Kim Kardashian announced Monday she is donating money from her “dream wedding” to an organization that grants dreams of a different nature than her attention-seeking pursuits.
Guests of Kardashian’s televised wedding to New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries received thank-you notes explaining that the couple, who filed for divorce after just 72 days, will not be returning their generous wedding gifts.
Kardashian has estimated her gifts’ worth at $100,000 — a bit more sizeable than the typical blender and crock pot.
The reality star’s vague note goes on to inform guests that, while she’s keeping their presents, she has donated the presents’ value and more to the Dream Foundation.
“It has taken me some time to pull everything together,” Kardashian wrote. “But I wanted to let you know that the money for every gift received by me at my wedding has been donated to the Dream Foundation.”
According to TMZ, Kardashian has donated $200,000 – double the gifts’ worth – to the Dream Foundation. The charity grants wishes to adults with terminal illnesses, similar to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Has Kardashian turned a philanthropic page in the highly publicized book that is her life of reality stardom? I think not.
Perceptive pop culture consumers and those with keen memories may be able to discern the two major reasons Kardashian made a charitable donation. Acting as though she were a well-trained doctor or a healing medicine woman, Kardashian has made a proactive move to protect the health of her two most dear attributes: her image and her bank account.
Kardashian’s antics are clearly fashioned to shield her once-favorable image from the hail storm that was her ill-conceived wedding to Humphries. TMZ reported last July that Kardashian made $15 million in a deal with E! for a four-hour special televising her wedding and more than $2 million from selling wedding pictures to People magazine.
The wedding reportedly carried a $10 million price tag, but rumors have run rampant claiming the reality star spent much less on her nuptials as vendors, eager for free air time on the televised event, offered their services for discounted prices or no cost at all.
Everything went off without a hitch, and Kardashian’s windfall was accompanied by the good wishes that espouse a wedding — until the groom wizened up. The couple filed for divorce just 72 days into their marriage and, if the short term of the nuptials was not enough to raise the public’s eyebrows, Humphries’ citation of fraud under reasons for the split was.
After Kardashian’s wedding was exposed for the thinly veiled money-grubbing stunt it was, the reality star concocted another stunt to curry good favor with the public — her charitable donation. The donation may sway public opinion back in Kardashian’s favor, but it was likely also made with her own finances in mind.
Spring is upon us, and with the warmer weather and blooming foliage comes another annual sign of the season’s changing – taxes. In about five weeks, all Americans’ taxes are due, and guess who made a sizeable donation to charity just in time to write it off as a tax deduction? Hint: It’s not the guests who attended Kardashian’s wedding.
 
 
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