# So Kim Kardashian is getting divorced **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394 "2011-10-31T17:10:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/41 "2011-10-31T22:59:28Z")
I understand he claims to be devastated. I kinda think you marry a Kardashian, you pretty much get what you deserve. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/42 "2011-10-31T23:06:15Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Oh please! I reject the notion that a teenager is automatically innocent because they are only a teenager. Seriously, what evidence do you have that she hasn’t done any of the things her sisters have done? I say that any girl with those role models as older sisters is more likely to be trying emulate their success! How can I prove a negative? Why don’t you go ahead and prove that the 14 year old has a sex tape or whatever other negative things you’re ascribing to her older half sister? But teeheehee, slut shaming is so _fun!_ And if her big sister is a slut, gosh! She’s probably a big dirty whore, too! Man, it sure feels good to feel superior to a 14 year old girl :). ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/43 "2011-10-31T23:07:08Z")
Wouldn’t it be great if a judge refused to grant the divorce? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/44 "2011-10-31T23:16:34Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > The marriage lasted about 3 months? > > So… a completely average Hollywood marriage. Wiki says they married on August 20, so more like 2 months. Honestly it felt shorter than that to me. > [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > How can I prove a negative? Why don’t you go ahead and prove that the 14 year old has a sex tape or whatever other negative things you’re ascribing to her older half sister? > > But teeheehee, slut shaming is so _fun!_ And if her big sister is a slut, gosh! She’s probably a big dirty whore, too! Man, it sure feels good to feel superior to a 14 year old girl :). Because based on limited viewing of the show, in which those kids do appear on, they seem to be just as bad as their sisters ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/45 "2011-10-31T23:17:00Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > How can I prove a negative? Why don’t you go ahead and prove that the 14 year old has a sex tape or whatever other negative things you’re ascribing to her older half sister? > > But teeheehee, slut shaming is so _fun!_ And if her big sister is a slut, gosh! She’s probably a big dirty whore, too! Man, it sure feels good to feel superior to a 14 year old girl :). Pffft. Protecting my child comes first. If it involves, “steer clear of that one, son, that family is trouble.” Then that is the card I will play. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/46 "2011-10-31T23:20:56Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Wiki says they married on August 20, so more like 2 months. Honestly it felt shorter than that to me. > > Because based on limited viewing of the show, in which those kids do appear on, they seem to be just as bad as their sisters Do a Google for “shortest celebrity marriage”, and it will seem like this marriage was long-term. There are at least two that lasted only a single day each. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/47 "2011-10-31T23:29:33Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I sincerely hope that this doesn’t come across as threadshitting - … > [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > But this _is_ threadshitting. … And I could point out that anyone other than a mod who calls another person’s post threadshitting is junior modding. Threadshitting is “this topic is stupid and you all are assholes for discussing it,” which is not what **WordMan** said. He said “I don’t get this, could y’all take a stab at explaining it to me?” as part of his ongoing participation in the thread. If you think someone else is breaking or bending the rules, report the post [no one did in this case, BTW] and let a mod sort it out. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/48 "2011-10-31T23:36:40Z")
Deleted since Twicks posted…And yes, that’s what I meant, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/49 "2011-10-31T23:38:32Z")
What’s funny is that this morning I went grocery shopping, so have reason to know that this week’s _InTouch_ advertised the story “Inside Kim’s Fake Marriage” on the cover. They predicted she would stay married: “It’s her love of fame – not Kris Humphries – that’s keeping Kim Kardashian from even considering divorce.” An insider said “Kim has been told that divorcing Kris would be bad for her many endorsement deals.” Says the story (oh, fuck, I’ll admit it, I bought the fucking magazine and I’m looking at it now), > [@](#): > > Unhappy as she may be, Kim stands to get a lot more money – and airtime – if she and Kris stay together long enough to have a baby. “Kris gets a bounus from E! if he and Kim have a child, but it’s a tiny portion of what Kim gets, which is a lot,” the insider explains. > > So Kim’s playing up her fake relationship for the cameras – kissing and fighting and making up with Kris on cue. And she continues to make fame – not love – her top priority. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/50 "2011-10-31T23:46:50Z")
\Oh no!, who’s going to patronize Quark’s Bar on DS9 (Terok Nor) now… Oops, wrong Kardashians again, I always get those two mixed up… ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/51 "2011-10-31T23:52:29Z")
I would say that if it wasn’t threadshitting, it was pretty damn close to it. I mean, REALLY fucking close. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/52 "2011-10-31T23:53:33Z")
> [@PacifistPorcupine](#): > > I am shocked, saddened and devastated by this news. Or would be if I knew who Kim Kardshian was, other than having a vague idea she’s a reality TV “star.” In case you’re curious, Kim Kardashian is the second daughter of Robert Kardashian, a California attorney and businessman who died in 2003 of cancer. He’s probably most famous as being one of the attorneys who defended OJ Simpson during his murder trial (the two men were friends). In 2007, Kim Kardashian became famous, or maybe notorious, when she starred in a sex tape with R&B singer Ray J. (Ray J is the brother of the more famous singer Brandy, and cousin of the even more famous singer Snoop Dog.) The tape was leaked and she settled with the distributors of the tape for about $5 million. She then was one of the people in the E! Network reality show “Keeping up with the Kardashians”, and also does some modelling and things. Her husband, who she’s divorcing, is Kris Humphreys, who’s a power forward for the basketball team the New Jersey Nets. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/53 "2011-11-01T00:17:40Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I would say that if it wasn’t threadshitting, it was pretty damn close to it. I mean, REALLY fucking close. If you wish to discuss my moderation, start a thread in ATMB. This is off-topic in this thread. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/54 "2011-11-01T00:24:28Z")
It would be interesting to see the script. Perhaps the “divorce announcement scene” is just meant to build up the audience for next week’s “reconciliation scene”. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/55 "2011-11-01T01:11:22Z")
I was especially amused today by the headline on one of those rag mags: “Kim to Kris: Get to Work!” Um, honey? He’s locked out. He can’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/56 "2011-11-01T01:28:40Z")
Robert Kardashian was the guy who read the “suicide note” from OJ before the white Bronco chase. At the time he was no longer practicing law but he started again for the OJ trial. He also looked really shocked when the verdict was read, like he was expecting a guilty verdict. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/57 "2011-11-01T01:44:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Unhappy as she may be, Kim stands to get a lot more money – and airtime – if she and Kris stay together long enough to have a baby. “Kris gets a bounus from E! if he and Kim have a child, but it’s a tiny portion of what Kim gets, which is a lot,” the insider explains. > > So Kim’s playing up her fake relationship for the cameras – kissing and fighting and making up with Kris on cue. And she continues to make fame – not love – her top priority. You know what that reminds me of? The time Selma married Troy McClure on the Simpsons. Fading celebrity uses surprise wedding to boost own profile and distract from unsavory rumors. After a few days, agent discusses the possibility of bringing in a child to further cement the star’s status. Its like almost the exact same thing! ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/58 "2011-11-01T02:36:35Z")
At least she got enough footage in the can for her series as a married woman. Now that wedded bliss is behind her, she can make like Michael Moore and edited the footage to make Kris look bad and make even more money.[Kardashian Divorce Winners And Losers: Kim Made Millions, But What About Her Sponsors?](http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2011/10/31/kardashian-divorce-winners-and-losers-kim-made-millions-but-what-about-her-sponsors/) I have seen the various Kardashian shows maybe a total of two times. But you know what? I like following her on twitter. She, or more like the flunkie she pays to tweet, has the ability to make her shallow life seem interesting. She has 10.8 million followers, so I’m not the only one who thinks so. And since it is “Cafe Society”, I don’t think any entertainer, whether it’s George Clooney, Bono or Lebron James has ever wiped out hunger or cured cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/59 "2011-11-01T03:44:23Z")
It’s also possible that the divorce filing is a publicity stunt, and that they will then “reconcile.” Perhaps there will be a series on E!, following them through counseling, a second honeymoon, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394/60 "2011-11-01T03:54:58Z")
I think Kim ought to feature a different lover to cheat with each week, and that fans should get a contest to become a special guest lover. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-kim-kardashian-is-getting-divorced/601394.md?page=4)