Australia May Ban Kim Kardashian For Issues Unrelated To Divorce Backlash

By Margaret Hartmann | December 2, 2011 | 1:01am

Celebrities Dirt Bag

If you find yourself in the middle of embarrassing divorce proceedings you’re welcome to hide out in the land down under — but not if you repeatedly lie to officials about your reasons for entering the country. Following her trip to Australia last month, Kim Kardashian has been placed on the country’s immigration watch list, and could be banned, because she said her previous three visits were for pleasure when she was actually there on business. Apparently Kim didn’t realize that Australians have both TV and the internet, and don’t consider handbag launches and in-store appearances typical tourist activities. Officials wouldn’t discuss Kim’s case directly, but said, “If people are undertaking work in Australia they need to be on an appropriate visa with work conditions attached. If people do breach conditions of their visa, then the department can counsel them or cancel that person’s visa.” [The Telegraph]
Speaking of Kim, she’s making a decent argument about why her wedding wasn’t staged. She and her mom are great at creating fake TV drama, so she wouldn’t have set herself up for humiliation. Supposedly she told friends, “I’m no dummy. The divorce would have been just as dramatic and dragged out as the wedding.” [TMZ]

You’re getting your Christmas/Hanukkah/non-religiously affiliated present a little early this year: VH1 is making a TLC biopic!! Who could possibly play Chilli, T-Boz and Left Eye? As N.Y. Mag notes, “It’s hard to find actresses who are crazy, sexy, and cool.” [N.Y. Mag]

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