Jon Hamm does not seem too concerned reality star Kim Kardashian is upset he called her a “[expletive] idiot” in the new issue of Britain’s Elle magazine. The Mad Men star tells E! News he is surprised his comment is getting so much attention.
"It's surprising to me that it has become remotely a story. I don't know Ms. Kardashian. I know her public persona. What I said was meant to be more on pervasiveness of something in our culture, not personal, but she took offense to it, and that is her right,” he said.
Hamm made the comment while lamenting the new Hollywood culture in his interview with Elle. He cited Kardashian and socialite Paris Hilton as examples. “We’re at a place where the idea of being ‘elite’ is somehow considered a negative. Whether it’s Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated. Being a [expletive] idiot is a valuable commodity in this culture because you’re rewarded significantly. And incuriousness has become cool… It’s celebrated. It doesn’t make sense to me,” he said.
On Twitter Monday Kardashian called Hamm’s remarks “careless.” "We're all working hard and we all have to respect one another. Calling someone who runs their own businesses, is a part of a successful TV show, produces, writes, designs, and creates, 'stupid,' is in my opinion careless,” she wrote.
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