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Are there signs of Kardashian Fatigue?

- By Leanne Italie

— Blame the NEW YORK bunny.

Kylie Jenner’s new bunny, to be exact. Kylie Jenner’s new bunny is called Bruce, the same name that used to belong to her parent, Caitlyn Jenner.

That’s the same Caitlyn who is the stepparent of Kim Kardashian, who — also recently — took on haters claiming she’s faking her latest pregnancy. But back to the rabbit. John Brown, an anchorman in Florida on Fox’s “Good Day Orlando,” reached his limit of nonstory Kardashian stories when he walked off the set upon news of the rabbit’s name.

“I don’t care!I’m sick of this family. I can’t take it anymore,” he ranted.

That’s the same rant that scored John Brown nearly 3 million views on YouTube, a mention on late-night TV and numerous follow-up interviews. Those are the same interviews that have John Brown so busy doing interviews that he now has a Fox corporate public relations person scheduling his interviews. You get the picture. Brown’s mad-as-hell moment, along with a 22year-old entreprene­ur’s new “KardBlock,” an Internet browser extension that filters out the Jenners and the Kardashian­s, has some people wondering about Kardashian Fatigue.

“I’m not saying anything that a lot of other people haven’t said,” Brown said. “Why it resonated with people right now, I have no idea. ... I have nothing against the Kardashian­s. They’re doing what they should do, right? My point is why do we feel the need to cover every single story, including the naming of a rabbit?”

Why, indeed. But what is more important, at least to some, is this question:Will the Kardashian­s ever fade away? Like, for good.

Tom Nunan, a lecturer at the U CLA School of Theater, Film and Television, doesn’t think so.

He said Kardashian Fatigue may not lead to a permanent exit because it can be regularly relieved by dropping one Kardashian/Jenner for another.

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