After 10+ years watching her snowball into a bigger and more powerful force of nature—overcoming controversy after controversy with the help of her distressingly media savvy family—I feel like the slow, steady decline of Kim Kardashian has finally begun. Though once an avid viewer of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, a show that used to be fun but has devolved into an unwatchable parade of worthless, money-hungry scammers who have lost every atom of what once made them charming and relatable, I am in no way saddened by this turn of events. There really hasn’t been a place for Kim’s childish antics and general obliviousness in American culture for the past 18 months, and I think we’re all finally starting to get the message.
With the exception of her work in getting Alice Marie Johnson out of prison, an act of kindness that was less of a character pivot than well-intentioned anomaly (or was it merely Kanye-related damage control?), her behavior in this brave new world of celebrity is no longer fun. Pettiness and ignorance can be entertaining in short bursts, but they are all she has. She has fucked up twice this week, and it’s only Wednesday morning.
While backstage at Jimmy Kimmel Live, she and her sister joked about anorexia. “What? Thank you!!!” she replied when Kendall said it looked like she hasn’t been eating. This drew the ire of fans and celebrities, like Emmy Rossum and the band Best Coast.
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