Let’s face it you don’t just become a TV billionaire without putting in a little work and a lotta scandal.
The Kim Kardashian we now know and love received widespread attention in 2007 when a sextape she had filmed with then-boyfriend, brother of R&B singer Brandy, Ray J in 2003 was released publicly.
While Kim originally filed a lawsuit against the distributor, she dropped it three months later and settled for $5 million, giving the company permission to sell copies in the process.
Whether it was a real breach of Kim’s privacy or a promotional stunt for their upcoming reality show – or maybe both – the Kardashians wouldn’t be the Kardashians without Kim’s tape.
But then he was arrested in Los Angeles for receiving oral sex in public from sex worker Divine Brown, who he’d picked up on the notorious Sunset Strip.
His entire career – and his relationship with Elizabeth Hurley – was threatened.
Instead of cowering, Hugh, who pleaded no contest, owned up to his actions in an interview with Jay Leno, and staged a career comeback a couple of years later.
Things worked out alright with Liz, too: Hugh is now godfather to her son Damian.
Mere months before she died, the legendary actress performed a sultry rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ for the president, sparking rumours that something was going on between the pair.
JFK was married to Jacqueline Onassis at the time, but was assassinated one year after Marilyn in 1963.
Historians have also theorised that Marilyn, who had been married three times at this point, also had an affair with his brother, Robert F Kennedy.
But after deciding to have a second child together through surrogacy in 2022, they split shortly after Father’s Day in June.
At the time, a source told people that the couple were “trying to be on good terms,” and in 2025, Kardashian said that she co-parents “really, really well” with her ex while on her podcast, Khloé in Wonderland.
