As we adjust our crinoline and tighten up our corsets (No? Wrong decade?) in anticipation of the new series of Downton Abbey starting on Sunday night, there’s one question on everybody’s lips, and it’s got nothing to do with Lady Mary’s sex life, Edith’s love child and possibly dead possibly Nazi fiancée, or the twinkle in Bates’ eye that inexplicably makes all women over the age of 48 collapse in a heap of lust (gross).
What we’re actually asking is, which character will Kim Kardashian play? Yep, inspired by her close personal friend George Clooney taking a role in the new series (allegedly, reportedly), Kim K has said that she too would like a part in Downton Abbey.
Speaking to The Sun, who presumably asked her ‘would you like a part on Downton Abbey?’ she replied, ‘I’m a big fan, I’d love to be on it if they asked. I love things like that.’ Wow, someone call her casting agent.
Actually, this makes perfect sense. (Some) Americans are notoriously obsessed with Ye Olde British aristocracy – who else do you think keeps English Heritage and the National Trust in cream teas? And Kim’s already expressed an interest in big dresses, castles and obnoxious displays of unattainable wealth, so you can see why she’d be so keen to secure an invitation to the big house.
And Kim K rocking up in a drop-waisted dress and a pair of sensible lace-ups wouldn’t be the weirdest thing to happen on the show. After four seasons of clunky dialogue, hilarious missuse of acronyms and occasional, poorly-explained appearances from Shirley Maclaine, a cameo from a Kardashian wouldn’t look out of place at all. And if Julian Fellowes is running out of ideas, here are a few suggestions for how he could weave her, seamlessly, into this season’s big plots:
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.