Was Kim Kardashian Eyeing Another Baller Before Kris Humphries? New Report Says She Shopped Around!
Posted on Oct 27, 2011 @ 09:30AM
It's been rumored that Kim Kardashian wed Kris Humphries in a marriage of convenience as she uses him as a sexy 6'9" accessory on the red carpet. And reports are rife that the couple’s two-month-old marriage is already in trouble.
And now comes a new report that Kris wasn’t Kim’s first choice to be her basketball beau. In fact, according to Wetpaint.com before the brunette beauty met her new husband, Kim was so eager to date a basketball player that E! were calling around teams to matchmake with NBA athletes, RadarOnline.com has learned.
Wetpaint claim that E! Television staff contacted the New York Knicks to ask if hunky Italian basketball star Danilo Gallinari would be interested in dating Kim. "They asked if he would be interested in dating her and being on a reality show," a source told the website.
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According to the insider, both E! and Kim were interested in having her date a big New York athlete for the debut season of Kourtney & Kim Take New York, which premiered in January 2011.
"Danilo said he would love to meet Kim but was not interested in dating her or being on a reality show," revealed the insider, who added: "Even though E! explained it would be great for his career, Gallinari turned the offer down."
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Did they then move on the New York metro area's other NBA team, the Nets, to set her up with a 'ball star?
Kim has said that she met her future husband after attending a basketball game in New Jersey with a friend. When she told the pal how adorable she found Kris, Kim's friend, who happened to know another player on the team, set up a group dinner, reported Wetpaint.
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After spending last season courtside at the New Jersey Nets games cheering Kris and ultimately walking down the aisle with him last August, it makes you wonder if E! made the same offer to the Nets - and they didn't turn it down!
Wetpaint Entertainment contacted the Nets spokesperson and they declined comment, but considering the current NBA lockout, no team is allowed to comment on their players.
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Despite growing reports of discord between the two, Kim and Kris were all smiles on Saturday when they celebrated her 31st birthday in Las Vegas, as RadarOnline.com previously reported.
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"She is in it for love" Either your high as a kite caren or you're Kris Jenner in disguise. "In it for love" Give me a break...:-)
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 2:01pm
She should have stuck with Gabriel. I do not like the way Kris demeans Kim. No woman should have to go through that. Financially she does not need him. He needs to realize that she is in it for love.
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 1:41pm
Kim doesn't know what love is, she does everything for money and lives her life for the cameras.
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 2:01pm
Kim doesn't know what love is, she does everything for money and lives her life for the cameras.
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 2:01pm
Kris is just a big doofus, and too immature for her highness......I hope he wises up soon and gets out of their "cult" before it's too late. And PLEASE, no sex tape of the two of them!!
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 12:13pm
Of course it's fake, thats why Kris H asked Khloe if her marriage was for real or for TV. He thought it was like his - for TV....I mean why else ask?
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 12:12pm
Everyone knew from the start that Kim was desperate for publicity, attention & the $2 million dollar ring (or whatever it cost). She doesn't love anyone but herself. She's all about herself & everyone knows this marriage is a farce.
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 12:03pm
"Insert name of groom here." Sounds about right in the genre of un-reality tv.
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 11:02am
Who cares how they met? I mean really, friends of friends set people up all the time, they just have friends in higher places......... Move on, let these two be a couple! I am pulling for them!
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 10:56am
Nothing this family does is moral or flattering. It's a shame the public and media still pay for their 15 minutes
of fame.
Posted Thu, 10/27/2011 - 10:40am