Keeping Up with the Kardashians: Kim Kardashian

KIM KARDASHIAN began the first season of the E! reality series "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" wanting to set the record straight. Her sex tape with her former boyfriend, the R&B singer Ray J, had leaked, and Kim and her momager, Kris, felt the logical way to address it was to appear on Tyra Banks' talk show.

Dressed in a high-necked, ruffled, wine-colored blouse that smacked positively Victorian, Kim pleaded her case: "I have little sisters who I had to explain myself to. I need to try and teach them what not to do."

To which Banks deadpanned, "Not to have sex and tape it?"Or maybe not to go on TV and talk about it. Or not feature yourself in a reality show when your very loose fame derives largely from starring in a widely discussed sex tape.

Kim Kardashian is signing photos of herself at some car show. Everyone wants to know about her personal life, and she's upset about all the rumors of what famous people she's dating. I guess she wishes instead they'd ask her about her opinions on the Iraq War. Kim's publicist is calling to ask about some rumors about her dating Terrence Howard. Apparently sister Kourtney Kardashian got her picture taken with him, and the press confused the two of them.