Although Mattel eventually pulled the plug on the project for contractual reasons, Kanye West was seemingly able to bargain for a single prototype model, made exclusively for his wife, in order to make her lifelong “Barbie” fantasy come to life. “Kanye knew how sad I was, called Mattel & made all my dreams come true by having my prototype made just 4 me!” she writes on Twitter.
Kim Kardashian’s foray in the BarbieWorld started long ago. When she was but a child, Kim made her modeling debut in a 1988 photoshoot with Barbie Magazine. By her own admission, Kanye West willingly risked a work stoppage by union employees just to bring the KKW Barbie into fruition. The wedded “power couple” are likely waiting in vain, to reveal plans for a Kanye “Ken” doll. Anything and everything he missed out on as a child will be commissioned in Kanye’s adult life, trust you be.