Kim: It’s a battle to be taken seriously
Kim Kardashian may have amassed a multi-million dollar empire and A-list status from her family's E! show, but the reality star has admitted it was struggle to be taken seriously.
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The KUWTK star has several lucrative business ventures, however, it seems that despite her rise from TV star to a savvy business woman, her reality star beginnings has been a hindrance at times.
"It is a struggle," Kim revealed on CNBC’s Closing Bell.
"We started off opening up our Dash clothing store over a decade ago, and that's where we really started off in fashion."
The mother-of-one owns fashion boutique Dash with sisters Khloe and Kourtney, with stores in Los Angeles and New York.
At the time of their New York City opening in 2010, the siblings took a hands-on approach, arriving hours before to clean.
Kim added: "We've always been really hard-working girls, and we were fortunate enough to have a TV show."
While Kim’s E! reality show has been a huge factor to her global stardom, the mother-of-one is very aware of the negative connotations of being a reality star.
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"I think when you do have a reality show, people assume that it's just a ton of bar fights and it has this negative connotation. In actuality, we definitely do fight and we're really honest and open with our family life," she said.
"We pride ourselves in doing that, but I think you can be both … There are so many grounds that we want to cross. People think that you can't really be both at the same time, but we do our best to kind of break that."
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