QUEEN BEE
If you’ve just barely recovered from the enduring drama queen Paula Abdul on “Hey, Paula” and icy narcissist of Victoria Beckham on “Coming To America,” you may want to call your primary care physician or spiritual advisor to get through the rest of the summer: Kimora Lee Simmons has her own reality show.
On “Kimora: Life In The Fab Lane,” which premieres Sunday night at 8 p.m. on the Style Network, the former model comes and Baby Phat business mogulette puts a cherry on the top of wretched excess.
See the jewels. See the cars. See the mansion in Saddle River, New Jersey. And watch Simmons browbeating her numbed staff with her “It’s All About Me” personality.
During the first episode, she tells her VP of branding, “I’m having a really bad day. I’m trying to diet. I can’t find the proper pill. The granola’s not cutting it. I’m hungry. I don’t know what to eat. I’m irritated. I’d be much happier fat. I feel very Anna Nicole Smith right now, rest in peace her beautiful soul. She likes pink like I like pink. But I’m just not having a good day. I’m hot, probably because I don’t eat. I had my period last week. I’m just a little flustered, okay?”
This confessional comes from a 32-year-old mother of two who runs a multi-million-dollar clothing and accessories empire. Given Simmons’ proven ability to get flustered at the drop of a hat pin
(she launches into a tirade when the housekeeping staff moved her teddy bear from the master bedroom fireplace mantel to an armchair), you have to wonder how she negotiates her way out of bed.
Simmons has been famous since the age of 14, when she was handpicked by Karl Lagerfeld to model for Chanel. Her exotic, biracial looks (her mother is Japanese/Korean and her father is black), as well as her six-foot frame made her a stand-out in any crowd. Her 1998 marriage to hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, who fathered her two children (the two are now separated), only added to the intrigue.
But if this is fabulous, you may feel a lot better about ordinary.

