family interview

Keeping Up With the Kardashians down under:

LIZ Walsh finds out why the Kardashian sisters are hotter than Paris Hilton.
Haven’t heard of Kimberly Kardashian and don’t care about what she’s been up to lately? Have no idea who Kourtney or her sister Khloe are? Don’t worry – it’s more than likely you soon will.

Kim and her sister Kourtney were special guests in Sydney at the MTV Australia awards held last month, along with the likes of Mischa Barton and 50 Cent. While the Kardashians are largely unknown in Australia – in the palm-spotted streets of the Hollywood Hills, the brunettes are so much hotter than Paris Hilton right now.

The three sisters, led by Kim – former best friend of Paris – and her older sister Kourtney and her younger sister Khloe, are the epicentre of one of the most-watched reality series in the US.

The Kardashian family (yes, the letter K is very prominent here) can now be seen in Australia on Foxtel’s E! Network.

The three sisters are daughters of the late Robert Kardashian – defence lawyer extraordinaire during the high-profile O.J. Simpson murder trial.

The series follows their antics along with those of their brother Robert Jr, mum Kris, her second husband Bruce Jenner and their children Kendall and Kylie (yes, still more Ks).

Thanks to the show (and an infamous sex tape), Kim is a star on the rise.

“I am my own person,” she says when asked about being Paris’s good friend.

“I don’t love being compared to other people, no matter who it is because you are your own person and you’re an individual. I think that’s one of the reasons I wanted to do this show, so people could see…who I really am, my family and what I really do.”

There isn’t any danger of Kim not being recognised as a person in her own right – she even has exercise DVDs as part of her speedily growing empire.

“You have to work out,” she says. “It was instilled in us from when we were little that we had to work out…except for Kourtney.”

Kris is the consummate “cool” mum. “I’ve been having kids for the last 28 years,” she says.

“I’m like the old lady in the shoe – she has so many children she doesn’t know what to do. That’s our house. It’s manic. And at some point, it’s just: ‘if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em’.

“I pick my battles. If I was bitching at everyone all day long, it would be ridiculous.”

Kourtney can’t help but interrupt: “Pick your battles? Which ones do you pick? There are so many.”
Kris retaliates: “I have choices.”

Kourtney: “I think she leaves disciplining up to Bruce.”

Kris: “There’s just a lot going on. There’s always something happening, there’s always drama and chaos and noise. I run three companies…I multi-task.”

Suddenly, it’s clear why they would make a good reality show.

Kris says people can relate to the stories going on in the Kardashian lives.

“If you’re watching the show, you’ll be able to find someone you can relate to,” she says. “And that is what makes this show really special”.

The second season is airing in Australia

Link to Kardashian photos:

Rob and Adrienne posing after leaving Foxtail Lounge
Older pic of Kim in a cute red skirt with a friend

Khloe, Rob and Adrienne @ Dolce