So I enjoy reality television. Shoot me. While WWD's summary of the first episode of Kimora Lee Simmons new show, Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane should have me shaking my head in disgust, I have to admit I'm more than a little intrigued. I mean, the woman voluntarily likens herself to Anna Nicole Smith. How can I not watch?
Inside her home, the first episode of the weekly show begins with her uniformed staff preparing for the day and a distressed Simmons trying to find the person who moved her teddy bear from a mantelpiece to a chair. Later, inside the offices of Baby Phat — which felt sort of like an urban episode of "The Office" — she has something of a meltdown over a variety of crises, from her intense desire for a granola bar to, in her words, "being a little flustered." "I feel very Anna Nicole Smith right now," she relates at one point, explaining, "She liked pink like I like pink." Later, she observes of an apparently contented colleague, "You must have got some last night." Estranged hubby and godfather of rap Russell Simmons stops by the Baby Phat offices and Kimora tries to cut his cuticles.
The sad thing is, she probably wasn't even laying it on thick for the cameras. If you need further insight into Kimora's insanity eccentricty, the hour-long premiere airs on the Style Network on Aug. 5.
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She is trapped at a certain stage in development which is a result of many of her life's circumstances (being called "chinky n*gger," modeling in Paris and being exposed to all sorts of things when she shoulda been in middle school learning Algebra, uninvolved parenting, modest beginnings –> sudden wealth)
I won't watch this. I don't think I can bear to see this.
"(being called “chinky n*gger,” modeling in Paris and being exposed to all sorts of things when she shoulda been in middle school learning Algebra, uninvolved parenting, modest beginnings –> sudden wealth)"
Where the heck did you get this information? Her parents were involved in her life, they are how she got to be where she is. And where did you get the "chink" idea from?
According to Karl Lagerfeld, she was a sweet girl at 14 who was alone in Paris and immersed in model crap but that she turned into a monster. His words were much harsher. I think it was "Louis Vuitton" toting monster.
Kimora has said she was called that as well as "ch*nky giraffe" regularly. That is straight from her mouth.
Ummm…is she even all that to have been modeling in Paris at 14? I mean, there's really nothing special about her. She has no edge. I just don't get the fascination with the broad.
She's tall and she was super skinny. What's special about Chanel Iman?
Kimora is the girl I wrote a BIOGRAPHY on her 4 skool I wanna be
wait scratch that
I am a fashion designer