Los Angeles: Reality TV diva Kim Kardashian had better things to do Thursday than tune in to the Republican presidential debate — like snaring a selfie with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
“Excited to be meeting our next President tonight!! Maybe she´ll take a selfie with me,” she said on Twitter before setting off to a celebrity-rich Clinton fundraiser in Los Angeles hosted by Justin
Bieber manager Scooter Braun.
Two and a half hours later, she delivered the goods to her 34.2 million Twitter followers — a selfie with Clinton, with rapper husband Kanye West leaning into the frame in the background.
“I got my selfie!!! I really loved hearing her speak and hearing her goals for our country #HillaryForPresident,” Kardashian wrote.
By midday (1600 GMT) Friday, the photo had 20,000 likes on Twitter and another 773,000 on Instagram.
It was Clinton´s third event appealing to Hollywood for contributions in the run-up to the November 2016 election, the Hollywood Reporter said.
Among the 250 guests at the exclusive $2,700-per-ticket event — which Braun hosted at his Hollywood mansion — were Tom Hanks, Jessica Alba and Kris Jenner, the showbiz trade journal said.
Kardashian is no stranger when it comes to rubbing shoulders with politicos, being a regular on the red carpet at the White House Correspondents´ Association gala in Washington for several years
running.
Hollywood is widely perceived as having Democratic leanings — but billionaire Republican front-runner Donald Trump is as well-known to Americans as the outspoken host of his own reality TV show
“The Apprentice” as he is for his real estate wheeling and dealing.