Kim Kardashian reveals why she changed her name moments before KUWTK premiered in 2007

Kim Kardashian wasn’t always Kim Kardashian.The 45-year-old fashion icon has revealed that she changed her name shortly before her and her family’s first reality TV show, “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” premiered back in 2007.“I used to always go by Kimberly, until we signed on to do the reality show,” the SKIMS founder, whose legal name is Kimberly Noel Kardashian, told Time in an interview published Thursday.“When I looked at my chyron, Kimberly Kardashian, I said, ‘I think that’s so long for people to say.Let’s just shorten it to Kim,'” she continued.

“It’s so weird, because all my friends from high school and growing up, and my dad, everyone called me Kimberly.”However, that was not the only revelation the “All’s Fair” star shared, because Kim also claimed that she was the one who convinced her family to sign on for “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” almost 20 years ago.“I mean, the whole reason we wanted to start our show was to bring attention to our DASH store – at least that’s how I was able to get my sisters to sign on,” she explained.“I let them know that it’ll bring such great promotion to our store,” she added.“And they were in once they heard that.”“Keeping Up With the Kardashians” gave fans an inside look at the Kardashian family from its premiere in 2007 until its conclusion in 2021.

“The Kardashians,” a continuation of its predecessor, launched on Hulu in 2022.The hit reality show followed Kim, her momager Kris Jenner, sisters Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie, and brother Rob for 20 seasons and ultimately launched them each into global superstardom.But according to Kim, she is the mastermind behind the family’s reality TV empire.“I think I was the one who convinced everyone for sure.I really wanted it,” Kim told Time.

“I really wanted to do a reality show since the day MTV’s ‘The Real World’ came out, and I watched it with my best friend.” “I looked at her and I...