Kim Kardashian attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Vogue” at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Could 02, 2022 in New York Metropolis. Kris Jenner attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Vogue” at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Could 02, 2022 in New York Metropolis. Ray J speaks on stage throughout BET music showcase Grammy Awards weekend at NeueHouse Hollywood on February 08, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
Ray J claims Kris Jenner was concerned with negotiating his and Kim Kardashian’s intercourse tape, however apparently, the “momager” had nothing to do with the take care of Vivid Leisure.
Per gossip web site TMZ, Kris, 66, by no means negotiated with the porn movie firm, which distributed the tape again in 2007. Kim, 41, and Ray J, 41, handled Vivid immediately and with their legal professionals.
In his interview with Every day Mail, Ray J (actual identify Ray Norwood) maintains Kris and Kim got here up with the plan to make a intercourse tape within the wake of the large monetary success of Paris Hilton’s. Sources on the opposite aspect dispute that, sustaining Kris had nothing to do with planning the tape. This doesn’t imply that Kris wasn’t working behind the scenes, as Ray J claims.
“I’ve sat within the shadows for over 14 years permitting the Kardashians to make use of my identify, to abuse my identify, make billions of {dollars} over a decade-and-a-half speaking a few subject I’ve by no means actually spoken about,” Ray J advised the UK publication. “I’ve by no means leaked something. I’ve by no means leaked a intercourse tape in my life. It has by no means been a leak. It’s at all times been a deal and a partnership between Kris Jenner and Kim and me and we’ve at all times been companions because the starting of this factor.”
Though the Kardashians claimed they by no means signed off on the tape, Vivid couldn’t legally launch it with out the consenting signatures of Kim and Ray J. Kim sued Vivid earlier than the tape was launched and dropped the lawsuit as a result of she and Ray J allegedly reduce the deal they needed and signed off on the discharge of the video. The duo cut up a $1 million advance, and collectively they obtained 49% of the $100 million in earnings from the tape — round $49 million. It’s the highest-grossing intercourse tape of all time, beating out Paris Hilton’s.
As we speak, Ray J regrets his position within the tape being launched and feels that he has been villainized, ruining his profession and different relationships. He stated, “I felt suicidal as a result of when you recognize one thing’s actual and it’s true and also you’re watching an entire household create an empire from a lie they’ve created, it’s heartbreaking and disrespectful to all of the entertainers who’ve been trustworthy and true to their craft.”
As we earlier reported, Ray J’s former supervisor, stated that there’s a “half two” of the notorious video that he’s in possession of. The supervisor described the tape as “extra graphic” than the primary. Nonetheless, Kim’s lawyer denied that such a tape exists saying, “The declare that there’s an unreleased intercourse tape is unequivocally false. It’s unlucky that folks make these statements to attempt to get their quarter-hour of fame.”
