Kanye West’s public proposal was nothing to do with Kim Kardashian and all about him, says Issy Sampson
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Kim Kardashian might THINK Kanye West’s big baseball stadium-based proposal was all about her. After all, wasn’t she the one getting the massive million dollar ring? Wasn’t she the one he went down on one knee in his leather jogging pants for? Didn’t he get all her friends and family to run out of the dugout and scream in her face? Er, yes. But like all public proposals, it was REALLY all about the groom – yes, Kanye: you’re a big selfish attention stealer. And we bet this isn’t the first time he’s heard that.
The couple got engaged on Monday after Kanye hired the entire AT&T Park baseball park in San Francisco – because you know Kim’s a massive baseball fan. Oh, hang on: it’s because Kanye’s all-time favourite baseball player, Barry Bonds, played there. So um, it’s not much about Kim then.
At least the music was all about Kim, anyway – the violinists played her favourite Lana Del Rey song, Young And Beautiful and Knock You Down by Keri Hilson, featuring a little known rapper called … Kanye West.
If you have a look at the video of the proposal , Kim’s family and friends all run out to congratulate her, but even the guest list was all about Kanye. It wasn’t just the people you’d imagine to be there to share the special moment (you know – her mum, her sisters, maybe her best mate) it seems that Kanye turned the engagement into a networking event. Ben Horowitz, from website Rap Genius, was there, as was venture capitalist Shirvin Pishevar – it was basically a who’s who of internet geniuses. None of whom probably even WATCH Kim’s TV show. A bit more Instagram sleuthing reveals that Jaden Smith (son of Will), the family’s make-up artist and all of their personal assistants were there too. So, y’know, really intimate.
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Let’s face it – all public proposals are more about the person doing them than the person getting proposed to . YouTube flashmob proposals make me cringe, as do football scoreboard proposals. No woman grows up wishing she’d either be jeered into saying yes by a crowd of football fans, or have thousands of anonymous strangers commenting on their internet-wide engagement. Why would you put such an intimate moment online? Surely the only people that matter in that moment are you, and your fiancée? The only motivation for going public must be getting the attention back on you (“But it’s all about the BRIDE on the wedding day!”) or just having everyone tell you what a total romantic you are (“the best part was when you Instagrammed her in the face the second you dropped to one knee!”)
So you want to show your family what happened? Well, you know what else is good? Words. Words, used to describe the special moment. They’re just fine. You don’t need a YouTube video to show people, or a crowd of people taking blurry pictures on their phones, because you have your memory and your voice and that’s fine. Let’s be honest: most people are being polite when they ask how you proposed – they don’t want to sit through a twenty minute video with your director’s commentary. They definitely don’t want to sit through Kanye’s 2 hour E! TV special: “THE PROPOSAL!!!!!” At the end of the day, it’s just supposed to be you, your loved one and some nice, private words that she’d like to hear. Anything else is just selfish.
Kim Kardashian"s engagement was all about Kanye West and his ego
