[Anderson:] Hi, there. Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood. Right now, selling sexy. Kim Kardashian is taking that motto to the bank. Still, just this week, we`ve seen Kim have an on-camera meltdown over a nude photo spread fearing it was too revealing. And then, on the other hand, she`s revealing a first look at her hot, new, super-sexy Super Bowl ad. Sounds like it could be a contradiction to me. But SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you despite Kim`s rants, she`s willingly cashing in on her sexiness. And we`ve got to ask, is there anything wrong with that?
[Kim Kardashian, Reality Tv Star:] Oh, my god, I`m more naked here than I was in my "Playboy."
[Anderson:] Everyone is talking about Kim Kardashian`s meltdown in this week`s episode of her reality show "Kourtney and Kim take New York."
[Kim Kardashian:] I feel so [bleep] bad you have no idea.
[Anderson:] Kim absolutely freaked out when she first saw her nude photo spread that appeared in the November issue of "W" magazine.
[Kim Kardashian:] Like I am so upset. I was told that artwork was going to be covered on top of me and they weren`t going to show my ass crack or my nipples. This is
[Anderson:] Now, today, "W" magazine is responding to Kim`s accusation that it duped her. In a new statement to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, "W" magazine says, "Kim Kardashian`s cover was conceived as an artistic collaboration and was a meditation on the influence that reality TV has on contemporary culture."
[Bonnie Fuller, Editor-in-chief, "hollywoodlife.com":] To see her meltdown over her "W" photographs is surprising.
[Anderson:] The "W" controversy comes as we get our very first look at Kardashian`s sexy new Super Bowl commercial. "E! Online" posted a brief shot of Kardashian`s new ad for Skechers. So while Kim Kardashian says she doesn`t want to be nude anymore
[Kim Kardashian:] I don`t want people to be, like, all she`s good for is, you know, being naked.
[Anderson:] Being sexy? Well, that`s something else entirely.
[Fuller:] I don`t think that Kim has a problem being sexy.
[Kim Kardashian:] I feel so
[Anderson:] Complaining about nude photos while posing nude and selling a sexy image? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is asking, is Kim Kardashian trying to have it both ways? Ever since a mysterious sex tape launched Kardashian into fame, Kim has marketed herself to the hilt. She was recently named TV`s highest-paid reality show star, pulling in an estimate $6 million last year.
[Kim Kardashian:] I would absolutely say that marketing is a skill.
[Anderson:] Kim Kardashian recently told CNN`s Piers Morgan that she`s all business now. And about that sex tape?
[Kim Kardashian:] I feel like I`ve dealt with it and now I move on from it. And I don`t really go there.
[Fuller:] Kim wants to change her image. She wants her "Playboy" pictures and her sex tape to be in the past. She has worked hard to present herself as a hardworking, serious career woman.
[Anderson:] But "HollywoodLife.com`s" Bonnie Fuller tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, Kim`s not afraid to use sex to sell herself. And really, is there anything wrong with that?
[Fuller:] Kim has used her sexy side very effectively to market herself. I think there is a great distance between being the "Playboy" centerfold and between being a sexy, voluptuous, very self-actualized woman who embraces her sexuality.
[Anderson:] So Kim Kardashian is showing that complaining about
[Kim Kardashian:] I`m so
[Anderson:] Than embracing
[Kim Kardashian:] I`m happy with it at the end of the day.
[Anderson:] Nude photos that you pose for can get you great TV ratings. Those same nude photos can get you on the cover of a major magazine. A sexy image can get you a Super Bowl commercial. And most importantly of all, having it both ways can get you very, very rich.
[Gwen Flamberg, Beauty And Lifestyle Director For "us Weekly":] Well, she`s got two young sisters. Girls all over America look up to Kim. So I don`t really think it`s so great that she`s cashing in on it. But on the other hand, once you`ve done a sex tape, all bets are off. And at least, Kim has a womanly body. She`s not super waif-y. She looks real and people can relate to that.
[Anderson:] And I love what you just said about the message she is sending to young girls. She is trying to put that sex tape behind her, but steamy, sexy, provocative photo shoots really do nothing for that effort.
[Flamberg:] It seems a little bit contradictory, absolutely.
[Anderson:] It certainly does. Well, I want to ask Maureen O`Connor. She`s a writer for "Gawker." I want to ask her the same question. Is there anything wrong with Kim cashing in on her sexy image?
[Maureen O`connor, Writer, "gawker":] You know, it doesn`t bother me that Kim uses her body as part of her career and part of what makes her famous. What bothers me, though, is the way she`s in this vicious cycle where every time she`ll do a sex tape, and then she`ll feel terrible and give interviews and say she feels awful. Then she`ll pose for "Playboy" and then afterwards, she feels horrible shame about that, too. I think what`s dangerous is this idea that, to get ahead, a woman must be sexy, but then she has to feel bad about it afterwards. And to me, that cycle is honestly worse than any individual act or any individual picture of her. It`s the sort of the attitude to that.
[Anderson:] Yes, she`s got to think ahead of time, like, "How is this going to make me feel afterwards?" And you know, as we mentioned, Kim did become infamous after her sex tape was released in 2007. In less than four years, she has turned that shame into an empire that now includes at least three reality shows. She is a staple on magazine covers like yours, "Us Weekly." She even gets paid to tweet. Gwen, quickly, does it blow your mind, what she has accomplished? $6 million, the girl made last year.
[Flamberg:] It`s pretty amazing. And she shot a cover for "Vogue" magazine. Make no mistake. Kim is A-list now. I mean, she has really raised the bar on what it means to be a celebrity.
[Anderson:] And she`s smart and she`s strategic with her marketing ability.
[Flamberg:] Super savvy.
[Anderson:] I don`t want to take that away from her. She is super savvy.
[Flamberg:] Yes.
[Anderson:] All right, Gwen Flamberg, Maureen O`Connor, thank you both. And I`ve got to move now to Jennifer Aniston`s stunning new revelation today. Jennifer talks to Ellen DeGeneres about her dramatic showdown with this guy, Perez Hilton.
[Aniston:] I ran into Perez Hilton in a garage. It was one of those moments you just don`t ever expect to happen.
[Anderson:] You won`t believe what happened when Jennifer confronted Perez. This is SHOWBIZ TONIGHT on HLN news and views. And now, the "SHOWBIZ News Ticker" more stories from the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT newsroom making news today.
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