Kim Kardashian filed a lawsuit against, Old Navy... the known low- priced clothing chain for using her look-alike, Melissa Molinaro, in their new series of advertisements. Melissa, a pop tart musician... dresses a little too close to Kardashian, even posing for "paparazzi" in the campaign.
The reality princess sued Old Navy and, The Gap Inc., in a Los Angeles federal court alleging that the company "deliberately infringed upon her public persona by deceiving people into thinking it was her in the advertisement".
TMZ reports that the lawsuit is asking for nearly $20 million in damages!! Holy crap! I wonder how much they spent on the campaign itself and what Kardasion as well as The Gap inc. rounded the profit would pull??!
Seeing as how it became so public, Kim is only bringing more publicity to the campaign as well as her look alike, who is reportingly now dating Kim’s X Reggie Bush... (umm ok).
"I've worked hard to support the products I'm personally involved with and that I believe in," Kardashian said in the release. Considering the lawsuit became so major after reports of Reggie dating his Kim #2, do you think it only became noticeable to Kim because of that? Hmm seems a little too coincidental.
The video of the ad is available on YouTube and has been viewed by 2 million people. Titled "super C.U.T.E." began airing in February. You can see it below:
Popular Multimedia reports:
"The look-alike, Melissa Molinaro, is an actress, dancer and singer. She was a competitor on the show 'Pussycat Dolls Present, The Search for the Next Doll' and 'Making the Band 3.' She has acted in the film, Honey 2.She has a recurring role on "The Young and the Restless," and appearances in TV shows "How I Met Your Mother" "Brothers," "Grounded for Life," "Rodney" and "Happy Family." She denies that she got the Old Navy campaign because she looks like Kim. She said in an interview, "To me is extremely flattering, I mean she is a beautiful woman in her own right....and I'm flattered. That's an amazing compliment." She also said that the casting call for the ad was for a good dancer/actor."
A spokesperson for Gap Inc. offered "No Comment".
In my opinion, she does have a similar look, however she looks a little more like Eva Longoria. I don’t really see exactly where its making it as though they are trying to make the ad have a “Kim look alike”. I can post pictures of a few girls I’ve seen that look like Kim… I'm guessing its all a major deal after Reggie….
Continuing on...while magazine shopping, I found this….
Instyle and Cosmo both did the same cover?! Umm ok so Do you think Kim will sue for this as well?? I guess we’ll have to wait and see! :)
Till next time,
1 comments:
Old navy had me fooled the first time I saw it but then after a few watches I realized it wasnt her. Dating reggie bush? wow...
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