I want to be a Kardashian. The Kardashian family made $65 Million last year through endorsements, their reality shows, Twitter, paid appearances and fragrances.

You can thank mom Kris Jenner, 55:

“We’re just this big family with a lot of drama and a lot of issues, and there’s someone here for everyone to relate to,”  ”I think if you’ve ever been embarrassed by your family — like your mother’s a kook or your father’s too strict — the show gives you hope. I’ve had so many people come over to me and say, ‘I remember the episode where you were crying over blah, blah, blah, and it helped me so much and I got through my dad’s death because of you.’ “

I must admit they are my guilty pleasure. I love watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians and Kim and Kourtney in New York. I LOVE those shows. It makes me feel like my house is a monastery.

The Kardashian clan includes Kourtney, 31, Kim, 30, Khloe, 26, Robert, 23, Kendall, 15, and Kylie, 13 and of course Kris’ husband gold Olympian Bruce Jenner who I wish would get a hair cut. I mean really!

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The article in The Hollywood Reporter talks a lot about Kris and how she went from growing up in a middle class household to be the manager of the Kardashian empire including Bruce’s career. Khloe says of her:

“My mother has just always been this ‘Let’s make water into wine’ person,” “She knows how to take one small talent or ability and grow it into something huge. That’s what she did with Bruce. He would have been happy to spend the rest of his life golfing, and that’s what she did with us.”

Kris also addresses how she reacted when she learned of Kim’s sex tape with former boyfriend Ray J:

“I thought, ‘Oh well, there goes the reality show,’” she said to THR. “But you can either be a problem maker or a problem solver. And I’m a problem solver. My job as her mom and manager is to take care of the problem — whatever it is. I had to cry and get upset in the privacy of my own room and then come out and help her, because she’s my daughter. What good is it for me to berate her?…All I knew was that I had to make some lemonade out of these lemons fast. Real fast.”

“My job was trying to take my kids’ 15 minutes and turn it into 30.

It’s a great article that talks about Kris’ marriage to Robert Kardashian and how, despite their divorce being amicable, it became strained when he joined O.J. Simpson’s legal team. Kris was very good friends with Nicole Brown. You can find it at The Hollywood Reporter.