The political commentator joked in regards to the romance rumors with Kim Kardashian, as he invited her on his podcast.
Van Jones and Kim Kardashian addressed their emotions in regards to the rumors that they had been relationship in a brand new episode of Van’s podcast Unusual Floor on Wednesday April 6. The outdated buddies laughed in regards to the buzz round their friendship the place individuals thought that they had been relationship shortly after her break up from Kanye Westin 2021. Van, 53, instructed Kim, 41, that he felt prefer it was the “finest rumor ever.”
To begin the interview, Van joked about their rumored romance, saying that the 2 can now converse publicly about their work on legal justice reform. “Now that we’re damaged up, we are able to even have a dialog in public,” he quipped. Kim additionally mentioned that regardless that the rumors had been sudden, she did additionally assume that it was “humorous.”
Van additionally revealed that when the rumors began popping out, his buddies received excited that they thought that he was relationship the SKIMs founder, however he needed to allow them to down. “Being an enormous nerd, having all my guys from faculty calling like, pondering I used to be the hero, I used to be like, ‘No, we’re simply engaged on making an attempt to get individuals out of jail,’ nevertheless it was a cool rumor,” he defined.
Equally, Kim additionally mentioned that she was stunned that so many individuals thought that she was prepared to start out a brand new relationship so shortly after her marriage had ended. “So many individuals requested me additionally, and I used to be like, ‘You guys, I simply want a minute earlier than I’m on the market.’ Give me a minute no less than,” she mentioned.
Kim and Van’s romance rumors began shortly after the fact star break up from Kanye, however she shut them down within the Retaining Up With The Kardashians reunion in June 2021. She mentioned that even then, Van thought the rumor was hilarious and was utilizing it to his benefit. “Van texted me and was like, ‘This rumor has gotten me so many dates, so I owe you,'” she mentioned within the reunion particular.
Regardless that they had been by no means romantically concerned, Kim and Van have clearly been shut for years, and the CNN contributor has been tremendous supportive of her efforts to turn out to be a lawyer. “I feel she’s going to be an unbelievable lawyer. I already assume she’s top-of-the-line advocates that we have now in legal justice [reform],” Van mentioned in a Might 2021 interview with Ellen.