Jonathan Cheban Defends Kim Kardashian: 'She's Like Marilyn Monroe'

Jonathan Cheban has always been known for being Kim Kardashian’s best friend, with the 41-year-old regularly appearing in the star’s hit TV show ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’.

However, when Jonathan appeared in Celebrity Big Brother last month, he won people over for being himself and everybody got to see the real Jonathan away from Kim and her famous family.

And one thing’s for sure: he’s a sassy one.

After sensationally walking from the house less than one week after entering, Jonathan has returned to America and had a good ol’ chinwag about his BFF - dubbing her the Marilyn Monroe of this generation.

Speaking in a new interview, Jonathan explained: “When you are best friends with the most famous girl in the world, it’s like being best friends with Marilyn [Monroe]. People are infatuated and obsessed.

"Everyone wants to be like Kim even if they aren’t gorgeous. They will try in their own version to dress like her.”

He went on to defend the mum-of-two from the haters who claim that she doesn’t “do anything”, ranting to New You magazine: “She’s a TV star. This also drives me nuts about people saying, 'Why is she famous?’ If you have a TV show for 20 seasons in 180 countries, you would be famous as well, but you do not.”

And it wasn’t just Kim who Jonathan was full of praise for, with the star also calling her husband, Kanye West, a “genius”.

He added: “Kids have been dressing like Kanye for the past four or five years and it’s now becoming mainstream to the point where American Apparel and H&M are doing the long shirts and his type of sweatshirts. His sneakers are revolutionary.”

And, well, we all know how Kanye feels about being the one to allow other rappers like Wiz Khalifa to wear “cool jeans”, don’t we?