Kim Kardashian said she never meant to hurt anyone by ending her marriage after just 72 days.
The 31-year-old reality star posted a message to her fans on her website, one day after filing for divorce from Kris Humphries, whom she married in a lavish ceremony that aired as a two-hour TV special on E!
Kim said that while she "married for love" and "would not have spent so much time on something just for a TV show", she admits that she "got caught up with the hoopla and the filming of the TV show".
"When I probably should have ended my relationship, I didn't know how to and I didn't want to disappoint a lot of people," she wrote.
Kim says she takes "full responsibility for my actions and decisions", adding "it just didn't turn out to be the fairy tale I had so badly hoped for".
"I want a family and babies and a real life so badly that maybe I rushed into something too soon," she says.
Kim and Kris dated for nine months before marrying in August.
She goes on to say reports she made millions of dollars off the wedding "are simply not true and it makes me so sad to have to even clarify this".
Twitter and Facebook were filled with anti-Kardashian sentiments on Tuesday, including some photos that were reposted thousands of times.
In her post, Kim says she plans to "donate the money for all the gifts to the Dream Foundation". She does not mention Kris, who last played for the NBA's New Jersey Nets, in the 370-word message.
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