Kim Kardashian was close to following in Angelina Jolie’s footsteps after she ‘totally fell in love’ with a and orphan in Thailand and seriously considered adoption.
Kim was so taken with the 12-year-old child, named Pink, that she called new hubby Kanye West and told him that she’d like to take the girl with her back to America.
The revelation came during the third part of the Kardashians’ turbulent family holiday in Thailand, now playing out in Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
Sunday’s episode began with the pampered clan taking a trip to a local orphanage, a gruesome day trip suggested by a tour guide.
‘I wonder what it’s like to, like, live in an orphanage,’ mused Kendall Jenner en route.
‘I’m really impressed with how happy these kids are with you know, so little of what they have,’ said Kim who made a ‘special connection’ with Pink from the start.
‘I grew up with such a strong family bond and connection, it make me so sad that these kids don’t have that family element,’ she added.
The K-clan produced sacks of gifts for the children – including footballs, a volleyball kit and other sporting goods.
‘I wish my brother was here,’ mused Khloe in a reference to troubled brother, Robert.
Kim sat on the floor to play Lego with Pink and some of the other little girls.
The bodacious reality star, who first shot to fame after releasing an amateur porn video, also got her hands dirty for some painting.
‘I love and welcome this opportunity and I’m really glad that we’re here,’ said the maquillaged 33-year-old mother of one.
The reality TV doyenne got a special hug goodbye from Pink and another girl.
Pink, who has markedly less possessions than the millionaire fashionista, gave her a bracelet for good luck.
‘She is so sweet, I like literally want to take her home with me,’ cooed Kim who then got on the phone to Kanye to discuss the options for adoption.
‘I told him, “honey, I would like literally adopt her”‘, she said.
Kim’s mother Kris Jenner was skeptical: ‘You can’t just go to an orphanage and fall in love with a child and then think that you can take them home like you’re shopping,’ she warned.
‘You get so passionate about things,’ she said.
After speaking with the holiday resort’s manager, who had arranged the trip to the orphanage, Kim learned that the Thai government ‘does not encourage’ foreigners to adopt Thai children and remove them from the country.
She appeared crestfallen at the news.
‘That’s so sad,’ she complained.