They might run in similar circles, but Kim Kardashian and Beyoncé are hardly best friends.
Even though they're seen together occasionally, the friendship is reportedly pretty one-sided,
with Kardashian allegedly bending over backwards to get into Queen B's good graces…and failing
pretty miserably.
Why aren't these superstars close?
Let's find out.
Hold Up
Kim Kardashian's open-door policy on her life has proven to be problematic, what with her
being robbed at gunpoint in Paris and all.
But being famous is literally her entire job description.
"I totally attribute my career to social media."
Beyoncé, on the other hand, is incredibly particular about what she does and does not
share online about her reign as Queen B, a status which she's earned through sheer hard
work and talent.
In fact, Bey keeps things so undercover that she shrouded two of her albums in such secrecy
that no one even knew about them until she was ready to drop them.
And let's not forget the fact that her 2008 wedding to Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter wasn't public
news until well after the fact.
Kardashian and her husband Kanye West, meanwhile, court the very type of publicity that Hov
and Bey try so hard to avoid.
Beyoncé has reportedly given Kanye grief over his appearances on Kim's show Keeping
Up with the Kardashians and has even gone so far as to call her not so nice names behind
her back.
Partition
Another factor standing in the way of Beyoncé and Kim having a full-fledged friendship is
the fact that they really just don't have a lot in common with one another.
Sure, they both frequent high-fashion events and have sat side by side alongside their
husbands in public, but sources say their time together is just for appearances' sake.
Sources have said that whatever conversations they have together have been marked with icy
treatment and awkward pauses — if they speak at all.
Irreplaceable
Kim Kardashian caught the sting of the Beyhive when she released a series of steamy social
media pictures on the same exact night that the world sat down to watch Bey's Lemonade
visual album unfold.
Since she made zero mention of Bey's magnum opus that night, Kim was pegged with accusations
that she was trying to steal Beyoncé's spotlight of the night.
She later posted on Instagram and said she was also sippin' on Lemonade, but it wasn't
the first time she'd been accused of disrespecting Queen B.
Her dress for the 2015 Met Gala, for example, was quickly attacked as a knock-off of the
gown Beyoncé had worn to the same event just three years earlier.
Kim tried to play it off as a tribute to Cher's 1974 number, but even then the swarm did not
subside.
Turnabout being fair play, some people saw Beyonce's 2016 Met Gala dress as a riff on
Kim's long-lived love of latex.
Naughty Girl
Judging by everything that was said and done in Beyoncé's Lemonade, Jay-Z might have had
some reckoning to do with his wife after he apparently stepped out on her, and eating
humble pie on her album was just part of that process.
If so, then Beyoncé probably wouldn't appreciate it too much that Kim and Kanye reportedly
began their relationship while he was still with his ex-girlfriend Amber Rose.
"I actually feel bad that I called her a homewrecker because that was kind of mean."
Ring the Alarm
Whether or not fashion designer Rachel Roy is "Becky with the Good Hair" as many people
suspect, there's still reason to believe she and Beyoncé aren't on great terms — like
the fact that she was the rumored spark that fired up that infamous elevator fight between
Solange and Jay-Z.
Needless to say, Kim's friendship with the fashion designer probably doesn't sit well
with Bey, and it's even rumored to be the reason she and Jay-Z skipped out on Kim's
wedding to West.
Daddy Lessons
Kanye West and Jay-Z might have been close back in the day, but their friendship has
obviously taken a hit over the years since 'Ye and Kim got together.
Lately, Kanye's been going nuclear about getting the cold shoulder treatment he's received
from Jay-Z.
In October, 2016, for example, West reportedly lashed out at Jay-Z in a concert rant following
Kardashian's Paris robbery incident for not having the decency to check in on his family
in person.
He even slammed his former bromantic partner for not allowing his child Blue Ivy to come
over and play with West's own children, North and Saint.
Then, in November, 2016, West went on another stage rant, this time accusing Beyoncé herself
of using her influence to influence the MTV Video Music Awards' Video of the Year results
in her favor by threatening not to perform at the event unless her "Formation" vid beat
out Drake's "Hotline Bling" and West's own video for "Famous."
"Beyoncé I was hurt!"
He added another public plea for Jay-Z to call him and "talk … like a man."
West was soon after hospitalized for concerns about his mental well-being, but his message
to the Carter clan was clear.
With so much hostility in the open air between their beaus, it's no wonder Beyoncé hasn't
bothered becoming besties with Kim Kardashian just yet.
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