Re: I Am Kardashian, Hear Me Roar
If you watch Keeping Up With The Kardashians, you know Kris Jenner. She is wife of Bruce, mother to the famous sisters and de facto CEO of the entire Kardashian empire. Whether she’s managing Kim’s busy schedule of looking pretty, planning Khloe’s wedding in 10.5 seconds or rallying the clan around their next marketing adventure, she approaches each task as if she were a lioness protecting her brood from those who would seek to harm them or in any way decrease their money making potential. (Bruce’s approach to parenting is more in the style of a deer caught in the headlights). So it is with this strong protective instinct that Kris pounces on Scott Disick, otherwise known as daughter Kourtney’s baby daddy, in last Sunday’s season finale. Scott is the father to baby Mason, born two months ago.
If you missed the episode, USmagazine.com has a clip of the Kris/Scott showdown. In the video, Scott apologizes to Kris for getting drunk at Kim’s birthday party, finally realizing that reality TV doesn’t mean that you can actually do something unscripted. He then pleads with mama bear not to hate him and accuses her of loving Reggie Bush and Lamar Odom more. Kris argues that she has a different “dynamic” with Kim and Khloe’s men which is another way of saying ‘they have actual jobs’. Kris then gets emotional after a silent cue from her producers to ‘punch things up’ and declares: “There’s no place for Scott in our family any more,” adding, rather ominously: “It’s just too dangerous.” And by dangerous we can only assume she means he is bringing down the ratings because his deadbeat dad storyline is so 2009.
Certainly, the clip shows Kris at her most dramatic (which is quite an achievement) but in the community of reality TV mothers, she is a standout and the closest thing the genre has to responsible parenting. Consider this: She has the ambition of a Dina Lohan without the desperation, the aggressiveness of a Sharon Osbourne without the low class and the control of a Kate Gosselin without the predatory greed. All those qualities equal success in the harsh world of the pseudo-celebrity mother/manager who must balance the desire for bling with a sense of parental responsibility. Kris may occasionally fall victim to the temptations of fame, but she realizes that there’s no free lunch. It’s a lesson she has successfully taught her daughters. Kim might complain that being paid to host her own birthday party is “work” but she does demonstrate a work ethic.
While you’ll have to wait until next season to find out if Bruce’s–how did I go from iconic athlete to this?–expression ever goes away, one thing is guaranteed: In the sad world of reality TV parents, Kris Jenner will continue to set the bar, no matter how low that bar might be.
Oh, and casting calls for the ‘new Scott’ should be going out any day now.
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