{"id":950338,"date":"2026-10-29T06:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950338\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:50:11","slug":"kim-kardashian-vetted-kept-close-eye-on-citizen-kim-biographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950338\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian vetted, kept close eye on ‘Citizen Kim’ biographer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keep your friends close, your enemies closer\u2026 and your biographer<\/a> closest.<\/p>\n

Kim Kardashian may have built an empire on letting the world watch her every move. But when a heavyweight writer raised the idea of a searching biography<\/a>, we\u2019re told Kardashian agreed with one caveat: to be closely involved in the process.<\/p>\n

We hear the reality superstar sought out an endorsement of Jonathan Van Meter when he pitched her on \u201cCitizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future,\u201d<\/a> then wrote him extensive notes on draft pages.<\/p>\n

Kim Kardashian\u2019s life is the subject of a new book, \u201cCitizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future.\u201d (Kardashian is pictured above in October.) BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Kardashian agreed to be the subject of the book after asking former Vogue editor, Anna Wintour, if she could trust the author. Wintour and Kardashian are pictured here in 2015. Jeff Vespa<\/p>\n

Before agreeing to let Van Meter inside her world, Kardashian went to his occasional boss Anna Wintour \u2014 who\u2019s not exactly clueless when it comes to managing one\u2019s public image.<\/p>\n

Van Meter has written numerous high-profile cover stories and features for Wintour\u2019s Vogue spanning roughly 17 years, including a 2019 profile of Kardashian<\/a> and two<\/a> separate pieces<\/a> on her half-sister Kendall Jenner. He has described Wintour as his \u201cfairy godmother\u201d after she brought him to Vogue.<\/p>\n

Only when Wintour gave her blessing was the project on.<\/p>\n

When the reality star called up the fashion icon about the book, Wintour gave her the assurance she needed. (Wintour and Kardashian are seen here in 2015.) WireImage<\/p>\n

The author interviewed all of Kim\u2019s nearest and dearest over the last five years, with the exception of one. Kanye West was never interviewed for the book. (Wintour, West and Kardashian are seen here in 2015.) Donato Sardella<\/p>\n

Over five years, with permission and help from Kardashian, Van Meter interviewed family members<\/a>, childhood connections and close friends, including Caitlyn Jenner, former teenage sweetheart TJ Jackson, Ivanka Trump and Van Jones.<\/p>\n

The arrangement was that she would receive a copy before publication to fact-check \u2014 and, according to Van Meter, she took the assignment seriously, returning chapters covered in handwritten corrections and notes.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Van Meter tells us: \u201cCaitlyn remembered so much and was incredibly thoughtful about their interactions when Kim was young. But when Kardashian heard about her step-mom\u2019s recollection, she responded: \u2018Let\u2019s see if it\u2019s accurate.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kris Jenner allegedly flipped out when she read the book, and her meltdown was filmed for the current season of Hulu\u2019s The Kardashians. Jenner is pictured here with daughters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner and Kardashian in 2018. Getty Images for The Business of Fashion<\/p>\n

The book dives deep into Kim Kardashian\u2019s childhood and the background of her big blended family, pictured here in 1993. Getty Images<\/p>\n

During her rigorous fact-checking, Van Meter says Kardashian was so moved to tears by the chapter about her teenage romance with Jackson that she had to cut her reading assignment for that night short. <\/p>\n

\u201cI gave that 13- or 14-year-old girl some grace,\u201d Van Meter says Kardashian told him.<\/p>\n

An interview with her ex-husband Kanye West was initially in the works, with Kardashian\u2019s close friend and publicist Tracy Romulus promising the rapper would \u201ctalk your ear off for six hours straight.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

All of the reality star\u2019s sisters were interviewed for the book after she assured them they could trust the author, who moved to Los Angeles periodically over the five years to be at the beck and call of the Kardashians. Kim Kardashian \/ Instagram<\/p>\n

The author is Vogue and Vanity Fair writer Jonathan Van Meter, pictured here in 2018. Getty Images for Vulture Festival<\/p>\n

But as West\u2019s public behaviour became increasingly erratic, Van Meter decided he could no longer ethically pursue the conversation as West was an \u201cunreliable narrator,\u201d ultimately dropping the interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also decided to stay away from their daughter, North.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote 10 beautiful pages that I\u2019m still upset were cut, but everyone felt she was too young,\u201d Van Meter told Page Six. \u201cShe hadn\u2019t really consented to being included in a book.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keep your friends close, your enemies closer\u2026 and your biographer closest. Kim Kardashian may have built an empire…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[20615,5834,1539,353,49,111284,48,361,362,75,5099,48331,112187,4207,56276,348,20630],"class_list":["post-950338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-anna-wintour","tag-authors","tag-biographies","tag-books","tag-ca","tag-caitlyn-jenner","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-kanye-west","tag-kardashians","tag-keeping-up-with-the-kardashians","tag-kim-kardashian","tag-north-west","tag-tv","tag-vogue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}