It was a really long day, and they shot almost all day. The footage of me may be five minutes total, and I spent probably 15 hours there. That also just shows me the magic of editing and just the reality shows because my experience there was like, nothing like. I had no idea when I left what it was going to turn out like. It was very much them just doing their own thing. The producers definitely held my hand and led me around, but the family did whatever. There were definitely suggestions for me.
He never for a second let down his parental guard when it came between him and the girls. But then the more I talked with him, the more he loosened up. Those are his daughters and he didn't know how I was going to be as a person. , he was just like, Oh, this is another ruse that we have to do for the show, I'm frustrated, I don't want to do this. You could also tell he was frustrated with things when I first got there. Was that tension obvious, and as awkward as it looked? It's clear on the show that Bruce is uncomfortable with your presence from the get-go. It's more difficult to find an actress and be like, "Hey, can you show up" - I don't even know how much it was for the day - "can you show up for 500 bucks and it's gonna be real chill and you take your top off for the scene, you don't actually show anything, it's just implied that you do, blah blah blah." A porn girl's gonna say "that's fine" all day long! That happens a lot in mainstream movies or in television or whatever: They'll automatically go to porn girls because they know that they're okay with getting naked. I think that only the producers knew - and I think that they hired a porn girl because of the scene in the pool where they have me take my top off. On the show, your arrival is framed as a nanny hired by Kris from a "reputable agency." To your knowledge, did the Kardashians know you were actually working in porn? But it's funny to me that they would throw that into the dynamic. That is interesting, because let's all be honest about how Kim came to be where she is - which is great. Were you told why the "trashy porn star" nanny was the plan?Īs far as I knew, wanted someone from that background to see how the family would react. Keep those cameras on.", If that red light turns off, I'm running out of this closet, because the clothes and jewelry in there, who knows how expensive all that stuff is? , "Oh, go into Kris's closet." I was so scared, asking "Are you sure? Are you sure this is okay?" And they're like, "Just go." I remember saying very specifically, "Well if anything comes up stolen, you guys know I didn't do anything. So they ended having me do more silly-type things. I was like, R egular Midwestern girls do adult too, so you guys are gonna have to make something else happen! I think that they thought because of my background that that's just something that comes naturally, but it doesn't to me. And so they had to spin it, I think, because they wanted me to be super trashy. I showed up with a baby blue and pink gingham two-piece. I just looked too wholesome, even in a bikini. Instead they got a cute little girl with blonde hair, like the girl next door. When they were casting, they wanted a super-sexy vixen. Were you conscious of the "character" you'd be playing, or what your role would entail? They were at that awkward stage where they're girls trying to be grownup and I'm thinking, I don't even know what to say. I was so nervous because they were so tiny at the time. I kind of freaked out I'm like, Are you really leaving me with them? This is for real? So I just started talking with them. When the cameras, it was a real deal job and I didn't expect that. And I really did babysit Kylie and Kendall, and that is not a joke! But if it puts anyone's mind at ease, I grew up babysitting like most girls do. I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I don't remember all the specifics my agent dealt with everything and I just showed up.
Is it fair to say you weren't really working as a nanny back in 2007, given your then-career in the adult movie industry? How did the babysitting gig come about?
Here, Olson reminisces with and explains how she actually did a much better job with the kids than it looked like on TV, go figure. In other words, when the show's producers decided they wanted to milk a "slutty babysitter" stereotype for laughs, they didn't half-ass it with their casting. Adult movie star Bree Olson, the nanny "hired" by Kris, was actually booked for the gig by her agent (AKA not a nannying agency) in between filming pornos like Manaconda 2 and Tinker With My Stinker. Here's the thing, though - and this may come as a shock, so steel yourselves: It was all a set-up. Kris is later forced to fire her, though she seems genuinely remorseful about it all.