Kim Kardashian’s original celebrity pairing on the controversial Actors on Actors interview pulled out at the last minute, and now fans have been left wondering who it could have been.
It has now transpired that Oscar-nominee Chloe Sevigny was a very last minute replacement, as the original choice ‘called in sick’ at the last minute.
The move has raised eyebrows on social media, which some suggesting that the star may have had cold feet over being paired with the reality star.
‘Wow, must have been a real emergency for Kim’s original partner to bail last minute,’ one person wrote, while another questioned which ‘actor’ it was that had pulled out. Another person speculated that the mystery A-Lister, ‘Likely didn’t want to do an actor segment with a Kardashian.’
While it is currently unclear which A-List star pulled out, there are many names floating about that it could have been.
Kim Kardashian ’s original celebrity pairing on the controversial Actors on Actors interview pulled out at the last minute, and now fans have been left wondering who it could have been
Around the same time, rival publication The Hollywood Reporter pulled together a host of major names for their Actresses round table that featured Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Jodie Foster, Sofia Vergara, Brie Larson and more.
Within hours of Variety’s editor-in-chief, Ramin Setoodeh, revealing that the actor that was originally paired with Kardashian called in ‘sick’ at the last minute, X users began to speculate who bailed on the reality star and why.
One joked: ‘I would’ve faked a hospital stay to avoid that s**t stain on my career too.’
Another suggested that the decision was most likely made because ‘real actors know another real actor.’
‘Kim is a person who GETS ROLES given to her. Kim [has] never gone to an acting job and done an audition,’ one troll fired.
A third quipped: ‘[They] likely didn’t want to do an actor segment with a Kardashian.
‘Wow, must have been a real emergency for Kim’s original partner to bail last minute,’ a fourth sarcastically remarked.
Others wrote the ‘issue was including Kim at all’ due to her lack of experience in the industry compared to others featured like Sevigny, who has been acting for nearly three decades and been nominated for an Oscar.
While it is currently unclear which A-List star pulled out, there are many names floating about that it could have been, like some of the other stars featured in The Hollywood Reporter’s Actresses round table like Jennifer Aniston
Other major household names that ended up participating in Variety’s rival publication include Nicole Kidman , Jodie Foster , Sofia Vergara , Brie Larson and more
Other pairings for the series included, Jodie Foster and Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Aniston and Quinta Brunson, Naomi Watts and Jonathan Bailey, and Elizabeth Debicki and Emma Corrin.
Setoodeh addressed the criticism while chatting with Meghan McCain on Friday’s episode of her podcast, Citizen McCain.
The mogul insisted that Chloe was just grateful to be there with Kim because she was not originally supposed to be a part of the shoot.
He said the Zodiac star ‘graciously stepped in’ after an unnamed actor ‘called in sick’ just two days before the shoot was supposed to take place.
‘I’m gonna give you a little bit of information. I’m going to break some news: Chloe Sevigny wasn’t supposed to pair with Kim Kardashian,’ Ramin.
‘Kim Kardashian had someone else that she was supposed to pair with and that actor called in sick on a Friday night, and Kim was supposed to do this on a Sunday.’
