Kim Kardashian Snitched on Paris Hilton Back in the Day

She fed stories to 'In Touch' magazine.

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Kim Kardashian long ago supplanted her former BFF Paris Hilton as the world's most famous person for reasons we can't quite discern, so it's easy to forget the original pecking order. Kim was once Paris' lowly assistant before she climbed her way to the top via Ray J's penis. Now BuzzFeed has unearthed Kim K's old side hustle: snitching on Paris to the tabloids. 

In a story on In Touch's evolution the website drops Flex bombs on Kim's past: "Several former [In Touch] employees confirmed that before Kim Kardashian’s sex tape with Ray J was leaked in 2007, Kim served as a source for In Touch stories, providing a steady stream of information on Paris Hilton."

Before you prepare yourself to give the snitch stitches, know that this is actually common practice and was probably greenlit by Hilton herself. The story also explains how In Touch got their "scoops:"

The beats of the drama may have been fictionalized, but it was easy to find sources— including rival publicists, other celebrities, former friends, estranged family—to support the claims. Still, according to Jo Piazza, who served as executive editor at In Touch from 2012 to 2014, “the majority of the stories were true.” “They were double-sourced,” she said. “It’s just that those sources were celebrities and publicists,” and then referred to as “a source close to the family” or “a friend.” It’s not that In Touch made things up; it’s that the publicists and family members and celebrities themselves did.

Kardashian was once just a cog in the gossip machine. And now she practically runs the damn thing.

[via Defamer]

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