Kim Kardashian made $20M from Ray J sex tape even though RAUNCHIEST bits were left out!
A celebrity porn broker has claimed Kim Kardashian made more than $20 million from her notorious 2002 sex tape with Ray J, adding that the raunchiest bits were deleted from the final video.
Kevin Blatt, a sex tape broker in Hollywood, said Ray J had offered him a chance to buy the tape in 2006 and was "eager" to strike a deal. 52-year-old Blatt said he was informed of the tape's existence by a childhood pal who was working at Adult Video News at the time. Both Kim and Ray, however, have maintained they had nothing to do with the video's release.
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In an interview with The Sun, Blatt said he was unaware of who Ray J was at the time but agreed to meet the rapper for lunch to learn more about the contents of the video. "This little guy pulled up in a Lamborghini and came walking in the restaurant," Blatt said of Ray J, who is the brother of R&B singer Brandy Melville. Blatt described the rapper as "very funny" and sharp, and remembered him describing all that he had captured on video of a sexual encounter he had with a woman Blatt hadn't heard of. It turned out the woman was none other than Kim Kardashian, who was a relatively unknown fashion stylist at the time. However, she was known to be close friends with reality TV star Paris Hilton.
Blatt built a reputation as a celebrity sex tape broker after facilitating the release of Paris Hilton's sex tape with Rick Salomon, 'One Night In Paris'. He said Ray J told him Kim's tape had been filmed in 2002 when they were on vacation in Cabo, Mexico, to celebrate her 22nd birthday. The rapper allegedly told Blatt that Kim "wanted to release the sex tape for free the weekend before but he had to talk her out of it." The porn broker recalled, "Ray J told me, 'She wants to be bigger than Paris,' I told him, ‘Ray J, you cannot let her release it for free - don’t let her do that. There’s too much money out there," Blatt continued, "'I can give you the best deal ever and I’m gonna bring in somebody who’s gonna pay you a million dollars right now.'"
Ray J was allegedly sold and told Blatt that the proposal "sounded good." However, he said he needed to consult with Kim before taking a decision. Blatt says he never heard from the rapper again and that the video was eventually given to Vivid Entertainment, an adult film distribution company, by a third party. "I was ready to make a deal with him and pay him more money than he’s ever seen but he went behind our back and that’s fine," Blatt said.
The salacious tape was ultimately released in March 2007 under the title 'Kim Kardashian: Superstar.' Shortly after, the reality TV star filed a lawsuit against Vivid for releasing the tape without her permission. However, she dropped the suit after Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis helped her acquire $5 million for the tape's distribution instead. Blatt said he was disappointed about getting his hands on the tape first. According to him, Kim alone likely made more than $20 million from the release. In 2017, TMZ affiliate TooFab reported that Ray J was still earning $90,000 in royalties every three months.
Blatt also alleged there were several X-rated scenes in the original version he claims to have watched that were deleted from the final cut. "What I can tell you is that on the initial tape of Kim Kardashian there was a lot of stuff that was excluded," Blatt told The Sun, declining to offer specifics. "I don't think the family would've been the entity that they are today if a lot of that other stuff had made it onto the final tape," he insisted.