went in regards to her marriage were definitely a step too far.
There has been a lot of talk in regards to the sanctity of marriage and how disrespectful it was of Kim Kardashian to marry someone for the sake of money and publicity. While I am not a fan of her brand to begin with, to read about this just infuriates me further. I don't count myself as a conservative person in any measure, but I do agree that this was taken too far and completely deplore her actions. The saddest thing is that this publicity stunt probably worked and will bring more attention to her, and her reality show, whose second season debuts in November.
Great post...my sentiments exactly. Thanks for reading and being opinionated about my post. Well said!
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