Overview
- In a new Time interview, Kardashian says she dropped “Kimberly” after seeing the on‑screen chyron and deciding the name felt too long.
- She says she convinced her sisters to do the series by positioning it as promotion for their Los Angeles retail store, DASH.
- Kardashian recounts wanting a reality show since watching MTV’s The Real World during her youth.
- She notes the E! series was produced by Bunim/Murray with Ryan Seacrest and ran from 2007 to 2021 before the family continued on Hulu in 2022.
- She points to pre‑TV side businesses and the later success of SKIMS as evidence of a long-standing entrepreneurial strategy.