Kim Kardashian reveals she one time "scammed" the paparazzi by pretending to visit Britney Spears, just to get her photo taken.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 27: Kim Kardashian attends SiriusXM's Town Hall with the cast of "All's Fair" hosted by Andy Cohen at SiriusXM Studios on October 27, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

"The Kardashians" star has opened up about the lengths she went to boost her profile at the start of her career, and reveals she fooled photographers who were waiting outside of a hotel in New York with the help of her long-time pal Jonathan Cheban.

Kim explained the ruse during an appearance on her sister Khloe Kardashian's "Khloe In Wonderland" podcast, saying, "It [being famous] was all I wanted, I lived for it... We were at a restaurant and we heard these people like, 'Oh Britney Spears is staying at this hotel in New York'."

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JULY 22: Britney Spears attends Sony Pictures' "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" Los Angeles Premiere on July 22, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

The SKIMS mogul continued, "So this person at dinner had this crazy Phantom Rolls-Royce. Jonathan and I could hardly even get a cab. So, we were like, 'Can we get a ride to our hotel?’ and the guy’s like: 'Yeah.' And we were like, we'll sit in the back."

Kim continued, "So, it looks like we got out with a driver at this hotel, and we got out. Paparazzi everywhere waiting for Britney. At her hotel. They weren’t following us at this point, and we got out and they were like, ‘Kim, Kim, Kim are you here to visit Britney?’ and Jonathan’s like, 'Keep your head down and just like shut up.'"

FILE- In this April 11, 2019, file photo, television personality Jonathan Cheban attends The Hollywood Reporter's annual Most Powerful People in Media cocktail reception in New York. On Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, federal authorities in New York City charged a man for stealing Cheban's $250,000 watch at gunpoint. The holdup occurred in August 2020, when Cheban was arriving at a friend's house in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., police said. Two men approached and asked for the time before pulling a gun and making off with the victim's Richard Mille timepiece, police said. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Kim went on to explain the pair then hid in the hotel phone booth for 20 minutes before reemerging in front of the waiting photographers, and she was thrilled the plan worked because her picture ended up on numerous magazine covers.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 02: Kim Kardashian attends the 2024 LACMA Art+Film Gala at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 02, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)

She added, "So we go inside and we go in a phone booth because we don't know anyone at this hotel. We don't even know if there's like a hotel bar for us to walk in. So we go and like hang in the phone both in this hotel for 20 minutes. And we're like, 'Alright, let's go out'. And we come out and they’re like: 'Kim how was Britney?’ We took a cab I think because this Rolls-Royce dropped us off..."

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 02: Singer Britney Spears performs onstage during 102.7 KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2016 presented by Capital One at Staples Center on December 2, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

The mother of four continues, "We totally scammed the system, and it was on like every cover, and we thought we were killing it."

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 11: TV Personality Kim Kardashian (L) and and Singer Britney Spears attend Clive Davis and the Recording Academy's 2012 Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Richard Branson held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 11, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images For The Recording Academy)

During the podcast, Kim revealed Jonathan also advised her to take inspiration from Victoria Beckham when dealing with photographers, saying, "There was one time where Jonathan was like, 'You have got to stop smiling. Like, Victoria Beckham never smiles.' And we’d walk out of Intermix [clothing store] on Robertson [Boulevard in Los Angeles], he'd be like, 'Victoria, Victoria' and I’d stop smiling because [usually] I'd be like: 'Hi guys!' you know to the paps. And he'd be like, 'Victoria'."

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