{"id":2514240,"date":"2026-07-23T16:21:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2514240"},"modified":"2026-07-23T16:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:21:54","slug":"kim-kardashian-pokes-fun-at-bar-exam-failure-and-viral-backlash-in-new-ad-i-raised-the-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kim-kardashian-pokes-fun-at-bar-exam-failure-and-viral-backlash-in-new-ad-i-raised-the-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian Pokes Fun at Bar Exam Failure and Viral Backlash in New Ad: \u2018I Raised\u2019 the Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kim-kardashian\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kim Kardashian<\/strong><\/a> is proving she isn\u2019t afraid to poke fun at her bar exam results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are always asking about all of the work I\u2019ve gotten done. Not that type of work,\u201d Kardashian, 45, said in an ad posted to her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DbIuNp-Ba2G\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> on Thursday, July 23, as she took off her sunglasses to reveal glasses underneath. \u201cThey always ask, \u2018Kim, how do you do so much? Kim, how do you keep going? Kim, are they really real?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The camera then zoomed in on Kardashian\u2019s chest, as she stood in front of a podium and spoke into several microphones as photographers snapped images of her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, my energy is just different,\u201d Kardashian said, as she took a sip of the drink Update and replied to a question about what her \u201csecret\u201d is. \u201cNo secret. Just an update.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kim-kardashian-shares-video-crying-after-failing-the-bar-exam\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Kardashian Shares Video of Herself Crying After She Failed to Pass the Bar: \u2018Was Disappointing\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kardashian quipped that Update is formulated by a \u201cteam of leading experts, none of whom are me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you know that people used to crash in the middle of the day? Wild,\u201d she said. \u201cI thought someone should do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kardashian went on to quip that caffeine \u201cwasn\u2019t working\u201d and \u201cworking is my thing.\u201d The ad then showed Kardashian sitting inside a clear cubicle, which was displayed in the middle of a museum, as she sat and wrote in a notebook.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/kim-kardashian-didnt-think-she-would-take-the-bar-exam-again-if-she-failed\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">she passed the bar exam<\/a>, Kardashian replied, \u201cNo, I didn\u2019t pass the bar. I raised it.\u201d Kardashian captioned the post, \u201cTHE FUTURE OF ENERGY.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/has-kim-kardashian-passed-the-bar-exam-her-past-scores-revealed\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Did Kim Kardashian Pass the Bar Exam? What We Know About the Reality Star\u2019s Lawyer Journey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Kardashians<\/em> star has been open about her journey taking the bar exam, sharing an update on her progress in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix years into this law journey, and I\u2019m still <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kim-kardashian-shares-bar-exam-results-after-saying-she-uses-chatgpt\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">all in until I pass the bar<\/a>,\u201d she wrote via Instagram at the time. \u201cNo shortcuts, no giving up \u2014 just more studying and even more determination. Thank you to everyone who has supported and encouraged me along the way so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cFalling short isn\u2019t a failure \u2014 it\u2019s fuel. I was so close to passing the exam and that only motivates me even more. Let\u2019s Go!!!!!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Kardashian gets her license to practice law, she already has a plan in place for her future.<!-- --><br \/>\n\u201cI will be qualified in two weeks. I hope to practice law,\u201d she shared on the U.K.\u2019s <em>Graham Norton Show<\/em> one month prior. \u201cMaybe in 10 years, I think I\u2019ll give up being Kim K. and be a trial lawyer. That\u2019s what I really want.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Kardashian is proving she isn\u2019t afraid to poke fun at her bar exam results. \u201cPeople are always asking about all of the work I\u2019ve gotten done. Not that type of work,\u201d Kardashian, 45, said in an ad posted to her Instagram on Thursday, July 23, as she took off her sunglasses to reveal glasses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2199148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2514240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Melissa-Gilbert-Celebrates-Dick-Van-Dykes-100th-Birthday-With-Throwback.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514241,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514240\/revisions\/2514241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}