Kim Kardashian hasn’t gotten a lot of attention lately. Her relationship is stable. Paris Hilton hasn’t been causing drama. Her sisters are getting their own reality show. There was that little debacle about her supposedly being plus-sized, but that’s about it. Really, people haven’t been saying much about Kim. So she decided to dye her hair – or at least that’s what she told us. And given the terrible things a lot of celebs do for attention, I consider Kim changing her hair to be about the smartest, most even-headed thing she could do. But it turns out it was all just a ruse – and a wig.

First, she upset her full-figured fans by declaring that she is a “size 2, not 2XL” after an article appeared in Us magazine that she argued made it seem like she was endorsing a plus size line for Forever 21.

Then, she fell asleep in her sunglasses and got some seriously scary tan lines while vacationing in Mexico. And yesterday, she walked around New York all weekend debuting a newer, lighter look. The star, 28, famous for her long black locks, seemed to have gone blonde!

Tweeting about the change on her Twitter page, she said “Hey everyone, I have a drastic new look.” She then posted photos of herself proclaiming that she loved her “new blonde hair.” Fan reaction was mixed at best, with some fans even angry at the drastic change.

But fear not, Kardashian admitted that the look was simply a wig. “It’s a wig! Did I have you fooled?,” she asked her fans on her blog, admitting the piece was a leftover from a photo shoot.

[From Fox]

Honestly I think Kim’s normal hair looks much better. That lighter, blondish look just doesn’t work with her coloring. I tend to think most people look best with some shade of their natural color. I used to live on the west coast where it seemed like all women dyed their hair blonde. It was so dull: everyone looked the same. I appreciate living in the east where that’s not nearly as common; and I think most of the women here look better because their coloring is more natural and they’re not all trying to fit one narrow idea of what a woman “should” look like.

That said, Kim pulled the look off as well as anyone could. It’s a lighter, softer look for her. I just really admire her exotic, dark coloring – it’s so dramatic. And she doesn’t look like every other woman in Hollywood, which I really like. I’m sort of glad it was just a wig – and hopefully won’t become a permanent change.

Here’s Kim out and about in New York City yesterday. Image thanks to WENN.com and BauerGriffinOnline.