Last night, in honor of the temporarily-departed Tracie "Slut Machine" Egan, I checked out the season premiere of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. And I was kinda fascinated! The storyline was simple: Older sister Kourtney was suffering through a relationship blip with her boyfriend Scott, and her younger sisters, Kim and Khloe, were partly to blame. The two had gone through Scott's cellphone text messages looking for dirt, and, once they found it, were less than sympathetic to their older sister's conflicting emotions about her (maybe) cheating boyfriend. Khloe in particular, reminded me of the sort of underminer-y "best" friend who creates conflict and then tries to control the narrative once she's let the cat out of the bag, so to speak. By the end of the show, Scott and Kourtney had made up, but not before Khloe got a few words in edgewise. Clip above.
The Younger Kardashian Sisters Are In-House Underminers
7:00 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Anna
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Last night, in honor of the 

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I watched this last night as I was trying to fall asleep. Khloe (why is it spelt with a K again?) totally reminded me of one of those friends who's never been in a relationship before, but who tries to give all this advice that turns out to be really shitty. Good idea: having your sister talk to her boyfriend. Bad idea: dragging your sister to Cabo, trying to get her to have sex with other guys, and trying to have her never speak to her bf again without even confronting him.
That said, Scotty Boy's excuses were pretty lame and weak anyway.
What's weird is if you don't WATCH the clip, but just listen, there is no way to tell the voices apart. All Valley Girl, All The Time.
Also, if my sister was dating a royal douchenozzle, I'd be just as catty and instigating as these gals.
@misssgolightly: because every family should have alliteration a la khloe, kourtney, kim, karley/klare/whatever the youngest ones are and matriarch kris kardashian. however, their brother doesn't follow suit if I remember correctly.
Did Scott go to the Brody Jenner school of cell phone codes or what? I'm shocked he didn't have Brittany Hamptons Whore in his phone.
@misssgolightly: What was his excuse in the end?
I've said that "cut your balls off" speech to my sister's still-douchey boyfriend.
I don't understand the concept of scripted reality shows with people who can't act. If they could act, maybe I wouldn't realize the whole thing was scripted.
@TwiceShy: With the "my wife" thing he was like "It was like this girl from high school... and she was over... and we made this joke thing like 'Oh it's so nice to look into your eyes' thing. When I pretend I don't want to hang out with you it's just to... like... be a macho man and impress my guy friends."
Yeah, right, douchebag.
I realize it's like complaining that pro wrestling is fake, but, well, it is.
The Kardashian show is just an improvised sitcom with untrained and not necessarily funny actors. Every setup is staged. Every bitchy exchange is plotted out. Every show - actually the whole season - is scripted and they just roll camera until they have enough material for the editors to fake it.
They should really drop the 'reality' label and just add a laugh track already. Who knows? Maybe then it could jump from E! to the CW.
You know what? I like Khloe. I remember when Kourtney was making snide remarks about Kim's weight during a photo shoot, kourtney was all "don't you dare say that!" I mean, she really looks out for her sisters.
I can't help it - I love this show. And I think the sisters are actually quite smart.
@misssgolightly: GAH! That doesn't even come close to an excuse.
@AnnieGetYourFun: It is the same voice the Hilton sisters have. Conspiracy? I think so.
i loved when the little girls were ripping on kim. classic!
Do they all live in the same house? How old are they? I've never watched the show. I'm not ragging on anyone who lives with their parents, I just think it's funny/completely bizarro when these rich pseudocelebs who act so put together and all want to be trendsetters and such still live with their parents. Especially if they are buying designer clothes yet not paying rent.
@alecksander: No, it's not a conspiracy. It's actually the sound one's voice takes on as you sell your soul and intelligence for a life of fame and vapidity. Kind-of like the sound a balloon makes as it loses helium/air.
@Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: it's funny that you think they had any intelligence to begin with. haha.
Dude, home boy is creeeepy looking.
Posts like these remind me why I'm so happy I've become and amazing masturbator. It gives me the self-control to be totally un-fazed when the weirdos come a-knockin.
@ineffable.me: human intelligence. on the most basic level.
Love it. (and loving the new font too!)
I find this show fascinating and disgusting all at same time. I tuned in last night and could not tear myself away from it.
@misssgolightly: Khole is so that girl who acts like she knows all but doesn't actually "know" ANYTHING. All talk, no game.
After watching the posted clip, I'm having trouble determining whether these women are terrible actors or retarded human beings. Somebody clarify.
You know, as much of a dickwad as Khloe was, I still wish I had a sister willing to stick up for me like that. My sister would just laugh at me, sigh.
Every time I watch this show, all I can think of is Joel McHale on the soup saying "and her dead-behind-the-eyes sisters", because it is so accurate
@MrJellytree: Sadly, I think they are both.
@Ack: I'm still bummed that my brother never sticks up for me. I can hold my own, but it would be nice to have a male family member threaten an ex with violence once or twice.
I'm so glad that my life is just so uninteresting that I would rather live vicariously through these spoiled brats.
@alecksander:No, I don't think they live with the parents. I just think that the show is set up to be in one household.
well i hope they don't.
@nawiri: They really really really make it look like they live with their parents. I think the brother does and maybe kim does but I'm pretty sure the older sisters do
I love this show
This show is such a trainwreck and I know I shouldn't like watching it because its rotting my brain, BUT I can't get enough. Who would've thought these vapid brats would be interesting? Of all the E! shows, I draw the line at Kimora's show, she gets under my skin.
This video won't load for me for some reason....arg.
I can't deal with either a)staged events b)reenactments of things that make for "good TV"
@AnnieGetYourFun: Don't you mean "katty"? And I just don't kare about these people.
@Ack: She isn't sticking up for anyone: she's going where the drama is (in this case, where she creates it). It's like, waaaaaaaay back on the first season of "The Simple Life" when Paris and Nicole decided they were "very protective" of their "little brother" and decided to bitch out his ex-girlfriend. They could give a shit about making the guy feel better, they just wanted confrontation.
@Lymed: Couldn't agree more.
@AngieB (Ya'll? I'm On Notice): HA! You so krazy.
This whole family has too many Ks in their names from my liking...
@ceejeemcbeegee: Heh yeah.... how do you differentiate between your monogrammed towels?
@ShoplifterOfTheWorld: oh you know these heffas don't care whose towels they use... nasty...
do they really walk around everyday with that much makeup on? it must take hours for them to leave the freaking house!
and Khloe freaks me out. she acts strange on her sisters....like, creepy flowers in the attic strange.
@randomthoughts: Makes me think of those Jetsons makeup wonder things where you put your face in front and it shoots makeup on.
Those pores haven't breathed in years.
Ugh, Way too much drama. I cant stand any of them.
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ok i totally have to be on khloe's side: cheating partners always seem to parade the evidence before their adoring lovers' eyes, and then come up with the weakest possible excuses just so their friends can squirm as the adoring lover eats it up. i only wish i had listened to the khloe in my life a year ago...
This show is a mess but so entertaining. Almost like a trainwreck, yes. This episode aside, I always saw Khloe as the bitter one. That one friend/relative who destroys your self esteem then builds it up again so that you become dependent on them.
@Ennazus: FYI, pimping your own blog in comments can get you banned for "self-promotion." I wouldn't do it anymore if I were you.
My GOD, their voices feel like icepicks in my ears. SO irritating!
Gotta admit, Khloe is my favorite. In the one episode I saw, and in this clip, she at least seems to view the show with a hint of humor (maybe sarcasm?). It's kind of like she acknowledges the bizarro-world of their lives and the show. And, I liked how she defended her sister - I love fierce family devotion, even when your family is crazy.
@Lymed: I don't get scripted ones either? I have watched that Gene Simmons reality show twice and it is so scripted that it was really annoying.
Wait, but was BritneyCanadaWhore in his phone? I hear she gets around. ;)
"Whatever goes on between you and Kourtney stays between you and Kourtney...except when I steal your cellphone, hack your code and invade your privacy."
Aren't these the same girls who accidentally "lost" each other's sex tapes? Not undermining as much as "I'm the prettiest and going to rip you down and stomp on your corpse."
Trannies, not fierce.
@randomthoughts: See that book reference? That's fierce!!! Because it's eerily true. There's such a thing as too close as a family.