Alone With My Thoughts: The Kardashians on Hulu

I’m Shelby, I live on my own, and I am constantly walking around my apartment talking to myself. I’ve decided it’s time to talk to all of you. Welcome to Alone With My Thoughts, a series of my completely unsolicited opinions on pop culture, media, and life.

Let me start this off by saying I am not, nor have I ever been, a Kardashian girly. I have friends who are so obsessed with this family. Don’t get me wrong, I’m aggressively obsessed with my fair share of things, just not them. I used to tune into “Keeping Up” when it was on, but I wouldn’t say I’ve voluntarily “kept up” with the Kardashians. I’m not, not a fan of the family, but any media I’ve consumed of them has been by default.

That being said, I heard really great things about their new show on Hulu, and decided to check it out. I am nothing if not a slut for reality TV - although I generally prefer reality TV of the British variety, reality is reality. So let’s get into my thoughts on the first 2 episodes of The Kardashians.

The drone flying through all of their houses in the intro was sick. I think it really set the tone for the show and proved that we’re really getting an exclusive look inside their lives.

Now, why is there so much Kanye? I know he’s not physically there but why are we talking about him so much? Take this opinion with a grain of salt because I am openly a Kanye West hater - can’t stand the man - but I’m not sure why there’s such constant contact between two people who are getting divorced? I don't know, I’m not a lawyer - Kimmy is though! Listen, realistically, I get he’s the father of her children, but a bit too much Kanye talk for my liking. Hopefully he’ll start to fade out, and Pete Davidson will fade in.

It’s really cool to see the dynamics between the Kardashians and their kids. When I used to watch “Keeping Up” (when I definitely was not allowed to be watching E! or MTV), Kendall and Kylie weren’t even teenagers, so it’s fun to watch everyone progress and grow up. Speaking of kids, we need to discuss Kourtney and Travis.

I am so happy for Kourtney, I love that she’s so happy and in love and trying for another baby. And Travis seems lovely. But they are so. fucking. annoying. I get that we’re in love, but must we be straddling and kissing all the time? Even Kris said it! But Kourtney’s right in saying she wants her kids to see a healthy loving relationship. Listen, I love Scott Disick - questionable romantic relationships aside - but he had all the time in the world to get better for her and he didn't. As much as I loved them together, it’s his own fault.

Now don’t think this is all going to be a Kardashian puff piece. Because I know I didn’t hear Kim Kardashian say she would never tear down another woman. *Glares in Taylor Swift*. If you missed it, when Kim was announced as a host for SNL, Debra Messing tweeted basically calling Kim dumb. Don’t get me wrong, that was totally immature and rude. But I don’t think I need to tell you how hypocritical Kim’s reaction was. Only team women supporting women when you’re the one not being supported? This is why I’ll never fully be on the Kim Kardashian train.

However, I really think Kim killed it on SNL, like she was really funny. I was actually surprised that Amy Schumer told her to cut some of her jokes, I literally laughed out loud at one of them when she was reading it to Amy. And maybe I’m oblivious - well, I’m definitely oblivious but that’s beside the point - but I don’t remember there being any talk of new parts of the sex tape being released during this time. So I’m not really sure why she felt the need to address it. Did I just completely miss that? And again, way too much Kanye talk surrounding SNL. Hoping Pete is going to start getting featured in the next episodes.

All in all, I really liked these first 2 episodes, and I’ll definitely continue to watch. Maybe we’ll see more of Khloe, Kendall and Kylie next week.