Kim Kardashian is safely in New York as French officia continues for armed robbers dressed as police officers who targeted her in a Paris apartment. They then escaped with an estimated 11 million dollars in jewelery. Now people are talking asking questions such as:
Where was her bodyguard?
How did the armed robbers get to where she was in the first place?
Should she stop posting on social media so much?
Was this an inside job?
As speculation continues and questions continued to get asked, here is what I learned from watching the situation.
1. Folks Can Be Cold AF. (AF means as f***)
For those who are taking this opportunity to bash Kim Kardashian after being robbed, gagged and held at gunpoint, SHAME ON YOU. No one deserves to get robbed at gun point and have items stolen from them. She needs support and love. No hate!
James Corden is right. "People making jokes about Kim Kardashian tonight would do well to remember that she's a mother, a daughter, a wife, a friend. Be nice or shut up.”
"Fame is interesting. Celebs are supposed to love you guys while also knowing you'd make a meme of our dead bodies to get retweets," I dunno. It's hard to explain because everyone thinks money and fame is pure awesome, so it just sounds whiny. I get it, trust me. Go off. Please do not think that I think celebrities are special snowflakes. I just miss empathy, in general, for everyone." -Chrissy Teigen
2. My friends will notice that I stopped posting on Facebook. There is a reason for my madness.
It’s nice to update your loved ones on your life through Facebook and social media in general. But how many people are watching? Especially the people who you haven’t talked to in a while? Including friends of friends who are not your friend on Facebook?
It’s when people don’t like is when they are watching the more. It’s amazing when people say “Hey I saw on Facebook that” and they didn’t “like” a single photo. So I stopped focusing on likes as well. PEOPLE WATCH. PEOPLE CREEP regardless if they like a photo or not.
I’m not saying I won’t ever post again. I’ve grown more in 2016 because I stopped focusing on everyone else and I focused on myself. I have a small group of people that are constantly updated on my life, which is way smaller than Facebook, which totals close to 5,000 friends (I have two Facebooks). I don’t talk to 5,000 people daily, obviously.
But think about the next time you post about that new sexy car and post the location of it. If you are on vacation, cool. You might be posting that for your friends, but be careful! In other words, you don’t have to tell people about your all goods! There’s a special beauty in not showing everything you have or revealing everything you know. If I especially want someone to know something, I’ll tell them individually.
For example, I’ve been traveling quite a bit. I’ve been posting a lot of sky pictures so some of my destinations have been a mystery, but there are times when I posted about being in Chicago while physically being other places. Sounds paranoid, but it works.
3. Perhaps It’s Not A Bad Idea To Take Additional Security Measures.
I’ve double locked my doors now.
Gigi Hadid takes self-defense classes (which helped her fight against that creep).
I’ve noticed lately that people been watching a little bit too much.
A guy approached us and told us that he had no bus money. He thought that he was going to pressure me into giving him money, but that doesn’t work with me. After a few minutes, he pulled out a bus pass and got on the bus. We wasn’t emptying out our pockets anyways.
When I hang out with my mom, homeless people approach us and ask us for money, but they don’t ask other people around them. We recently went to Arby’s and this guy just approached us, but approached no one else. It’s creepy to have older guys approach you for money.
I mentioned to my family do I really look that nice and that stupid (and maybe guillable?) A day after writing this, a woman was circling my car, and she came near the car twice. I think she was looking to steal something, but since we were watching, she went away.
When people underestimate me, I give them reasons why they shouldn’t. And no worries, these are signs that I need to beef up my security measures. I’m paying attention to the signs.
4. Kanye West Stopped His Concert After Learning About The Robbery. Loved Ones Come First.
When a family emergency came up, Kanye had no hesitation in stopping his concert. Family is important.
I remember there were times that I said no, skipped a required college event for a family emergency and people tried to make me feel bad or thought I was making it up to get out of doing something. It wasn’t pleasant, but after the fact, I’m happy I stuck with my gut feelings. They genuinely thought I was lying, and though I was using the “family emergency” tale because I’m sure many people lie about deaths, and medical crisis to get out of it . I know I did the right thing. If Kanye can walk out of a jammed pack concert to be there for Kim, I can walk away from a event or two to be there for my loved ones.
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