C.J.: Kim sheds crocodile tears over a bad business decision

February 2, 2012 at 5:47AM
Say what? On Tuesday, Kim Kardashian tweeted: "I want to start a bible study group with friends."
Say what? On Tuesday, Kim Kardashian tweeted: “I want to start a bible study group with friends.” (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Looks to me as though Kim Kardashian slapped an overly ostentatious bow on the fraud box checked on Kris Humphries' court papers requesting an annulment.

Sunday's finale of "Kourtney and Kim Take New York" was edited in such a damning way as to suggest that the production company sympathized with Kim's future ex-husband against whom she filed for a divorce after 72 days of a bad business decision.

Despite all of Kim's tears, whining, red-faced trauma and dramatic music, "the bloggers this morning are so Team Kris Humphries it's not even Kardashian funny," said Wendy Williams on her Monday show. "And that's after the Kardashians were able to edit it the way they wanted to, so you can imagine all the crappy crap that ended up on the floor that would have really made Kim look bad."

Hollywoodlife.com's Bonnie Fuller looked back at the whole season and came up with "6 Reasons Why Kim Kardashian & Kris Humphries' Marriage Seems Fake."

Here's my take: Kim's sister Kourtney Kardashian and her boyfriend Scott Disick were briefly voices of reason for Kim in the finale -- until she coerced them into submissive codependency with her tears.

All of Kim's ridiculous machinations trying to weasel out of the marriage finally came down to her diatribe aimed at Kris over how many boxes he was planning to move into her huge L.A. home, where apparently there is no room. The very idea brought Kim to the verge of a "panic attack," Kim said.

Overhearing what Kim was saying to Kris, Kourtney intoned: "You're such a bitch, Kim. If I was Kris, I would hate you, 'cause you're such a bitch. I just don't understand why Kris wouldn't be moving his stuff [into your] house."

With a look of incredulity on Kim's face, as her eyes and mouth flashed what was supposed to pass for utter mortification, Kim opined: "For Kourtney to call me a bitch in front of Kris is so insensitive." (This from the woman who called her sister Khloe an "evil, ugly little troll" and then bent over backward to avoid apologizing.)

"It's true, Kim: You're not ready for someone in your life," Humphries averred.

And Scott reminded Kim: "You do realize you're married, right?"

After Kim pulled out all the emotional stops -- ugly-crying, communicating her misgivings about rushing into marriage and claiming to love Kris though confessing guilt that her feelings had changed -- Scott and Kourtney finally folded.

So this is how Kim treats a guy who in three separate scenes expressed the right sentiments: "I think we need to just get back to what [brought us together]. ... I feel like we got a little bit lost in the shuffle. ... You're a priority to me."

The finale opened with Humphries setting a loving tone while ruminating to Disick about how his relationship with Kim was out of rhythm and how tough it had been in New York City "trying to find ourselves with this thing you call marriage," said Kris.

"You sound like a preacher, just trying to find love within 'this thing you call marriage' here," said Disick, who is apparently unacquainted with Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" lyrics: "Dearly beloved/ We are gathered here today/ 2 get through this thing called life."

Throughout the show, Kardashian was a pill.

After buddy Josh helped Kris stash his boxes in a New York storage locker, Humphries' subconscious knew what was up: "Kim's been acting weird, distant. Acting so crazy, like she was panicking. I was just over her. Ready to get a divorce."

Tuesday on Twitter, Kim wrote, "I want to start a bible study group with friends."

Naturally, Kim remembered to capitalize "I" but not the "b" in Bible. If she had any real friends they'd tell her she could use a buttload of group therapy to go along with Bible study.

Spinning out of control

"I think that Deadspin was just looking for something that wasn't there," said KSTP-TV sports anchor Joe Schmit.

The source of the website's amusement was a graphic over Schmit's shoulder for a story about how Minneapolis native and Marlins pitcher Brad Hand is fighting for a spot in the rotation. It read: "Hand Trying To Win Job." The boys at Deadspin thought that was soooooo humorous.

Said Schmit: "I was just stating a fact; he was going down to Florida to try to win a job, and his name just happens to be Hand. It's amazing. I have my name on Google alerts. All of a sudden I have a Google alert that my name is on deadspin.com. [Tuesday] morning when I looked, it had almost 16,000 hits. I'm like, 'Man, this is nuts.'"

There you go, deadspin.com -- a couple more double-entendre jokes for your giggly pleasure.

C.J. is at 612.332.TIPS or cj@startribune.com. More of her attitude can be seen Thursday mornings on Fox 9.

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