Kardashians Score A Big Payday
By: Bill McAllister
Our cultural well-being took a big hit on Tuesday as the Kardashian Cult signed a new deal with the E! Network for $40 million for three years. Details of the deal include: not yet determined but equal pay for sisters Kim, Kourtney and Khloe as well as mom Kris and her husband, plastic surgery aficionado and former decathlon stud Bruce Jenner. The entire Kardashian family is getting a payday of one sort or another. Remaining sibs Kendall, Kylie and Rob are on a lower pay scale but equal as well. Then there are separate deals for Kourtney's baby daddy Scott Disick and their son Mason. Also former Dallas Maverick Lamar Odom has his own deal to be paid for "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" and "Khloe And Lamar". I think he walked out on the Mavs because he knew he had this TV deal pending. Wow, the power of reality TV is alive and well! The $40 million is in addition to the millions the entire family can make from endorsements on their own.
In my opinion, the Kardashians are what is wrong with society in general. They will prostitute themselves all over the place in the name of publicity. Kim K married NBA player Kris Humphries for a whopping 72 days. She was able to disguise the entire courtship as one full season of KUWTKs. Whether Humphries was in on it or not, it sure seemed like one big publicity stunt from the beginning. Now Kim is trying to convince us that she and high-profile rapper/producer Kanye West are a couple. Everything the family does is a thinly veiled grab at publicity. And for what?!?!...Money.
Kim Kardashian can appear at a mall in Japan and be paid $50,000 just for showing up and shopping! Why? Because she's famous. Famous for what, you may ask? The answer is quite simple. She's famous for having sex.
I wonder what Ray J's cut is of the $40 million. For those of you who are unaware, Ray J is pop singer Brandy's brother. He's also a music producer, I guess. At least that's what he says. Ray J and Kim made a sex tape that 'leaked' in 2003. The tape was purchased by Vivid Entertainment and went on to become one of the highest selling porns of all time. If Ray J hadn't taped their sexual encounter there would be no Kardashian empire, no reality TV show, nothing.
I blame you Ray J. It's your fault we have to endure the mindless drivel that is The Kardashians. But it would be nice if you could at least get paid for your efforts.
