The Real Reason Kim Kardashian Is Acting — in All's Fair and Beyond

SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row newsletter and go Premium to access all paywalled podcast episodes and newsletters: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe Kim Kardashian spent 10 years as the most reviled woman at the Met Gala. Then she became the blueprint. Cultural critic and psychoanalytic psychotherapist MJ Corey, author of the new book Dekonstructing the Kardashians (https://amzn.to/4dGfl3R), joins Back Row to explain how Kim paved the way for the Met/Tech Gala, why the Paris robbery changed everything, what her acting career is really about, and why the world's most polarizing people never only get more famous instead of canceled. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:06 Why the Marilyn Monroe dress matters 04:42 How Kim paved the way for the Tech Gala 07:35 Lauren Sanchez is following the Kardashian blueprint 13:26 The Amazon/CFDA connection nobody noticed 15:41 Tech billionaires are the new Kardashians 17:39 How the Kardashians survive every cancellation 21:40 What this says about us as a culture 28:15 The Paris robbery and why it changed everything 30:35 Why Kim is really acting now 36:24 Will the Kardashians ever fade? Links & Resources 📰 SUBSCRIBE to the Back Row Newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe 🎙️ Follow the Back Row Podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/back-row-with-amy-odell/id1843400835 🎙️ Follow the Back Row Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0wpDOgcuWKjpH9WxklNqI4 📸 Follow Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/instamyode