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Feeling Sorry About Feeling Sorry For Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian is not an easy person to like. It’s hard to imagine being amicable with her in any setting. There are times I’ve wondered if we’d ever be friends in the accidental sense—like a coworker or a close relative. Or sometimes I wonder, if Kim were not the pseudo-celebrity that she is, if we would have things in common. It’s hard to imagine that Kim is never not annoying. She dates nearly every wealthy black man in entertainment that will have her, she made that sex tape with Brandy’s Brother which was her introduction to fame, she got a reality show about nothing, she has the voice of a cat in heat. She’s a fame whore and, in quite a few eyes, a whore in general. There is just not much to like about Kim Kardashian. 

And then she went and got pregnant by Kanye West. And it wasn’t like all was forgiven but I just started feeling really sorry for Kim all of a sudden. Maybe it was because in all the paparazzi shots of pregnant Kim (that she probably orchestrated), she looked terrible. Not that pregnant women are automagically transformed into fashion icons but Kim looked terrible because she looks really, really sad. Even when pictured with her partner, Kanye, she looks alone. What’s more troubling is that, in photos, Kanye looks miserable and really pissed off. Could we be witnessing what so many of us often have gone through as a child? Are Kanye and Kim simply playing the role of keeping things together for the sake of their child?

What really began to pull at my heart strings was the recent footage of Kim and Kanye out shopping in Paris in which Kanye does not open doors for her OR help her get out of the car. So here’s Kim, who looks as if she’s pregnant with fertility triplets, struggling to get out of the car and waddling along behind Kanye as he walks as if he owns the sidewalk. To be fair, at least Kanye closes some doors for her. Still, it’s all just saddening and it seems unfair. Related: it’s apparent that the good sense Donda gave Kanye died with her.

Sure, people have hated Kim Kardashian long before she became pregnant but it seems like since she’s become pregnant the badgering and cyber bullying has become excessive. Would we treat any other pregnant woman this way? What is it about celebrities that makes their pregnancies less respected than any other woman’s? Personally, I’m at a crossroads. It appears that the collective hate for Kim Kardashian that I once shared with completely strangers has faded. For many of my e-friends, hating Kim Kardashian is all we really shared in common. Now I’m a Kardashian apologist; I actually find myself sympathizing with Kim when just months ago she was the imbecile culture vulture.

And I feel sorry for feeling this way. Because, as Kris Humphries knows all too well, one can never really be too sure with Kim Kardashian. Everything with her is a publicity ploy and she uses everything to her advantage. For all I know, she could be using her pregnancy just to pander to my emotions and get me on her side. You know what they say, promiscuous girls always get their way.

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