This week, celebrity Kim Kardashian filed for divorce with her husband of 72 days, Kris Humphries. While this may not seem to be a pressing issue in the public sphere, I think it fits in perfectly with my ambassadorship because it deals with the presence of money in pop culture. There is much speculation that the marriage between Kardashian and Humphries was all a publicity stunt, their wedding video was sold to E and this NY Times article even mentions that she earned millions of dollars for the television episodes. Even this article’s title tells a lot about the business side of their relationship; “Kardashian Divorce forces the E! Network to Scramble.” The first information that readers get from this heading shows that their separation is a problem for the media, not for Kardashian or Humphries themselves. From this example, it seems that Kim and Kris have completely lost sight of the sanctity of marriage and are instead exploiting it for publicity. Although we don’t know exactly what happened in their relationship, it is difficult not to speculate that this wedding was a publicity statement that had no real love involved. Hopefully viewers will see how ridiculous this pair looks after their “fairy tale wedding” has gone to shambles in less than three months.
I've been following this story too since it's all over the news in pop culture right now. I just think that many celebrities rush into marriage too soon, and this is what happened with Kim and Kris. Also, since your topic deals with money, I thought you would find it interesting that Kim is donating the value of her wedding gifts (around $200,000) to the Dream Foundation. That seems to be yet another trend in pop culture besides marrying too early--giving to charity.
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