While in the Twin Cities, Kim Kardashian was reportedly overheard referring to Kris Humphries by the pet name "Roman."
No further context or interpretation is available. But it doesn't take much imagination to see a Roman god when you look at the gorgeous Humphries, although the NBAer's beak is his least Augustusian facial feature.
After ringing in the New Year in Las Vegas at Tao, where she debuted her new single according to "Entertainment Tonight," Kardashian flew to Minneapolis to be courtside while the Timberwolves rang in 2011 by defeating Humphries' team, the Nets.
In other activities, an e-mailer by the name of Alex Bjornnes "wanted to give you [as in, me] a heads up that Kim [and] Kris were spotted at the Five Guys in Edina" Sunday night. An insider at Five Guys confirmed the sighting to me Tuesday.
While Five Guys is great, I was hoping that Humphries would also expose Kardashian to other fine metro restaurants. She needs to see that neither LA nor NYC has much on the Twin Cities, dining-wise.
Various websites report that Kardashian and Humphries also dined with his parents at Minneapolis' Grand Hotel. My Wednesday call to Kris' dad, Will Humphries, who's considered something of an intimidating figure, has not been returned. However, a source known to me reported that Grand dining experience and noted that a chef was called back to the hotel restaurant when they learned Kardashian and other glitterati were dining there. E!Online reports that Kardashian stayed at the Humphries family's suburban Minneapolis home (which a source known to me heard was a possibility) and that Kris took Kim snowmobiling.
"Kardashian is already making a good impression with beau Kris Humphries' family members," wrote E!Online. No breathtaking news there to anyone who's seen her on E!'s "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."
If this little romance, which came to the attention of NY gossips in November, keeps puttering along, with no more sightings of her out with the likes of Gabriel Aubry, the truest test of Kardashian's charm and persuasive powers will be revealed if Humphries turns up on the reality show with Bruce and Kris Jenner and the rest of the K-K-K-K's.