Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. Fashion was her focus, but fame was on the horizon. Back then, she occasionally appeared in tabloids as the daughter of Robert Kardashian, the lawyer who famously helped defend friend O. She was far from a household name. In fact, if you think about it, what introduced Kim to the world was a sex crime. In a private moment, the couple made a sex tape—something for their eyes only. She worked hard to get people to see beyond the tape.
Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush
The Sydney Morning Herald
The socialite said Bush helped her through the "embarrassment and shame" she felt after her sex tape with RAY J was leaked. The reality TV star dated the singer briefly in , but an intimate clip the couple recorded was made public. Kardashian admits she was devastated by the leak, but she's heaped praise on American football player Bush - who she began dating later on in - with helping her through the ordeal. And I think that I was so lucky to find a boyfriend at that time in Reggie - we were together for four years - and that was something that he really helped me through," Contactmusic quoted her as telling Piers Morgan.
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries
Somewhere steeped in controversy, negative comments, negative yards, and a Kardashian veneer, you will find one of the greatest running backs to ever play the game. Well, he sort of lost a Kardashian. Bush was once the number one rated running back in the country as a high school student in where he compiled almost 4, yards and over 50 touchdowns on his varsity team while starring on the track team. He was unstoppable and a highly touted collegiate recruit with a 3. Pete Carroll won him over and Reggie went on to dazzle fans as a multi-talented player returning punts and kicks, taking handoffs, catching passes out of the backfield, and even throwing for a touchdown. Suddenly, Bush found himself engulfed in a storm of turmoil of his own. Soon, the story became national and Reggie was caught in the middle of it.
The American footballer was reportedly uneasy about settling down with the socialite because the video - which features raunchy footage of the brunette and her then-boyfriend Ray J - made his mother uncomfortable. A source told X17 online: "Reggie's mom just could not get over the fact that Kim had a sex tape. Reggie and his family are very conservative, and he told Kim that a marriage is never going to happen between them because of the tape. Kim is said to regret the video more than ever now as she believes she would still be with Reggie, 25, if it had never been made public. The source added: "She's still crazy about him. If she didn't have the sex tape, she could have been Mrs. While the star is struggling to cope with the split, the sportsman is throwing himself into the single life. A friend said: "Reggie is surrounded by a bunch of his single friends. He wants to be a party guy, hang with the boys and date other people.
