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Keeping up with K-Rudd

07 Feb 05:55am

Filed under: Advertising, Celebrity, Endorsements, Kevin Rudd, Kim Kardashian, Politics

Somewhere amid the fanfare over his ability to speak fluent Mandarin and his merciless work ethic, it has slipped by unnoticed that Kevin Rudd shares the all-important first letter of the Kardashian klan. Err sorry, that should be clan.

And now, for my next act…!

From mum Kris to daughter Kim and assorted siblings, only names beginning with K will suffice. Even the romantic bit players (Kris, Kanye) are expected to conform to this peculiar preoccupation with the 11th member of the alphabet.

But it is not here that the similarities end between the world’s most famous reality family and Australia’s most famous on-again/off-again prime minister.

In recent days both Kim Kardashian and the former Labor leader have taken to social media to share baby snaps of loved ones in what, in both instances, was a thinly veiled exercise in self-promotion.

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workitout says:

06:42pm | 07/02/13

why is it when I read a report in the new of anything realy weird or gross has happens it is always followed by in South Australia Read more »
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06:09pm | 07/02/13

All that glitters is not gold. I seem to remember a certain cyclist millions of people adored up until recently too. Read more »

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