Boycotting The Kardashians! New Petition Calls For Removal Of Kim & Family From TV
Nov. 15 2011, Published 8:45 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Not everyone thinks that Keeping Up with the Kardashians is a good idea!
In fact, several organizations are petitioning to get Kim, Kourtney, Khloe and the rest of the Kardashian clan off the airwaves – and Breaking Celebrity News has the details.
"In a grass roots effort, we have collected thousands of signatures for a petition asking E! Entertainment to remove the Kardashian suite of shows from their programming," Cyndy Snider, the organizer of a petition on GoPetition said in a statement, first published on Yahoo TV.
"We feel that these shows are mostly staged and place an emphasis on vanity, greed, promiscuity, vulgarity and over-the-top conspicuous consumption."
As of November 15, the “No More Kardashian” petition, which launched on November 2, had more than 10,000 signatures.
Snider continued, "While some may have begun watching the spectacle as mindless entertainment or as a sort of 'reality satire,' it is a sad truth that many young people are looking up to this family and are modeling their appearance and behavior after them.
"I'll remind you here that the Kardashian family fame largely started with a 'leaked' sex tape."
There are also other websites and Facebook pages like BoycotttheKardashians.com dedicated to getting the Kardashians off television, and as Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, an ever growing number of people have posted on Tyler Perry’s website, demanding that the successful director oust Kim from her role in his new movie, aptly titled, The Marriage Counselor.
One person wrote on Perry’s site: “I just felt the overwhelming need to add that I am in complete and total agreement with the majority of the people who have posted calling for you to protect the proud legacy you have built by NOT hiring Kim K. Hers is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing and I would venture to say, without a pun intended, that she is contagious and will bring down those otherwise respectable people around her. Do yourself a