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2012-01-17

Kardashian Brand Tarnishing Fast, Say Promoters

Maybe it's the negative press over the hooplah from Kim Kardashian's 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries, or just the normal ending of any unexplainable flash-in-the-pan excitement, but the country's long national nightmare regarding the Kardashians might be ending. According to the New York Post , anything featuring the overhyped, reality show's family is turning "absolutely toxic." From vastly dropping ratings for "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" to ugly sales of magazines featuring the Kardashian clan, it appears the obsession over the camera-ready clan is ending fast.

Kim was once paid amounts of $600,000 just to appear at a Tao's New Year's Eve party in Las Vegas, and she and Khloe were called upon - and incredibly well-compensated to entertain party guests of the world. But not so now, say party promoters who once gave up thousands to get them in the door. "I'd pay her $600,000 personally not to go to Red Egg," said Travis Bass, co-owner of the New York City nightspot. "Kim Kardashian would be crushing to us." R. Couri Hay, a publicist who's worked with them in years past, now cringes to the Post, "I'm bored with them," and can't imagine hiring, "Kim Kardashian and her little clunky sisters" again.

The Post reports circulation for the gossip magazines that were once very popular with the Kardashians- Us Weekly, In Touch, Life & Style and OK! - dropped nearly 18 percent in December when any member of the clan were on their covers. The paper also points out that Kim was dropped by sneaker-maker Sketchers in 2011, and "replaced her with a French bulldog." (See my blog on this site Kim Kardashian replaced by a dog in Super Bowl Ad)