Comedian Rob Delaney (who you might recognize from the “MA Men” spoof of “Mad Men”) is awesomely suing Kim Kardashian (as well as E! Entertainment, Ryan Seacrest, and Comcast) for ditching her marriage after making millions of dollars off of her wedding. Delaney laid out a compelling argument in his Vice column:
I’ve been married for five years. To the same woman. I’ve wanted to divorce her at times. She’s wanted to divorce me at times. But one great thing about marriage, when it’s entered by regular folks, in good faith, is that it’s hard to exit. It costs money. You have to talk to lawyers during business hours except whoops—you have a job that you need to earn money to buy food and pants—so when are you going to both take the time to do that? By the time you’d have gotten around to it, you’ve forgiven each other and maybe even reached a new appreciation for each other as you worked through whatever seemingly insurmountable problem made you hate each other for 20 minutes while you sat in your shitty car outside a CVS yelling at each other and crying.
There’s a lot more to it than that, but the paragraphs are long and I can only cherry-pick bits and pieces due to my crippling AD/HD. You should read the whole thing (and no, he’s not kidding).
Listen, it’s blatantly obvious that the wedding was a sham publicity stunt orchestrated so the Kardashian “brand” (ugh) could generate more revenue, and this handy little divorce is a big middle finger to common married folk who actually work hard to share their lives together. Kim Kardashian is the 1%, and Rob Delaney’s lawsuit is the Occupy Wall Street movement (minus the hippies).
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It’s infuriating that she has this fame without actually never working an honest day in her life. The hardest thing she’s ever had to do was Ray J’s penis.
The guy isn’t wrong…..but two publicity stunts don’t make a right.
Good read. Marriage is hard work at times, but you work through shit. However, if I ever caught my wife watching any of those Kardashian shows I would divorce her immediately. Somethings can not be forgiven.
Whenever folks start barking about the sanctity of marriage, I want to just point at pictures of Kim (or Britney or Paris). Scam marriage for profit and publicity is fine as long as it’s between a man & a woman. I’m actually a lot more angry about the whole thing than I should be.
I hate to say it, but they need the judge from “What Happens in Vegas” who forces them to say together for a year and prove that they are trying to make the marriage work. That’ll make her even more money and since Kris Humphries doesn’t actually get to play anyway, the NBA lockout isn’t a factor one way or another.
What UU said. Especially the last part.
George Takei awesomely tweeted about this yesterday too: “Kim Kardashian files for divorce after 72 days. Another example of how same-sex marriage is destroying the sanctity of the very institution.” — George Takei
I’m only fluent in Bird Law, so this is out of my jurisdiction, but aside from this obvious publicity stunt of a law suit, is there any legitimacy in his case? If so, I would appreciate if DG could break the case down, Franklin & Bash style. Good day, sirs.
In addition to Delaney’s complete lack of standing to bring such a claim (meaning he has no particularized injury-in-fact, which stops the inquiry there), his claim is so baseless and frivolous that he could be counter-sued for attorney fees after the fact. If any attorney takes this case, they’re either (a) stupid, or (b) crooked to the point of being self-destructed. As such, he’ll have to represent himself, and in all likelihood, his interest will peter out when he finds some good on TV.
But this season…
Oh thank goodness! I was hoping someone would chime in with their legal opinion!
Marriage is for suckers. I’ll pay for sex (but never so much as a mortgage).
Call me,
ladiesdamaged and insane.Anyone that believed this marriage was anything more than a sham should have their TV-watching rights revoked permanently.
I can’t even explain what it’s like to pull up Netflix to watch Arrested Development and my entire “You recently watched” is filled with “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.”
Wonder if he had this article cued up and was just waiting for the divorce to happen.
This is like tweeting about how much you hate Twitter. Automatically unfunny.
“I hate publicity stunts! Look at me! I hate ‘em!”
I shamed my wife away from watching the Kardashians. Sometimes I catch her watching it secretly, and sometimes she catches me chewing tobacco secretly. My point is always that I may get cancer and die, but at least I won’t be going to hell. So the next time someone tells you they watch the Kardashians, spit chaw juice on their forehead and give them a blessing.
As someone who’s been out of work for two years now (what? I should be looking for a job instead of commenting on the internet? Who knew?), it infuriates me to no end that these people are famous for absolutely fucking NOTHING. The best argument I’ve been given has been, “well, they’re fashionable and people want to be like them.” What braindead moron wants to be like these gold-digging sluts? I have no problem with working hard for a fair wage. They have no problem with whoring hard for an unfairly enormous wage. Why are people interested in this bullshit? They’re the new Paris Hilton–totally annoying, uninteresting whores who will be sacrificed at the Altar of American Cruelty For Reality Stars soon enough.
No wonder America’s in shambles. It’s got nothing to do with who’s in charge. It’s all the dumbasses watching this shit.
/sorry for the rant
//it really upsets me
@AnthonyTX I totally agree with you. We are fucked and everyone in this country sucks.
Also I’m losing my job today. So heyyyy brother.
Hey Anthony, get a job.
/Herman Cain’d
I barely have a job.
How about Hump going after her for false representation and fraud? I wonder if they’ve already cut him a cheque.
Who are we mad at here? It’s not Kim’s fault she’s famous.
I love how my girlfriend talks to me about this show and just steamrolls over my responses:
Her: Kim is just a hopeless romantic, you can’t blame her for this..
Me: I blame her not only for this but also every single thing that is wrong with our society.
Her: I just love how close they are as a family.
Me: I hope every single one of them contracts hamster aids and die in a houseboat fire.
Her: Her mom reminds me of my mom.
Me: Couldn’t agree more.
Anyway- caring enough to be outraged at their sham marriage is still giving them more attention than they deserve but that was a good read.
I’m not in the least trying to forgive Kim, considering I hope her, her family, the Jersey Shore cast, and too many others to list are one day all flying on the same plane that crashes into the ocean, but to fair I can think of PLENTY of other reality stars that should be sued WAY before her. I’ll leave it up to whoever else comments to name them.
@Taco_Jones:
Sadly you are right: “the fault lies not in our (terrible, contrived reality tv) “stars”, but in ourselves.”
Go ahead and hate her for being a no talent jizz-bag, but blame the people who give her money for her being mega rich.
She should have just stuck to her blossoming amateur porn career.