Having spruiked everything from hair-removal products to diet shakes that she’s admitted to never having touched her lips, it seems like Kim Kardashian will literally take on any endorsement deal if the price is right.
So when Ukrainian billionaire Marina Acton offered to throw buckets of money at the reality star in exchange for Kim’s public support, she was all too keen to seal the deal.
But this endorsement wasn’t quite as black and white as a usual deal where a client sends their product to the celeb and drops them a wad of cash in exchange for social media posts. Instead, Acton offered to buy one of Kimye‘s properties from them for well above the asking price.
Acton, wife of WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton, bought the couple’s Bel-Air mansion in November 2017 for $17.8 million, which is one-and-a-half times what Kim and Kanye paid for it back in 2013.
Insiders involved in the real estate deal told The Blast that Kim agreed to promote the billionaire’s singing career in exchange for upping the price of their home.
Just after the sale was completed, TMZ spotted Acton and Kardashian dining together to celebrate the ~lucrative~ deal. The gossip mongers asked the Ukrainian if the purchase had anything to do with her bid to further her career.
Cop her response below:
https://youtu.be/oZtJePR6CTc
Erm, yeah, righto.
As part of the deal, Kim was apparently required to attend the release party for Acton’s single ‘Fantasize’. Kim didn’t share any photos from the event on her own social media, but loads of pics have been doing the ’rounds online:
Mrs. Kim Kardashian West & Marina Acton at her release party for “Fantasize”. pic.twitter.com/RJDz5WBzcu
— KKWStyle2017 (@kkwstyle2017) March 6, 2018
Conveniently, the Actons never moved into Kimye’s Bel-Air home and they’ve already put it up for sale for $18 million and plan to move to Miami where they will welcome a new baby girl.
Have a listen to ‘Fantasize’ below and decide whether you reckon Acton needed Kim’s support…
https://youtu.be/JzrtjXF8phU
