Turns out Kim Kardashian DIDN’T get paid for her naked bum cover

If we, for example, were to willingly discard all of our clothes except a massive string of pearls and a plastic bin bag, we'd want dollar money for it.

But Kim Kardashian's arse earned her absolutely zero, despite being totally naked and… how do we put this delicately? Like someone had spit-shined it till it gleamed.

According to TMZ, Kim's only motivation for the, er, not-so-money shot was to work with legendary photographer Jean-Paul Goude, who she met during Paris Fashion Week in September.

The plan was to just shoot the one cover, but she and Jean-Paul got on so well it snowballed from there. Plus Paper magazine didn't have enough funds to actually pay Kim for the shoot, so… there you have it.

Oh, and apparently there will be more pictures coming out later this week, so that'll be something to look forward to, won't it.

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