Was Kim Kardashian really threatened by Melyssa Ford?
One really wouldn’t expect pettiness or jealousy to come into play when it comes to doing charitable work, but Melyssa Ford claims she dealt with it first hand courtesy of Kim Kardashian some years ago. Ford talked about this with mentor/guest Rev. Marcia Dyson, wife of Michael Eric Dyson, and the co-hosts of Ford’s weekly podcast I’m Here for the Food. Ford and Dyson took part with an organization called ‘Sow a Seed’ who, every Christmas, was creating a “fantasy land” for kids in orphanages. The women traveled to Haiti a year and a half after the big earthquake in 2010 to take part and to just help with relief efforts overall.
Kardashian and mom Kris Jenner were on that trip, along with a number of other famous people, including Sean Penn and Oprah Winfrey. Ford says this was after Kardashian walked away from her very short marriage to NBA star Kris Humphries. “She had been getting a lot of bad press because of it, so suddenly, she and Kris Jenner were on this humanitarian mission to Haiti,” she said. Ford says she was skeptical of Kardashian’s intentions at the time. She wasn’t sure she was there to really help, but Dyson told her to give the star a chance.
What she didn’t know then was that behind the scenes, Kardashian allegedly had an issue with her being there. The message was sent through mama Jenner, according to Dyson. “Kris Jenner rolls up on me like, ‘Marcia,’ and I’m like, hey! I get a chance to talk to Kris Jenner! ‘I have a problem.’ I’m thinking, what problem could you have? The accommodations are beautiful. The water we have is clean. She says, ‘Well, Kim is feeling uncomfortable with [points to Ford]’ because of something that was said on social media at the time, and Kim wants to go home if my girl doesn’t leave. That’s not happening. Melyssa is my daughter and we were in a mentoring relationship at the time, suturing this deep relationship. I said, ‘I can’t stop Kim from going home. I think this would be a good experience for her if she is indeed wanting to find something purposeful to do in life like the other women.’ It made me have this decision, do I split my baby up?”
“I had to create a special itinerary just for me and Melyssa in order for [Kardashian] to feel comfortable and to stay,” Dyson said. “And then, because when you’re trying to get press for a particular crisis in the world, Kim and Kris were the headlines, and I knew being a public relations and marketing person, I could not cut that either. But it did cut my heart.”
Ford says though that she never said anything on social media about Kardashian, and that to this day, she’s still taken aback that the star took issue with her when they were in Haiti to do good for others. “Let me tell you what the real problem was. She was upset that we dated the same guy. And listen, what’s ridiculous is I dumped him and they dated way later!” she said. “I was just like, really? Is this really about him? He is nothing to write home about, and we don’t even need to talk about who he is because he is now married and what not so it doesn’t even matter. But I’m just like, that’s what the issue really is. It’s really insecurity, but I’m not worried about you! I’m here for the kids. I’m here because my mamma introduced me to these fabulous people and this is a like-minded project that we all are invested in! You’re here for some shady a– reasons.”
Take a look at the video below. Do you believe Melyssa’s claims against Kim?
