Was Kim Kardashian & Kris Humphries Marriage A Sham?

First Published: November 1, 2011 7:24 PM EDT Credit: Getty Premium Caption Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian appear on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno at NBC Studios in Burbank, Calif. on October 4, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries met just one year ago and were only married for 72 days, but was the NBA star Kims first pick to be her groom and was their relationship orchestrated? Access Hollywood sat down with The Dailys Los Angeles Bureau Chief Richard Johnson who claimed Kris was cast in the role of Kims husband and was not her first choice. This was a reality TV marriage which means that its unreal, Johnson claimed. I think they came together for the reasons of making money, making ratings and making programming and the season was over and so was the marriage. According to Johnson, Kris wasnt even Kims first choice for her leading man. She went out and looked for an NBA player to sort of star in the next season of her show, he continued. Danilo Gallinari was a very handsome Italian player for the NY Knicks, now hes on the Denver Nuggets, but she went after him first and he wasnt interested and then [Kim] settled on Kris Humphries. But was Kris aware of the plan alleged by Johnson? The big question is whether Kris Humphries actually knew what the plan was or whether he was the unwitting adult, Johnson continued. I think he figured it out eventually because supposedly he began asking for demands and supposedly he asked for a raise from E!. And lately, he hired a publicist and I think however naive and innocent going in, he was no longer naive and innocent at the end. POLL: Do You Think Kim & Kris Marriage Was True Love Or All For The Cameras? CLICK HERE to vote! Johnson speculates the couples lucrative money train stopped due to the NBA owners locking the players out while they negotiate a new contract. Once they had the NBA lockout, he was suddenly hanging around the house. He was interfering with her activities and it was never supposed to be that way, Johnson claimed. If the NBA was playing now, he would be playing the New Jersey Nets 82 scheduled games. Despite Johnsons claims, marriage counselor Stacy Kaiser who appeared on Tuesdays Access Hollywood Live does not buy into the idea that the couples relationship was orchestrated. I dont really believe thats the case, she said. First of all, there has been way too much emotion behind whats been going on between them. Theres been so much anger and sadness and resentment and its my belief that you just cant fake that. On Tuesday, E! also released a statement slamming reports that the relationship was manufactured. Any insinuation that E! and producers orchestrated Kims wedding is completely false, E! said in a statement to Access. The Kardashians have authentically lived their lives on camera for a long time and Kims wedding is one of the many real-life events that the family has shared with viewers, from Masons birth to coping with their fathers death to Khloe and Lamars wedding. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.