CB already reported the wedding details for Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom’s weekend nuptials, but I read a few more stories from the drama that I found interesting. First, Radar reported that for the rehearsal dinner, held in Santa Monica, Khloe’s stepfather Bruce Jenner stepped up to make a beautiful, tear-jerker speech honoring the late Robert Kardashian, who fathered Khloe, Kim, Kourtney and Robert Jr. Although I don’t think much of the Kardashian Klan as a whole, I will admit freely that this story made my eyes a little misty:
Bruce Jenner brought tears to the eyes of everyone in the room when he lifted a glass in memory of Khloe Kardashian’s late father, attorney Robert Kardashian.
Fifty friends and family members attended the early evening dinner which was taped for broadcast on the bride-to-be’s reality show. But the emotional point of the evening came when Khloe’s stepfather, Bruce Jenner, reduced the crowd to tears when he made a toast.
“With his long hair flowing, and with a glass of red wine in his hand, he made everyone cry when he said his one regret was that Khloe’s father, the late Robert Kardashian, could not be there to see this,” an eyewitness told RadarOnline.com
“Khloe, her sisters Kim and Kourtney and their mom Kris Jenner were all reduced to tears.”
Robert Kardashian was a well-known attorney and famous as part of the O.J. Simpson “Dream Team.” He and Kris divorced in 1989 and she subsequently married Olympic hero Bruce Jenner.
[From Radar]
Aw. I know it’s easy for us to just dismiss all of the Kardashian stuff as just famewhoring spectacle, but I’d bet the Kardashian women were genuinely moved by Bruce’s speech – what a nice way for Bruce to honor Robert, and Bruce’s step-kids. At the wedding, Bruce Jenner gave Khloe away too– and I’m sure that meant so much to both of them. Sweet story.
Now, back to the famewhoring. Page Six had an interesting little report over the weekend about Kris Kardashian’s business sense. Kris manages all three of her older daughters, and she’s the reason we see interview after interview with these people. Blame Kris and her “brilliant” business sense:
The Kardashian sisters have earned $1 million in just a few months with news of a romantic breakup, a pregnancy and a wedding. The rest of the show business world is having trouble keeping up with the Kardashians’ astonishing earning power, thanks to their prolific and eventful love lives.
Kim, Kourtney and Khloe’s antics — and their curvaceous figures — have landed them big-money magazine covers, TV and media deals, as well as sponsorship from diet aid SlimQuick.
Kim split with her boyfriend of two years, Reggie Bush, in July. Kourtney announced she’s pregnant with on-off boyfriend Scott Disick’s baby in August. And last week, Khloe announced she’ll marry LA Lakers forward Lamar Odom after a whirlwind romance of just a month.
Even their little half-sister, Kendall Jenner, 13, is getting into the act — she landed a contract with Wilhelmina Models in July and is now negotiating an advertising deal.
A source said: “The Kardashian sisters are big business. Their mother, Kris, is a smart businesswoman and manages their deals. She knows how to make the most of these big announcements. She’s negotiating a magazine deal for Khloe’s wedding, around $250,000, another deal for Kourtney’s baby, and there will probably be yet another deal when Kim eventually gets back together with Reggie.”
“Then there’s the product deals — they’ve already got the fashion line, now they’re branching out into perfume and beauty products.”
The sisters already star in E!’s “Keeping up with the Kardashians” and “Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami,” and the exposure has also upped sales for their clothing line, Dash.
[From Page Six]
The moral of the story is that none of this will ever end. As long as we have any kind of interest, whether it be mild or spiteful, the Kardashians will profit. Sigh.
In case anyone wants to know anything else about Khloe’s wedding, here goes: she wore a stapless Vera Wang gown, and her sisters were her bridesmaids. The bridesmaids wore a pretty shade of violet. You can see video of their entrances at Radar, as well as any additional information on the wedding party.
Photos are of Khloe and Lamar’s wedding guests. Kourtney and Kim are shown at the rehearsal dinner Saturday night. Credit: WENN.com
I have a feeling Robert Kardashian Sr. would be horrified with all this flagrant fame whore-ness.
Robert is whirling dervishly in his coffin.
Sweet of Bruce to mention their father.
Though I don’t approve of the “fame whore” dealings, their mother has found a way for the girls to work and make loads of money. They aren’t falling out of clubs every night. They aren’t in rehab. They are marketable. It ain’t all bad.
I find it difficult to have warm feelings toward Robert Kardashian. He defended OJ.
This family has it’s place in reality tv and it’s working for them.
I keep sayin’, I’ll watch the dramas, there is more reality in dramatic film/tv than in reality tv = )
ugh, who are these d-list people anyway-people with their calendars free to take part in some famewhoring in hopes a little crumb of notoriety will momentarily drop towards them. its like watching pigs to a trough the way these fame-grubber lemmings are coming to watch this sham.
Ummmmmmmmmmm, all of you folks clicked on the story to read it. Obviously, you have an interest in them as does the rest of the country.
As for Robert Kardashian, I’m sure he would be happy to see his daughters doing well for themselves. He was not a saint and we all find a way to make our bucks.
OMG!!! I SO LOVE KHOLE and I’m SSSSOOOO HAPPY for her! I have 2 olders sisters and I always totally get picked on!!! She gets picked on SO MUCH and I HATE THAT! She’s so classy and pretty and definitely the nicest Kardashian!
I think I found her Monkey Jar
shopping page and I think we shop at a lot of the same stores!!!
http://babykkardashian.monkeyjar.com/myPage.cfm
SO COOL! Love you Khole!
Actually I do not have an interest in them, I didn’t read the story, just the headline and decided to comment because I always have something snarky to say about these folks.
Anyway, Bruce’s face looks like it was toasted in an oven. Talk about looking like a burn victim, without having actually been burned.
The whole thing is a farce anyway. The marriage isn’t even legal, as they won’t be wed until the prenup is hammered out.
So sick of these idiots. I mean, I care enough to comment on the stupidity of their popularity but I sure as heck do not understand it.
Wow. To me it just comes across as yet another way to pimp out your dead-father for public sympathy. But whatever, it sells. *Shrugs*
DD95–
this is for you.
do you have a single brain cell in that head of yours.
Well to give DD95 credit…I do think that Khloe is the least famewhoreish of the famewhores…
Eh, give DD95 a break, she is probably a youngster. If not, I am scared!
Bruce Jenner-that dude looks like a lady!!
What I want to know is why are all these female guests wearing those long ass gowns? They aren’t the ones getting married so floor-length dresses should be out of the question. But what do you expect, I guess. Attention whores at an attention whore-ish wedding. GG
Why can’t a falling star crash onto Ryan Seapus?
Am I the only one who questions why he’s getting paid to sell crap to the TV People?
Give Bruce a break – I think he looks great and has alot of class. I saw this episode and he made me cry – and I am not a weeper! I don’t think that many stepfathers would have given a toast to honor the father. I give Bruce alot of credit – first of all, like I said before, for having real class, and secondly – for living with all those crazy chicks!!! I am a woman and I pity him alot of the time!
Brother! That Khloe Kardashian is hot!. I love following the family just because they’ve always got something interesting going on. Hope you keep posting articles about the Kardashians.