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Kim Kardashian's Fame Is Bigger Than Her Sex Tape
Every time we write about Kim Kardashian here at The Stir -- I mean Every. Single. Time. At least one reader brings up that sex tape: As in, "Kim Kardashian is only famous because of that sex tape she did!" sex tape. SEX TAPE!!! Like that's the key to everything. If you could become as famous as Kim Kardashian is just by doing a sex tape, I would do one today. (Yeah, I know, no one wants to see that.)
Now, I do not condone the use of sex tapes to achieve fame. I mean, they're obviously effective, but then what? That's just going to introduce you to the spotlight. If you want to stay in the spotlight for more than 15 seconds, you're going to do a whole lot more than writhe on camera.
Which brings us to Kim K and what she revealed to Oprah about that infamous sex tape.
Oprah asked her point blank the question we've been wanting to hear her answer: "Would you be where you are had there not been a sex tape?" Kim's response was refreshingly honest.
You know, I think that's how I was definitely introduced to the world. It was a negative way, so I felt like I really had to work 10 times harder to get people to see the real me.
We'll never know if what we're seeing really is the "real" Kim, but there's no question that she (and yes, her momager Kris Jenner) work hard. It may not always look like work -- posing on red carpets and showing up for press events -- but she's pushing the Kim Kardashian brand all the freakin' time. And it's worked.
(Also: Ray J? I'd completely forgotten the man's name.)
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I think if you dismiss Kim as a bimbo who's "famous for doing nothing," you're not getting the whole picture. I'm not saying she's a great role model for today's girls or that what she does to stay famous is inspiring (or even interesting), but I have to give props for her work ethic. And keep in mind -- we help her stay famous. We're partly responsible.
That's why I think it's insane when people get mad at Kim for being famous. She's not doing that by herself, you know. Get mad at all the people who keep watching her show, clicking on the Kardashian-related blog posts, and feeding the Kardashian machine. Kim has proven that she can do more than take some Ray J juice. She can ... um ... (What does she do again? Oh yes.) Start an online shoe-shopping site, sell a line of fragrances, and design (er, more or less) clothing lines for major retailers. Is she Hillary Clinton? Ptthhh! NO. But you have to admit, she's stayed famous for a bit more than just doing a sex tape.
Now the real question is -- how much longer can she keep it up? How long before we finally, finally get tired of her? Personally I think with this interview we may have reached Peak Kardashian. But what do I know?
How do you think Kim Kardashian has stayed famous?
Image via E! Online
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CAP1015
First I'm not a big KK fan, BUT I have respect her for her willingness to do what ever it is she does that keeps her getting paid and be relevant in the media. I'm a man and I must admit put of her fame comes from being so attractive, but she finds a way to be more than that to a lot of people. As far as the sex tape thing, yea it might have gotten her alot of attention, but come-on there have been 9 million sex tapes, as soon as the new wears off, the person in them either stays famous because they have a reason to be, or they drop from sight and nobody cares about them or their sex tape. So the sex tape thing is not why she is still famous.
Viktor Avdeev
mamitofive
Umm until I read this article myself and probably about 90% of America had no idea of what Kim does besides jump from one bed to the next. The only thing I have seen her do is one thing after another to try to keep her name in the spotlight from false marriages to Kanye.... Umm sorry she has done nothing in my opinion plus I had no idea as most people do not that she actually did anything else besides sleep around with one big name after another trying to remain relevant. There is a reason that you keep hearing about the sex tape, it is because that is what she is known for regardless of what she is attempting to do on the side to make it seem like she is actually talented at something.