Kim Kardashian once ‘scammed’ paps with fake Britney Spears visit in attempt to become famous

Kim Kardashian admitted she once used her longtime pal Britney Spears in a thirsty effort to become famous around the early 2000s.

The SKIMS founder recalled during a recent appearance on “Khloé in Wonder Land” eating dinner in New York City with her pal Jonathan Cheban when the latter learned that Spears was staying at a nearby hotel.

“[Fame] is all I wanted,” she said. “I lived for it.”

Kardashian, now 45, explained how one person they were dining with was driving a Phantom Rolls-Royce when she and Cheban, now 51, “could hardly even get a cab.”

“So we’re like, ‘Oh, can we get a ride to our hotel?’” she continued, adding that the man agreed.

Strategically, Cheban suggested he and the reality star sit in the backseat to appear as if they were being escorted around by a driver.

Kardashian recalled arriving at the hotel and seeing “paparazzi everywhere waiting for Britney.”

“They come out, and they’re like, ‘Kim, Kim, are you here to visit Britney?’ And Jonathan’s like, ‘Keep your head down and just shut up,’” she said.

“So we go inside, we go into a phone booth because we’re like, ‘We don’t know anyone at this hotel. We don’t even know if there is a hotel bar for us to walk in.’”

The “Kardashians” star shared how she and Cheban stayed in the phone booth for about 20 minutes before deciding it was time to go.

She recalled sending paparazzi into a frenzy as she left, with them asking, “Kim, how was Britney?”

“We … took a cab, I think from that point, because this Rolls Royce person dropped us off, but [the paps] weren’t going to take pictures of us getting in, so we totally scammed the system.”

“And it was on every cover, and we thought we were killing it,” Kardashian added.

Spears, now 44, and Kardashian first met in the early 2000s, when they were linked through their mutual friend Paris Hilton.

The duo has seemingly maintained their friendship, and came together for a cozy sleepover last November.