Kim Kardash

So, ever since the news that Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kris Humphries, I felt a strong desire to blog about it like the rest of us celeb news addicts. Yes, I enjoy reading about celeb life and all of the Hollywood glitz and glam. Sue me.


I was going to just can the notion, but a comment someone said today made me realize the ignorance and sheer hatred there is out there. It's sad.


First, divorce SUCKS. Unless you've been through it yourself and seen your own marriage dissolve, you don't know. I watched my parents divorce and it was seriously tough cookies, but nothing compared to the agony of my own short lived marriage.


While I've never been famous, been on the front page of every social magazine, made millions of dollars, or been married to someone who has, I did have a short marriage as well. When I married my now ex husband, I married him with the intention of forever. Nobody gets married with the intentions of divorce. Nobody. The fact people are over and over and over again stating this was all a publicity stunt is the most absurd thing I have ever heard in my life.


You may not like her, but hear me out....


First, the Kardashian family is an empire. Each one of those family members has their own "brand" and rakes in millions upon millions upon millions each year. The girls have Dash Boutiques, their own clothing brand now making it's way around home shopping clubs, reality shows, Kim has numerous deals with Vegas hot spots, and she also has a business link with ShoeDazzle. Kendall and Kylee are models and Rob has been on Dancing with the Stars this season. Bruce Jenner has money from when he was an Olympic athelete and Kris Jenner is managing the family empire and then some. Not to mention the wealth that was left behind when their father Robert Kardashian, famed OJ Simpson attorney, passed away. This family is set. They need not create marriages on television to make themselves financially stable. The Kardashian brand is successful enough without publicity stunts and so called "fame whoring." It sickens me to think people would lump a marriage into that category. SICK.


Kim's family has stated many times on the show how much of a romantic she is and how she quickly falls head over heels for someone and basically trusts them with her life. She obviously did that with Kris. Maybe they rushed things, maybe they didn't. Maybe they didn't ask the right questions. Maybe Kris was in it for fame. WHO KNOWS? All I do know, is it's not up to us to rip her or him apart and drag their marriage or lack thereof through the trenches. I can't imagine spending millions on a wedding, guests traveling from all over the world, and all of the gifts received just for a publicity stunt. No way.


Like I said before, divorce sucks. It hurts and it leaves a pain behind long after the ink has been dried. This is Kim's second and she's just 31. She is a celebrity, but what we often fail to realize is that celebs are the same as you and I, just with lots more attention and larger bank accounts. They put their pants on one leg at a time, they eat food, they drink water, they watch TV, they read books, they go for walks, they also have feelings. I feel sorry that their marriage doesn't seem to be working out. Going through a public divorce is even more painful and having a bunch of morons scrutinize your every decision and pick apart the validity of your marriage on national television and all over print is hurtful.


With that said, enough already. Leave the situation be. Stop making ugly judgments on people, celebrities, or things you have no clue about. None of us were married to Kim or Kris. None of us (I presume) know them personally. None of us can speak for them. Plain and simple, someone's marriage is falling apart and it's painful, it's embarrassing, and it sucks.


Furthermore, this interview with Kris Jenner is FABULOUS. I adore her.

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