14 DAY TRIAL // To everyone’s surprise, Kim Kardashian has been keeping a very low profile since she gave birth to her daughter North West in June this year. Coming to confirm speculation that Kanye West is giving her career advice is a report that she’s dumped her PR team at his recommendation.
Kim and the entire Kardashian-Jenner clan are managed by their mother, Kris Jenner, who also gets to pick the girls’ PR team that represents them in relation to the media and other business partners.
According to Page Six, Kim is taking the first steps towards breaking free of her mother – and she’s doing so by listening to what her boyfriend Kanye West has to say on the matter.
She’s hired a new publicist to “distance herself from the family melodrama,” the report argues. The drama would be the Lamar Odom drug scandal, which sees the star accused of being addicted to crack cocaine.
So far, no one from camp Kardashian has said anything on the matter.
“We’re told the new mother has moved on from PMK*BNC’s Jill Fritzo, who has tirelessly represented the entire Kardashian clan for years, to Sarah Jessica Parker’s publicist, Slate PR co-founder Ina Treciokas. She also represents Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Liev Schreiber and Justin Theroux. Treciokas’ firm also reps Jennifer Aniston,” Page Six reports.
It was Kanye’s idea to make the move. If one is to believe reports online, he’s been working hard to get Kim to distance herself from the Kardashian brand, starting with her look and the way she handles herself in the media.
“Kim wants to set herself apart from the Kardashian PR machine, and Kanye West advised her to build her own team,” an insider dishes.
If we didn’t know better, we’d say Kim is getting ready to go A-list: and severing some connections with her family would be just the thing to get her there and buy her some much-needed credibility.