From Kim to Khaleesi: Meet the Kardashians’ ‘Game of Thrones’ Counterparts
The Kardashian-Jenner clan and Game of Thrones have surprisingly deep connections. Both are family sagas full of treachery, betrayal and shiny hair. Both are full of power struggles, whether the players are battling to take Winterfell or Miami. Both are dominated by queens who like the men around them to be muscle-bound and obedient. The image might be one unified rich family: House Kardashian.
But in practice, it’s always been more a case of warring tribes, scheming and competing for the Iron Throne of Overexposure — a feast for clicks. Each Kardashian is a player in a game of thrones, where all men must die (or run screaming for the exit). So here’s a handy guide to the Kardashian-Jenner clan, with their GoT counterparts. For the watch!
The Kardashian-Jenner clan’s momager is the ruthless leader who has built her family empire into a house to be feared. Thanks to her, the name makes people tremble in terror around the world. She runs her grown children’s lives, giving them tantalizing tastes of power now and then, but never letting them forget who’s still the boss around here. And she has instructed her daughters in the family’s code of honor: A Kardashian always gets her close-ups.
The main attraction, the star who gets all the best scenes, the one you’d always rather be watching. Like Tyrion, Kim overcame some early setbacks (in her case, a Ray J sex tape) and a brief teen marriage that nobody likes to talk about. Yet she’s always clashing with her tyrannical parent — or as Kim puts it, “I love u mom but no more pilgrim adams family outfits. You have exhausted this look.” When Kim sent Kris that fateful email urging her to step up her fashion game — “we need chic, tights dresses not this omish [sic] shit anymore” — it was every bit as shocking as if Kim had shot an arrow through her heart in the bathroom. But like it or not, she’s her mother’s daughter through and through.
The underdog heroine, completely disregarded and disrespected by her family, until she blossoms into the Khaleesi. It’s inspirational to root for her as she becomes the woman nobody ever expected her to be. Who was the Ser Jorah Mormont who taught Caitlyn Stormborn to believe in herself and not give up? Probably Suzy, the monkey who went to the playground with the former Bruce Jenner back in Season Three.