Inside Kim Kardashian’s inner circle as right-hand woman Tracy Romulus & designer Olivia Pierson replace Larsa Pippen
KIM Kardashian’s inner circle has evolved over the years with BFF Larsa Pippen being replaced with Tracy Romulus and Olivia Pierson.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum, 41, and Real Housewives of Miami star have been feuding for months.
The celebrity pals’ falling out has been well-documented.
Speaking with Entertainment Tonight late last year, Larsa, 47, confessed: “I never give my side of the story.
“I’m always the kind of friend or whatever that doesn’t really give her side of the story.”
She went on: “Honestly, Kim and I are in a good place. I love them (the Kardashians), I love her.
“I wish nothing but great things for them. I feel like they wish nothing but great things for me.”
Larsa and Kim were inseparable for many years, when suddenly – shockingly to many fans – a wedge grew between them in 2019.
In 2020, she blamed the distance on Kanye West, whom she said felt “threatened” by her.
She denied rumors that she hooked up with Khloe Kardashian’s former beau, Tristan Thompson, which some fans thought was the reason for the division.
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Some fans seem to think that Kim’s split from Kanye may heal the wounds and bring the former friends back together.
In the meantime, she’s spending time with her friends Tracy and Olivia.
TRACY ROMULUS
The entrepreneur was thrust into the spotlight after Kanye named her in one of his online rants.
Tracy is a business woman who serves as the chief marketing officer of KKW Brands.
She landed the position in September 2017.
She works alongside Kim on her various brands, including Skims, KKW Beauty, and KKW Fragrance.
Tracy got her start at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she studied fashion design.
Chatting with People, Tracy spoke on her friendship and working relationship with Kim.
She told the outlet: “Kim and I working together at that perfect moment in our lives was more than a decade in the making because we had been friends for so long.”
Tracy went on: “What makes work so incredibly fulfilling for me is that I get to work alongside such brilliant, inspiring, creative women – like Kim and Kris Jenner – and the most talented, hardest working team in the world. I feel incredibly blessed.”
She is married to a man called Ray, whom she tied the knot with in 2014.
He has found some success of his own, working as a music producer and rubbing elbows with stars like Kanye, Mariah Carey, Cardi B and Justin Bieber.
They have three kids together: Ryan, Remi and Raf.
OLIVIA PIERSON
Olivia is known for her proximity to Kim, but fans may also recognize her from her own reality TV journey.
She appeared on a show called Relatively Nat & Live alongside Natalie Halcro.
That’s not her only foray into reality television, however.
She has also appeared on a now-defunct show called WAGS, which followed the wives and girlfriends of athletes.
Olivia was dating NFL star Mercedes Lewis.
Kim is often seen with the two of them, even once bringing her children shopping with her gal pals.
Olivia is a Canadian beauty and fashion blogger.
She’s famous in the U.S., but also in Vancouver and other parts of her native Canada.
Olivia has more than 2 million followers on Instagram and her joint YouTube account with Liv has more than 270,000 followers.
FILLING THE VOID
Tracy and Olivia have stepped into Kim’s life, filling the void left by Larsa’s absence.
Kim is often seen with one or both of the stars by her side.
They also have been known to stand with her in divisive moments.
Tracy most recently defended Kim after critics slammed her for comments she made about work ethic.
During a video interview, the beauty mogul said: “I have the best advice for women in business. Get your f**king a** up and work.
“It seems like nobody wants to work these days.”
Kim was slammed as “out of touch” by fans, but Tracy appeared to understand the sentiment.
She wrote on Instagram: “Kim is right. It takes blood sweat and tears to start and build a successful business – and in her case, businesses.
“It also takes building teams and empowering great, hard working people and being smart and humble enough to surround yourself with people who are smarter and more talented than you.”
Tracy claimed Kim was answering off her own experience, and maintained that what she said was “true.”
She went on to say: “Any successful woman in business will tell you that they’ve had to work so much smarter and harder than any many to disrupt whatever industry they are in.
“It also takes making A LOT of mistakes and getting back up each and every time and having skin thicker than a rhino.”
Tracy added: “As someone who immigrated to this country with nothing and grew up in poverty, who has held more than a dozen minimum wage paying jobs well into her twenties and lived paycheck to paycheck for more than half of her life – I was not offended by this comment because it’s what I had to do – and you shouldn’t be either.
“Regardless of wealth, circumstances or opportunities that you are given or not given, any successful person living in the United States or a free country where there is opportunity – success is a mindset and can be achieved.”
Her message concluded: “Set your goals and don’t let anyone tell you that. your dreams are too big or can’t be accomplished simply by working your f**king a** off.”
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