Fun & Famous

kim & kanye

science knows why they are together

When I first saw an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians a thousand years ago, I was first introduced to the Kardashian phenomenon. You can't imagine it now, but there was a time, long ago, when you didn't see KARDASHIAN eighty times a day on your screen. Anyway, I still remember thinking, literally, “who would ever want to date someone like Kim?”

Scene after scene, you saw her going through life taking selfies, just whining and complaining about nothing, spending ridiculous amounts of money on nonsense, and just being preoccupied with herself. The biggest narcissist of modern times, and she has cultivated that reputation to mythical proportions.

And then came that tall basketball player Kris Humphries. The love truly sparkled on screen (...) and when they exchanged vows in a crazily exaggerated ceremony, we all thought it would last forever (...).

Two blinks of your fake eyelashes later, the marriage was over and I wondered again: would she remain single forever? Which is fine of course, it's just that I couldn't imagine that there was ANYONE on earth crazy enough to deal with her shit for a lifetime.

But how naïve was I. Because then Kanye galloped in on a white horse and blew a ring onto Kim's finger. Kim & Kanye, it sounds just as familiar as H&M. The nice thing for Kim is that Kanye loves Kim just as much as he loves himself. Or well, almost as much as himself. “I love you like Kanye loves Kanye” is the most beautiful thing you can say to someone. Then you know you are truly loved.

Kim & Kanye, it sounds just as familiar as H&M

And that seems strange, how can someone who loves themselves so much get along with someone who also loves themselves so much? You would think that Kanye needs a partner who adores him just as much as he adores himself, right?

Well, Science is ready with an answer again. A research group from Germany at the Humboldt University of Berlin subjected 290 pairs of BFFs to a psychological study aimed at seeing if the BFFs of narcissists also exhibit narcissistic traits. And what turned out: that is the case. Conclusion: narcissists seek out other narcissists, with Kim and Kanye as living proof.

How that can work out well, those clashing egos, is explained by the fact that narcissists can understand other narcissists better. Kanye finds it completely normal that Kim takes selfies of herself ALL day long and Kim fully understands that Kanye thinks of himself as a god on earth. A ‘normal’ person (let's say the rest of the human population) doesn't understand a thing about those two and that's why it's so wonderfully fine that they found each other #blessed.

Somewhere we already knew this, of course, but it's always nice to sprinkle in scientific research to strengthen the argument. So K&K, I wish you many happy years together. And I'm sure it will all turn out just fine.