Shortly after the Met Gala, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Khloe and Kourtney headed down to Cuba for their first-ever trip to the now American-tourist-friendly island. While there was widespread reporting about their trip, there was a strange lull on their social media pages (except for Khloe’s, oddly). Kim wasn’t posting anything on Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat during the trip, which is SO unlike her. As it turns out, the Cuban government still has a really tight stranglehold on internet service, so even though the girls were taking lots of photos on their phones, they couldn’t post jack sh-t. And that’s probably why their big Cuba trip only lasted a few days.
Everything that President Obama did to repair relations with Cuba is being undone by the visiting Kardashians. The preening, selfie-obsessed reality stars are having a tough time dealing with Cuba’s spotty internet connections.
“They love the culture, but they don’t like the technology,” says a source. “They’ve had an issue every two seconds about not having internet. They complained they couldn’t get on Snapchat. They’re frustrated and they can’t wait to leave.”
Being cut off may be a good thing. Khloé, who is there with Kim, Kanye West, North West and Kourtney, managed to post an image of herself under a wall inscribed for dictator Fidel Castro, angering some.
“They weren’t culturally prepared for Cuba,” says the source. We’re told their show’s had issues getting locals to sign release forms, because nobody knows who they are.
“They don’t have reality TV in Cuba — the Kardashians aren’t a big deal,” our spy smirked. “They are like, ‘Who are you, why are you filming?’”
Kim’s rep said, “If there are any issues, they are production issues. The ladies don’t have any issues and are having a great time. They knew there wouldn’t be internet service before they came.”
They brought the E! film crew too? Ridiculous. I mean, it would be one thing if they just took the trip to Cuba to go sightseeing, but the fact that they were filming the reality show there is just… ugh. And of course the Cuban people would have no idea who they are! I doubt that bothered the Kardashians that much, but I bet they were upset with the lack of internet connection.
Kim tried to push back on this story by posting this to Twitter once their whirlwind trip was over:
Being away and living in the moment having no phone service was so amazing!
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) May 7, 2016
This reminds me of those stories about how much Kim hated her honeymoon in Ireland – she wanted to spend her honeymoon some place sunny and pap-friendly, some place with a good shopping district. She allegedly hated every minute of having to spend time in a rainy little town with no good malls. I imagine that’s how she felt in Cuba too – where were the luxury accommodations and the malls? Why didn’t anyone in Cuba understand that Kim Kardashian is a “celebrity”??
I love Cuba! One of our best trips! We felt like we stepped back into a different time period.Can't wait to go back. pic.twitter.com/BKGaMtPlJk
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) May 7, 2016
Havana 🇨🇺 pic.twitter.com/HtxN3zzUac
— Khloé (@khloekardashian) May 5, 2016
Photos courtesy of Twitter, Fame/Flynet.
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