The program 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' comes to an end, after 20 seasons full of drama and a lot of money for the members of the famous family clan
Kim Kardashian, 40, is currently one of the most famous and wealthy women in the world. However, 15 years ago, she was barely known for being the shadow of the socialite Paris Hilton, with whom she had a great friendship.
But starting in 2007, things began to change for this woman of Armenian descent. That year, together with her family, Kim began to star in the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which on channel E! He followed every step of Kim and her sisters.
The rest is history. The five sisters not only managed to become celebrities for the simple fact of showing their lives on television, but her bank accounts began to get fat to the point that several of them today hold the title of billionaires.
The popular series, which has been noted for building a good part of its stories through a script, will come to an end on June 24, in the United States, with the broadcast of the second part of the reunion special. This will end 20 seasons full of drama, lawsuits and tears.
But what was it that made the reality show so successful?
Kim gave some clues in a conversation with presenter Andy Cohen, with whom she recounted what she had lived through these 14 years of the program. It was more than a decade in which the cameras followed them everywhere, even when they visited Costa Rica in 2017 and 2019.
Controversial video
During the aforementioned special, Cohen asked Kim if she thought her family's show would have been as successful if a s-x tape of her with ex-partner Ray J. hadn't been leaked a few months before the show's premiere, on the 2007.
"Looking back, I think probably not," acknowledged the socialite, adding that "everything happens for a reason", while confessing that it is a chapter in his life and that he would like to erase the "stupid things" he has done if I had the chance.
Kim, who is the mother of four children together with the musician Kanye West, from whom she is currently divorcing, said that she has thought many times about what she will tell her little ones if they ever ask her about this. filtered material.
“Until now I haven't had to do it and fortunately so many years have passed and so many positive things have really overshadowed all of that. It is something I will have to live with for the rest of my life,” she added.
The explicit video she recorded was recorded by her during a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with her then-boyfriend to celebrate her 23rd birthday. The video was published five years later by Vivid Entertainment, under the title of Kim Kardashian Superstar, just as her name was beginning to appear more and more in the tabloids.
On the other hand, Ella Kim stated that she feels guilty about the way she ended her second marriage, which lasted only 72 days. In addition, she claimed that she owes her ex-partner Kris Humphries, a former NBA player, an apology.
During the reunion special, she assured that she tried multiple times to contact Humphries, as she acknowledges that the way she handled the separation was not the best.
"I tried ... I called him for many months," admitted Kim, who claimed that she once ran into him at a restaurant in Los Angeles but her ex-husband ignored her.
On the show, Kim was hesitant to marry Humphries and her family advised her against it. However, she went ahead with the liaison because she didn't want to become a runaway bride joke, which she now regrets.
