Kim Kardashian aims to rehab image with 'Kourtney & Kim'

Kim Kardashian is ready for a little image rehab and she’s hoping “Kourtney & Kim Take New York” will help.

Sure, there were reports that Kim didn't want her divorce drama to play out on reality television, but what about all that footage of the couple before the split? Radar Online says, with full editorial control, she wants to edit the new season to her advantage and that the show will paint Kim as the “victim” and ex Kris Humphries as a “lazy and insensitive” villain.

In fact, a source tells the site that it was actually raw footage of the pair that convinced her to file for divorce in the first place. “The marriage was already under a tremendous amount of stress, but she just couldn't believe that she had married this man that was treating her and her family like this."

A little image rehab could do Kim some good.

Soon after she filed for divorce Oct. 31, critics began calling her marriage a sham, “Saturday Night Live” poked fun with a “Kim’s Fairytale Divorce” sketch and her former publicist began claiming her wedding was staged. Not to mention grassroots boycotts to get the whole family booted off television and the angry fans calling for her to be fired from Tyler Perry’s “The Marriage Counselor.”

Now, Radar sources say she’ll do anything to get back in the public’s good graces and keep her many endorsement deals. 

“Kim carefully and methodically plans all of her business decisions, and that is how she is looking at her divorce, as all business,” says the source. “Of course she is sad, but it's all about Kim's endorsement deals and paid promotional appearances.”

Despite Kim’s troubles and the boycott, the rest of her family seems to be doing just fine. Since she filed for divorce, sisters Kourtney and Khloe debuted a novel called “Dollhouse,” while mom Kris Jenner released her memoir “Kris Jenner and All Things Kardashian.” Meanwhile little brother Rob is competing in the ‘Dancing With the Stars” finals.

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Kim Kardashian safe and sound, keeps ‘Marriage Counselor’ job

Kim Kardashian is safe and sound. It turns out the reports of kidnap and death threats on the set of Tyler Perry's “The Marriage Counselor” were all a bunch of rumors.

In reality, fans were upset with Perry for casting the reality TV star in his latest film, and had no problem expressing their anger and frustration on his website. 

One commenter, H.R. Hudson wrote, “I urge you to not cast Kim in your movie, 'The Marriage Counselor.' Kim Kardashian has no respect for the sacred institution of marriage. And treats it as if it's a joke.”

But the hubbub over the casting news never went anywhere and Kardashian’s reps confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that there was “no truth” to the gossip.

Fueling the drama was a report by MediaTakeOut.com suggesting that Kim had “extra heavy" security on set and a joke Holly Robinson Peete made on Access Hollywood Live.

“We can always count on Tyler Perry to give a ‘blacktress’ a job,” Peete said on the show. “So, all across the world ‘blacktresses’ are upset.”

Despite the criticism and rumors, Kim, who is set to play marriage counselor Judith’s best friend Ava, isn’t going anywhere. Perry confirmed to TMZ, "She is scheduled to work as planned."

Kim could certainly use the distraction. Just this week her ex-publicist told the New York Post that her whole wedding was staged, while her ex, Kris Humphries, decided to lawyer up.

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Photo: Kim Kardashian poses with a milkshake after a news conference for a milkshake bar in Dubai in October 2011. Credit: Jumana El Heloueh / Reuters

Rosie O'Donnell doesn't get Kardashians: 'the new Gabor sisters'

Rosie O'Donnell missed the boat on the Kardashian phenomenon, but the talk show host seems content with her castaway status.

"I've never seen any of the Kardashian shows, I don't really know the family or the story, all I know is Bruce Jenner looks weird, right?" O'Donnell mused on Tuesday. 

"When that all that [happened], the writers were like, 'We've got a bunch of Kim Kardashian jokes.' And I looked at them and I went ... 'I don’t really care,' " she said.

Those writers would be for her eponymous talk show for the OWN network, where O'Donnell conducts one-on-ones with celebs, plays interactive audience games and features the odd musical act. None of which, apparently, includes the E! reality sisters.

What O'Donnell can deduce is the Kardashian family's parallel to another group of fame-seeking siblings: the Gabors. 

"I think that in some ways, they're the new Gabor sisters, but I don't have time," O'Donnell said.

Hungarian socialites Eva, Zsa Zsa and Magda decamped to Hollywood to seek success in show business — and at the altar. All three sisters were married multiple times (and in one case, to the same man more than once).

But even Rosie isn't immune the family's latest drama: the demise of Kim's 72-day marriage. Or, as O'Donnell quipped, the "Sorry I Got Divorced Tour."  

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Photos: Rosie O'Donnell, right, compared the Kardashian sisters (Khloe, top left, Kim and Kourtney) to the Gabor sisters (Zsa Zsa, bottom left, Magda and Eva). Credits, clockwise from right: Associated Press, Associated Press, E! Entertainment.

'SNL' slams Kardashian divorce; Kristen Wiig nails Kris Jenner

Human suffering should never be a laughing matter, though in the case of Kim Kardashian's 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries, well -- bless the cast of "Saturday Night Live" for its take on the Kardashians' reality-TV circus.

This weekend's "SNL," hosted by "Horrible Bosses" star Charlie Day, saw a brilliant short called "Kim's Fairytale Divorce," a mock E! event that gathered the whole Kardashian clan to help Kim sign her freedom papers and throw Humphries some loose change in compensation.

We must note: Kristen Wiig is beyond brilliant as matriarch Kris Jenner, pointing out that Kim didn't get married only to net "a reported $17 million," "she also got married for attention."

Rounding out the sketch are spooftastic appearances from "Bruce Jenner," "Kourtney Kardashian," "Lamar Odom" and a faux Khloe Kardashian -- whose real-life counterpart tweeted her approval of the bit.

"Ha! I just saw the SNL skit they did and I could not stop laughing.... LOL," she wrote Monday.

Nasim Pedrad, as the divorcee-to-be, deftly paints a Kim who copes with heartache by crying, posing and indulging with her siblings in group bleaching of certain off-the-beaten-path private parts.

Enjoy the sketch below -- warning, it has some crude, late-night-style bits -- and give us your thoughts on Kim's divorce in comments. 

 

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Photo: Kim Kardashian greets fans during a promotion for the Kardashian Kollection handbag line in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 3. Credit: Lisa Maree Williams / Getty Images

Kim Kardashian wants to keep her divorce drama off reality TV

Kim Kardashian doesn't want her divorce from Kris Humphries turned into fodder for "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" or even an E! special.

Sources close to the family tell TMZ she won't have this painful time exploited for reality TV.

Whether or not the cameras have been rolling, Kim plans to acknowledge the split when she resumes shooting "Kardashians" early next year. Just don't expect to see any ugly divorce drama play out on TV, the site says. Her wedding to Humphries was happily turned into a two-part special, with a rerun of part one running the day she filed for divorce.

Meanwhile, more breakup details continue to surface. People's sources say that the idea of divorce had "been on her mind a lot lately" and "she was completely torn." Apparently, the decision was "last-minute," and it was the timing that threw off Humphries the most.

"He found out about the divorce papers via the Internet," a source told the mag. "He thought they were going through troubling times and a really tough situation but he thought they would figure it out."

Kim filed for divorce Monday, just 72 days after the couple’s splashy wedding. Since then, haters have been calling the marriage a sham and a "showmance," but Kim denies the accusations.

"I am trying not to read all the different media reports but it’s hard not to see all the negative ones," Kim wrote Tuesday on her personal blog. "First and foremost, I married for love. I can't believe I even have to defend this. I would not have spent so much time on something just for a TV show!"

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Photo: Kim Kardashian promotes Kardashian Kollection Handbags in Sydney, Australia, Thursday. Credit: Lisa Maree Williams / Getty Images

Kim Kardashian divorce: Sham-wedding accusations sting

Even folks who couldn't care less about the Kardashian family have been intrigued by the possibility: Was Kim Kardashian's marriage to Kris Humphries a sham? Simply a "showmance," arranged for the reality-TV cameras?

Alas, bandwagon Kardashian fans: On the record, most people are swearing the kids' short-lived wedded bliss was for real. Of course, many of those people are on the Kardashian side of things.

"I am trying not to read all the different media reports but it’s hard not to see all the negative ones," Kim wrote on her personal blog Tuesday. "First and foremost, I married for love. I can’t believe I even have to defend this. I would not have spent so much time on something just for a TV show!"

She blamed her overwhelming desire for all the stuff normal mortals have ("I want a family and babies and a real life so badly that maybe I rushed in to something too soon.") and, well, she kind of blamed the normal mortals in the audience, saying she was so "caught up with the hoopla and the filming of the TV show that when I probably should have ended my relationship, I didn't know how to and didn't want to disappoint a lot of people." Later, unnamed sources surfaced courtesy of TMZ to allege she was also blaming her in-laws, telling friends that they hated her and had been nasty.

Technically, Kim apologized broadly, if an "I'm-sorry-but" counts: "I'm sorry if I have hurt anyone," she wrote, "but my dad always told me to follow my heart and I believe now that I really am."

She also asked that her courage be respected as she goes through this difficult time, which finds her at a nightclub in Sydney, Australia, promoting a new line of Kardashian Kollection handbags with sister Khloe.

(Khloe Kardashian would be the sister Kathie Lee Gifford said walked by at the wedding reception and whispered to her, "I give it six ... months.")

Kris Humphries offered shirtless spot in Vegas Chippendales

In the aftermath of his 72-day marriage to Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries can count at least one ally: the Chippendales dancers.

The bow-tied, shirtless revue has offered knockout Humphries a starring role in its Las Vegas show in hopes of calming the rough seas of his heart with body-rolling and booty-shaking (and perhaps earning a little free publicity along the way?).

"We figured since he was unemployed and, the soon-to-be ex-husband of Kim Kardashian, a gig at Chippendales might be the perfect job to help restore his faith in women," a rep for the show told TMZ.

We wouldn't be too quick to giggle, if we were Kris: Going the "Magic Mike" route isn't necessarily hurting anybody. 

Then again, Humphries might not be in the mood to strip down, or hit the pole. He has plenty of free time thanks to the NBA lockout, but apparently isn't in the mood to make public appearances: He canceled a scheduled gig to host an evening at Vegas' Chateau nightclub on Saturday. 

Cancel a paid appearance due to personal turmoil? How un-Kardashian of him. We're starting to buy those irreconcilable differences. 

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Photo: Kris Humphries, left, and Kourtney Kardashian's baby daddy Scott Disick attend the Jill Stuart New York Fashion Week presentation in September. Credit: Craig Barritt / Getty Images

 

Kim Kardashian wastes no time, will divorce Kris Humphries

This post has been corrected, as detailed below. Kim Kardashian divorce is true.

Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kris Humphries on Monday morning, citing "irreconcilable differences" after only 72 days of what appears to be a waste of a perfectly good wedding.

Maybe they should have gone on a better honeymoon?

Kardashian was spotted out in New York on Saturday night, Halloween partying at Lavo as the sexy yet villainous Poison Ivy character of Batman-comics fame -- notably sans Humphries. The elegantly brief divorce papers (obtained by TMZ) were filed Monday morning in Los Angeles, listing high-profile divorce lawyer Laura Wasser as Kimmy's attorney. Yes, Virginia, there was a prenup. 

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Kardashian's rep did not immediately respond to a Ministry request Monday for confirmation and comment.

With unnamed sources saying last week that Humphries was "not drinking the Kardashian Kool-Aid," Rob Kardashian took it upon himself to defend his sister's happiness (though not necessarily the strength of her marriage). The dealbreaker, according to TMZ, may have been geographic incompatibility. She wanted to stay "in town" for her career, he was looking forward to settling down in his home state of Minnesota. Funny how most folks work that out before the $10-million wedding?

Humphries and Kardashian briefly honeymooned for paparazzi on Italy's Amalfi Coast, then moved into a three-bedroom suite with sis Kourtney, her boyfriend Scott Disick and their 22-month-old son to film the second season of "Kim &  Kourtney Take New York."

"We have to find our home base," Kardashian told People at her 31st birthday celebration in Las Vegas, just a week ago Saturday.

So, yeah, take that off the to-do list -- along with the kissing and hand-holding and hanging with the in-laws that she and Humphries were doing in the VIP area at the Cosmopolitan nightclub that night.

Here at the Ministry, we like to think it's all part of a carefully designed career arc in which Kim sets herself up as the next Zsa Zsa Gabor, who is essentially famous for being famous, and has been married nine times, with seven divorces and one annulment, winding up with Prince Frederick von Anhalt, for better or worse.

After divorcing music producer Damon Thomas after four years and prepping to split from Humphries, she's off to a rolling start. Zsa Zsa never had a Twitter trend like this one: "#ThingsLongerThanKimsMarriage."

For those keeping score, the two started dating last December and were engaged by May. They married on Aug. 20 in Montecito. With California's 60-day minimum to get a simple divorce finalized, this could theoretically be wrapped up in time for the newlyweds to have completely new dates for New Year's Eve.

[For the record, 12:39 p.m. Oct. 31: This post originally had Kim and Kris married for 42 days, not 72. Blame our fat fingers?]

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Photo: "OK, so, how about we really DO get married, and then it lasts for like five minutes. That would be hilarious, right?" Just kidding -- this is Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries at a New York fashion show in September, which is like 10 years ago in Kardashian years. Credit: Ilya S. Savenok / Getty Images

Kim Kardashian's marriage is just fine, Rob Kardashian says

Newlyweds Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries have been dancing around rumors of marriage trouble, prompting brother Rob Kardashian to give them both a hand on "Dancing With the Stars."

Rob spoke up during "DWTS" rehearsals this week in defense of his sister and newly minted brother-in-law, saying all is well with the pair.

"My sister is completely happy, my family’s never been happier," Rob told "Access Hollywood." "She just got married, so she should be happy."

Though Kim hasn't directly answered (nor been directly asked) questions about her union, since the wedding in August she's been vocal about discontent with her living situation: Sister Kourtney and her boyfriend Scott Disick were in the same small Manhattan space with them while they filmed E!'s "Kourtney and Kim Take New York."

"It's not ideal because you're newlyweds and you want privacy," Kim told People. She and Kris have since come back to Los Angeles, where Rob says tabloid media are inventing their alleged rift.

"It's all about trying to break up newlyweds or trying to create drama over nothing," Rob said. "That's just media, and like I said, the world we live in, and we have never listened to those comments or else you’re gonna drive yourself crazy and break up your own marriage."

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Photo: Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian, shown in September during Fashion Week in New York City, are happy together, her brother says. Credit: Ilya S. Savenok / Getty Images

Kim Kardashian: New wedding clip flaunts some family drama [Video]

My my, Kim Kardashian, how the weekly magazine covers fly! It's almost time for your wedding special, and we haven't a thing to wear -- except our troubled facial expressions thanks to some new preview clips that show someone actually noticing the groom.

One of the new videos from E!, the cable network that will air Kim's nuptials to baseball player Kris Humphries, show a rather heated dialogue between Kim and sister Khloe, Lamar Odom's wife, over the family's treatment of Humphries.

"I was talking to Kris and he told me that at the engagement party you were being nasty and had a talk with him upstairs about how we're getting married too soon," Kim says, confronting Khloe. "What would ever make you believe that you could say something like that to Kris?"

Spoiler alert: Khloe has a response! (Which you can see in the video below, if you can handle one cuss word from the blushing bride.)