Kim Kardashian says she still thinks of herself as an 'underdog' because being on a reality show isn't 'respected'

• Kim Kardashian said that she still thinks of herself as an "underdog."
• Kardashian said that "being on a reality show" wasn't something that was "respected."

Kim Kardashian said that she thinks of herself as an "underdog," saying that her reality television career wasn't "respected."

In an interview with Allure, Kardashian said that she thinks that she's "always just been the underdog." When writer Danielle Pergament questioned how she — the head of a billion-dollar empire — was an underdog, Kardashian cited public perception.

"Being on a reality show and that's not respected," Kardashian explained to Allure. "Feeling like I need to work harder to show you guys that I'm not the person you think."

As an example, Kardashian referenced an incident in which British tabloids reported that she had been "rejected" to attend the Queen's Jubilee in London. The Daily Mail and The Mirror reported that she had been denied tickets to the event by both Buckingham Palace and the BBC, Insider previously reported. However, a source close to Kardashian told Insider that the reports were false and that Kardashian had already returned with her boyfriend Pete Davidson to Los Angeles at the time of the event.

"I was in London with my boyfriend who's filming a movie and we're only here two days," Kardashian told Allure. "But [the headline] is, 'Kim: Rejected!'"

Kardashian has defended her family from criticism about being "self-made' in the past, after her younger sister Kylie Jenner was called a future "self-made billionaire" in a 2018 Forbes list. In a 2018 interview with Refinery29, Kardashian said that she knew people who grew up in families that have "had success" but didn't end up "as successful as Kylie."

Ultimately, Kardashian said that while her reality TV career bore stigma, it was also something that she loved doing. After the family's longtime E! Network series "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" came to an end, they launched a new Hulu docuseries titled "The Kardashians" in April.

"I think that's also why I love doing the reality show — the chance to show people who I really am," Kardashian told Allure.