Kim Kardashian Fails to Meet President Obama in Califonia; Star Reportedly Felt 'Let Down, Disappointed'
Kim Kardashian was reportedly banned from meeting President Obama at a charity gala earlier this week.
On Wednesday evening, the 33-year-old reality TV personality was at USC Shoah Foundation's 20th anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity Gala to show her support for the survivors of Armenian genocide. President Obama was also attending the event as a featured speaker during the night's proceedings.
When Kardashian attempted to speak to the 52-year-old President of the United States, in hopes of befriending him, she failed because of the heavy security surrounding him, which denied her access and turned her away.
"Kim's table wasn't close to President Obama's. She enlisted one of her minions to scout out the opportunity to meet him," a source said, Radar Online reported. "Obama's table and surrounding area was swarming with Secret Service, and security was very tight. Kim's lackey was told to go pound sand, and it was conveyed to Kim that she wouldn't be able to meet him."
"Kim was let down and disappointed," the source added. "She didn't understand why she just couldn't say, 'Hello,' to him. Ever since landing the Vogue cover, her ego is even more out of control. In her mind, she and Kanye are more popular than the President Obama and the First Lady!"
However, a source close to Kim Kardashian denied the reports, saying that Kanye West's fiancée wasn't rejected an access to speak to the President. "She never asked for 'access,'" an inside source said, The Daily Mail reported. "I was with her. The story is nonsense."
Although they did not exchange words at the gala, the president is fully aware of the soon-to-be-married couple. "We weren't exposed to things we didn't have in the same way kids these days are. ... Kids weren't monitoring every day what Kim Kardashian was wearing, or where Kanye West was going on vacation, and thinking that somehow that was the mark of success," Obama said, reported The Daily Mail.
Moreover, President Obama is clearly not a fan of the "Yeezus" rapper, as he reportedly referred to him as a "jackass" back in 2009, after seeing his behavior toward Taylor Swift at the VMAs that year. Three years later, when he was asked to discuss his previous comments about West, Obama said, "He is a jackass, but he's talented."