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"KIM KARDASHIAN BARES all," teased the been-there, seen-that headline for Interview's September cover story, studded with red-blooded American tropes: banner-size flag, platinum hair, blue jeans and jacket surrounding two impossibly round cheeks. "A jockstrap is just a frame for a great butt," editor in chief Mel Ottenberg told her, referring to the item ("stylist's own") he lent for the occasion. Part homecoming queen, part quarterback, Kardashian is known to call the plays, even in-especially in full glam. Months after her whittled down Marilyn moment rebroke the internet, stirring talk (and before-and-after photos) of a noticeably minimized backside, her cover arrived as, well, a rebuttal.
This story is from the November 2022 edition of Vanity Fair US.
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