Cosmo Cover Calling Kardashians 'America's First Family' Sparks Backlash

[big_dog]

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Source: NBC News Today

Move over, Barack and Michelle Obama!! Apparently, America just got a new first family. And they won't be staying in the White House — they prefer their swanky West Coast digs.

According to Cosmopolitan, the Kardashians are the new reigning family. The magazine recently unveiled the cover for its November 2015 issue, featuring the Kardashian and Jenner women.

Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner posed in all-white. Bold pink font reads, "America's First Family."

The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" stars really have America wrapped around their well-manicured fingers! Social media activity suggests otherwise. Some people are downright disgusted by Cosmo's bold move, and are tweeting their frustration at the publication.

Read more: http://www.today.com/popculture/cosmopolitan-cover-calling-kardashians-americas-first-family-sparks-backlash-t48321

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[murielm99]

1. Tacky, tacky, tacky.

[Sherman A1]

2. Proving to all

That the Editors of Cosmo don't have a clue as to what is going on in the world around them.....

[MADem]

3. First family of tasteless buffoons. nt

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. I am so sick of the Kardashions. nt

[TexasTowelie]

5. What!

All of them are wearing clothes?

[romanic]

6. It's not just the Kardashians-Jenners that people are tired of.

More and more, our society is tired of all the so-called "pop culture" fluff and vapidity that the MSM try to cram down our throats while more important shit is going on all around us. People just don't give a damn about which celebrity is fucking who and what celebrity is wearing some outrageous outfit on the red carpet. Nobody cares!

[Depaysement]

7. Capitalism

Cosmo, Kardashians, Cover, Controversy, Clicks, Customers, Cash.

What a surprise.

[LittleGirl]

8. I still haven't figured out why they

get all of this attention. I JUST DON'T GET IT.

[Android3.14]

9. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity

I don't understand it either, but our society seems to exude the essence of stupid.

[LiberalElite]

10. I do my best

not to waste brain cells on them. I just mentally stick my fingers in my ears and yell LALALALALALA

I barely know who they are and I am very happy that way.

[LittleGirl]

11. same here

I was out of the country when they started to hit the newswires so I didn't know what it was about. When we lived in the states for awhile, I didn't bother to find out and now that we are abroad again, I see that our local tv provider lists their 'show'. Ugh. I don't want this group representing Americans. They are nothing like the rest of us (as far as I can tell, ugh).

[underpants]

16. Basically Kim was the selling point

She draws in viewers. I've literally watched 5 minutes of it. Apparently it was also based on a house full of whacked women and Bruce having to deal with them.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

19. Now that Bruce is also a whacked woman, maybe the show can go away now.

The First Family of the US is still the Obama's, right?

[underpants]

26. Yes of course

I thought the Kardashian show ended.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

37. You temporarily forgot that the US is a "dumb down" country

[Frank Cannon]

42. They are heroes to idiots.

Poor schlubs across the country with no talents or accomplishments to speak of who think that they, too, could be rich and famous if they just had a little plastic surgery. You see, you don't actually have to DO anything. Doing stuff is hard. Just being famous for no reason is easy!

[7962]

12. What an insult to anyone with a damn brain. Not to mention REAL women.

We all know WHY these people are famous and what they're famous FOR.
Trash.

[Kingofalldems]

13. This isn't LBN.

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. I keep expecting it to get locked.

But maybe this is breaking news for some people.

It's a nice change from our usual lists of who got shot and by whom.

[melm00se]

14. You play to your market

and, in this case, Cosmo readers are more concerned with the Kardashians and getting an "epic ass" than politics.

Getting worked into a lather over this is just a waste of energy.

[agincourt]

15. Well, just to put it in perspective

They are sharing cover space with "easiest workout for an epic ass".

[DisgustipatedinCA]

17. Thus proving once again that Cosmo and I are in completely different orbits.

Yes, I know who the Kardashians are--I do go through the checkout line at the grocery store. But they play absolutely no role in my life, and I feel like I can't be the only one.

[BeyondGeography]

18. Epic ass juxtaposition is pretty arch...someone over there has a sense of humor

Keeping both your sanity and a job in American lifestyle mag publishing is impossible without one.

[onehandle]

20. Our nation of reality show watching morons made them so.

The 20th Century had the Kennedys.

The Kardashians are the royalty we made and deserve.

[Myrina]

30. Yep.

They're a sign of how vapid we - as a society - have become.
Yes, they were 'marketed to us', but a good portion of the country bought it - hook, line & sinker.

[OldRedneck]

21. Who are these people?

Never saw one of them, don't know anything about them, don't care to know anything about them.

Well,. from time to time I hear or read the name "Kardashian" but that's the total of my knowledge of them.

I asked Sweet Thing if she knows them, drew a blank. Daughter says they have a TV show of some kind. Son and daughter-in-law shrugged their shoulders.

[potone]

23. Thank you! I thought I was the only one.

I've heard the name, of course, and I have some vague idea that Kim Kardashian is famous for some reason, but I don't know why, and I don't want to know. I think one or more of them is on some reality TV show, but since I have never watched one and don't intend to, the whole "Kardashian" phenomenon is a mystery to me. Are they famous for being famous? No--don't answer that question, I don't want to know. Sometimes ignorance truly IS bliss.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

39. She's another sex tape superstar

"Kim Kardashian, Superstar" 2007

Kim Kardashian - as herself
Hip Hop star Ray J - as himself

[jalan48]

22. Woody Allen's "To Rome with Love" deals with this phenomenon.

Roberto Benigni plays the part of a man who is 'discovered' by the media and subsequently becomes famous for being famous. It's a riot.

[closeupready]

24. In a pretend world where everyone thinks they are Victoria's Secret lingerie models,

I suppose the Kardashians are runners-up.

[Faux pas]

27. I'm tired of them being

rammed down my throat because they make me

[iandhr]

28. To quote Peter Griffin.

[Nye Bevan]

29. Is anyone like me old enough to remember when the only famous Kardashian was Robert? (nt)

[PasadenaTrudy]

34. Yup!

Wish it had stayed that way.

[SoapBox]

31. Oh VOMIT!

They make me sick...and it makes me sick how people follow the antics of this trash.

Disgusting.

[Marrah_G]

32. disgusting

[MBS]

33. Good God.

Just ridiculous.
Tacky, tasteless, shallow, and, most of all, completely boring.
The epitome of everything that's wrong about our stupid celebrity culture.

[packman]

35. What did you expect on the cover of Cosmo

The Duck Dynasty family or the Duggars? Whatever happened to them?

[benld74]

36. PEEE-YUKE!!!!

[Angry Dragon]

38. more like first family of shit

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

40. I just think the title "America's First Family" is reserved for the President and family.

That's my only real beef with the cover.

[840high]

41. What???

[GP6971]

43. Locking.

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