Kim Kardashian slams Katie Couric; Khloe Kardashian approves

Kim Kardashian let it rip Friday on Instagram, mincing no hashtags in her slam of Katie Couric, whom she deemed a “fake media friend.�

It all started out pleasantly enough, it seems, with Couric sending Kardashian and boyfriend Kanye West a baby gift with a note congratulating both of them and saying (as a fellow “K�?) “may I humbly suggest you continue the K tradition� in naming the baby girl. It was signed, “Fondly, Katie Couric.�

So that’s all well and good, right? Until Couric, in an interview with InTouch that was posted Thursday, declared that she just didn’t get the Kardashian phenomenon.

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“I don’t understand — why are they so famous?� she posited. “I think it’s mostly teenage girls that are interested.�

Kimmy no like.

So Kimmy went to Instagram to post a picture of the gift and the accompanying note, captioning it with the hashtags #IHateFakeMediaFriends and #MayIHumblySuggestYouNotSendGiftsThenTalk[Trash].

Then sister Khloe Kardashian Odom chimed in, tweeting, “God I love this new side of u!� as she quoted her older sister’s post and sent it along to her own bajillion Twitter followers.

But Couric’s no dope. She responded within hours, with a statement Friday afternoon to E! News.

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“I was responding to a reporter’s question and explaining how I’m intrigued by the public’s fascination with her family. I didn’t mean to hurt her feelings,� Couric said. “The gift is genuine, and I’m happy for Kim and Kanye.�

Time will tell if Kim gets over the tiff, we suppose.

Meanwhile, the reality-TV star is not the first celeb to take a shot at Couric this month. Jennifer Aniston was on “Chelsea Lately� with Chelsea Handler, who was relating a story about chatting with Couric, and Jen asked, “What’s Katie Couric? Is she a legitimate journalist? Is she getting tabloidy? Wasn’t she on the ‘Today’ show?�

Ouch.

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