America’s second favorite sex tape star, Kim Kardashian, is suing Gap Inc, because its Old Navy brand aired commercials this spring that featured a model named Mellisa Molinaro. Molinaro is apparently somewhat known for ‘looking like Kim Kardashian’, among other exploits, such as appearing on MTV’s Making the Band 3, because that’s actually a thing.
Per the suit, Kardashian ‘”has invested substantial time, energy, finances and entrepreneurial effort in developing her considerable professional and commercial achievements and success, as well as in developing her popularity, fame, and prominence in the public eye”. I’ll leave the to commenters go ahead and have their fun with that statement.
Further, Ms. Kardashian is concerned that people might confuse her and Ms. Molinaro, and assume that Old Navy has Kim’s endorsement. Which, of course, they don’t, because a) they didn’t pay for it and b) Ohmygaw, have you seen Old Navy’s clothes? Kardashians don’t wear $5 polos, kids. She is so better than that.
Kim doesn’t want it to be illegal to look like her, she just wants to keep anyone who does from earning money publicly. Just kidding! Kim probably sees the potential for a few bucks, and hey, it beats ‘working’.
