The END of The Kardashians...(Poor Ratings, Failing Brands)

The Kardashians have been in the news a lot lately, but not for anything positive. All the discourse surrounding their family has been negative lately, and that trend is continuing again this week. From poor ratings for their new season, their brands being exposed, their brands flopping, it's a never-ending story with them, and it seems to get worse every week. It's a mess, so let's get into it. We've been discussing the KarJenners a lot lately, mainly because of Kylie Jenner and her constant never-ending releases. It's been said that Kylie is destroying her own brands by constantly overwhelming her fans with a new product or a new brand every week, and although we didn't have any new releases this week, Kris still found a way to get the girls front and center on our screens. The new season of the Kardashians aired last week, and there's a good chance you probably didn't even know, since it feels like it's been the least promoted out of all the seasons. Normally something interesting happens that sparks some kind of conversation, at least on TikTok, but it's been dead. I watched the first episode just to see what we were all missing out on, and I can see why no one is watching this. When it was announced that Keeping Up was ending and Hulu was releasing this new show, it was promoted as a more real, raw look into their lives. It was supposed to be less put-together, more real and honest, and people were excited to see that. Towards the end of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, the storylines were getting old, the show was becoming more scripted than ever before, Kylie and Kendall were hardly on it, and people were over it. This new show was supposed to get people interested again, but it's literally being used as their own PR platform. It's like they mainly use the show to push whatever narrative the Kardashians want out there and to be shown in a more positive light. For example, Tristan has cheated on Khloe multiple times in a very public way, and time and time again, Khloe has gotten back together with him. The narrative that's been going around for years now is that Khloe is a pushover and allows Tristan to continue to disrespect her and embarrass her. As a way to hopefully change people's perspective, the show filmed a scene showing Tristan eager to spend time with Khloe, wanting to live with her, while Khloe is like, um, no thank you. No. Sometimes I hate how much I have to think and be on guard to not do anything that might ever give a glimmer that there's hope. And I get that they're poking fun at the narrative going around about them being back together or secretly hooking up or something, but this scene was so painfully scripted, I can't believe there are actually some people out there who believed it. Another scene that was set up to set the narrative straight was with Scott. The media has been talking a lot lately about Scott's recent weight loss, and there's been a lot of speculation behind what's been causing it. Some people suspected that maybe he was taking Ozempic, while others threw more serious accusations around like f*** yos. Well, the Kardashians had another set up scene involving Scott, where they made sure to get a shot inside of his fridge and left the box of Manjaro in clear view. The internet is going crazy over what they saw in Scott Disick's fridge. And no, I'm not talking about all the dairy-free milk. Scott Disick opens his fridge and there's Ozempic in it. Now, about a month ago, Scott Disick made headlines due to his drastically different appearance due to Ozempic use, and I feel like the Kardashians are kind of using this to get views. Now, I personally think at this point, the Kardashians are just getting super desperate for ratings. And someone said, it was planned better than the alternative rumor that he was skiing. And I mean, I'm sure the show is great for them. They can put out whatever narrative they want to set the record straight without having to directly address anything. But for the viewers, it's really boring. Every scene feels so set up compared to only a few seasons ago. It makes me wonder how long is this show even going to be around for? Speaking of flopping, we have a little update on Kylie's most recent launch of her lip glazes. That was the last product that we talked about her launching. It's been over a week since it launched and no one is talking about it. I searched everywhere for some honest reviews, but everything I've come across is either reviews from influencers who received it in PR and love it so much or reviews from smaller beauty influencers trying to get on Kylie's PR list. Mikayla was another influencer who also reviewed it. And of course, she loved them. These smell divine. These are made in Italy, so I feel like they're going to be really good. Oh my God, that feels amazing. Wow, I love this so much. This is one of the most comfortable things I've ever put on my lips. Like it's not sticky. It doesn't feel thick. It's absolutely the best thing I have put on my lips this year. This is one you're not going to want to sleep on. It just feels like no one really cares about these launches. Whenever I see other brands like Makeup by Mario launching new products, everyone is always talking about them. These brands have enough space between their new releases, which only builds up hype and allows people to get excited all over again. Kylie, on the other hand, like I said in that last video, she is the Sian of cosmetics. Kylie isn't the only KarJenner sister that has products flopping lately. Kourtney's Lemme vitamin line has been under scrutiny since it launched, but more and more people have been calling them out lately. Back in March, a very popular creator on TikTok called Be Better released a company review of Lemme, and he did not hold back. I have a master's degree in botanical medicine, and today I'm going to use it to expose why this brand by Kourtney Kardashian is one of the biggest scams I have seen in the supplement industry in a very, very long time. And I was extremely, honestly shocked to see that Kourtney Kardashian is engaging in something called proprietary blends. Proprietary blends are not something that any legitimate supplement company should be engaging in, and I have a personal vendetta against them because I also have a very similar business where I infuse therapeutic doses of different botanical blends with honey in order to effectively deliver it to the body. Who do you think you are, Kourtney Kardashian, to say it's a proprietary blend and not telling you what the breakdown is? That's the first problem. The next problem, and I have Lemme chill here, we have Lemon Balm, Passion Flower, and Goji Berry. So in total, that's 15 milligrams. For those of you that don't know, 15 milligrams is an absolutely negligent amount of botanicals. That will have absolutely no effect on you whatsoever. It's BS. I'm sorry. I'm getting mad because this is really one of my biggest passions. This video got over 8 million views and tons of people in the comments were saying that this video was the deciding factor on removing Lemme from their cart. Well, that's when people noticed Lemme was popping up in TJ Maxx's Across America. All these videos were showing up on my For You page saying that Lemme was in their flop era and saying that it was probably because of the video that Be Better posted, but that actually wasn't the case. Am I seeing this right? Um, these Lemme burns? That's so weird. One creator said that she was so excited to see Lemme burn in her local TJ Maxx, but when she went to check out, the cashier told her the product was recalled and needed to be sent back. Tell me why the Lemme gummies were at my TJ Maxx. I snatched those so, so quick through my cart. I mean, I am walking proud the rest of the way through TJ Maxx. I'm like, oh my god, just got the steal of the day. I cannot wait to tell y'all all about it. Cannot wait to shout this from the rooftops. I mean, I was like, get to check out. The way they scan it and they're like, sorry, like, we actually can't sell these. They're recalled. We have to send them all back. I was like, huh? And there were a ton of posts on social media sharing the same experience. One person wrote on Reddit and said, been wanting to try the beauty wellness vitamin brand Kourtney Kardashian came out with. I just saw Lemme burn at TJ Maxx for about $15 yesterday and I was intrigued but hadn't purchased yet. Wasn't expired. Bottle wasn't opened at all. Score. I got to the register and they said the item had a recall so they couldn't sell it. Now I'm searching the Lemme site and I don't see it available at all, but it's still being sold at Ulta online right now. Anybody hear about this? And other people were replying saying that the same thing happened to them as well, which kind of concerned everyone because Lemme never released any official statement on their social media and Lemme burn was still being sold in retail stores and online. Well, it turns out Lemme was never supposed to be in TJ Maxx in the first place. Apparently some of their stock was stolen and then sold to TJ Maxx and out of fear that the product could have been tampered with, they recalled it. Someone replied on Reddit explaining this and said, I talked to customer support. Apparently a truck of Lemme products were stolen and the company has been alerted. They've been seen at TJ Maxx and Marshalls so they have voluntarily recalled the product as they don't know if they were tampered with as they were stolen and sold to TJ Maxx slash Marshalls. So it sounds like Lemme isn't hitting the shelves of TJ Maxx just yet, but why do I feel like that day is coming soon? But vitamins isn't the only thing Courtney is being called out over this week. A creator on TikTok that goes by the name Lissandra V Comedy posted a video exposing Courtney's team for not wanting to pay her with actual money for a requested service. Okay, so with everybody getting blocked, let me share my story about poosh and Courtney Kardashian. Lissandra explained how a few years back she had an aura photography business and she was asked by poosh if she could do something for them for one of their events at Coachella. So it was a few years ago. I had an aura photography business and I was approached by poosh to do an activation at camp poosh camp poosh outside of Coachella in Palm Springs. What a great opportunity, right? Wrong, because when they reached out to me, they were like, Hey, we would love for you to be there and Palm Springs for two days. It's fantastic. This is actually during the pandemic. So I had shut down my business because it's an event space business that has the requires you to be close to people. So I had to do pick up other work. But when I got reached out to it was like, Oh my gosh, this would be a great opportunity to be in front of people who would hire me to do parties, etc. Wonderful. Excited for the opportunity. She sent over her prices to them. And that's where the problem started. Turns out poosh didn't want to pay with money. They wanted to pay with exposure. So I get asked to do this event. It's exciting. I'm like, okay, this could jumpstart everything again. I give them my pricing. And then afterwards they were like, Yeah, that's so great, actually. But love that you sent us your pricing. But we were going to give payment with tags. As in they were going to give me. Tags on a blog and on one Instagram post as a payment for two days worth of work in Palm Springs. They wanted me to do two days worth of activation. So that's $4,000 worth of work in Palm Springs. And they weren't even going to cover any accommodations. So they wanted me to be there during peak season two days, Saturday, Sunday. For no money for a tag. They asked me a small business owner that was struggling to do that for free to basically pay to play to be there. And honestly, I'm not mad that they asked. I'm mad that after I explained to them why I needed at least some of the basic costs covered, they were like, like, I definitely got like the what do you pour energy? Absolutely. They're millionaires. They can pay for my services. I have people that make less money, presumably that have paid for my services. Like this is how the rich just get richer. Of course, it would be a great opportunity for exposure. But billionaires should be paying for the services they want. And then some everyone should be paying for the services they want. Exposure isn't paying the bills. But unfortunately, I bet a lot of companies take the Kardashians up on that offer, hoping that something comes from it. That's why you always see them doing these like extravagant birthday parties for all the kids with the most expensive looking vendors. How much do you want to bet that all those people are working under the promise of exposure? Probably all of them. Anyways, guys, let me know what you think about everything down below. Do you think the Kardashian fame is coming to an end? Are you guys over them? Or do you think they're doing just fine and are here to stay no matter how much negative conversation there is surrounding their name? Let me know and I'll see you next time.