TV Article Bette Midler responds to Kim Kardashian By Christopher Rosen Christopher Rosen Christopher Rosen is the former executive editor at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2018. EW's editorial guidelines Published on March 8, 2016 06:01PM EST Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images In the continuing adventures of What A Time To Be Alive, Bette Midler has responded to Kim Kardashian, who had earlier dinged the actress and singer for trying to be a “fake friend.” “I never tried to fake friend you,” Midler wrote. “Looks like anyone can take a selfie but not everyone can take a joke…” On Monday, Midler mocked Kardashian after the reality star posted a naked selfie to her social media accounts. “Kim Kardashian tweeted a nude selfie today. If Kim wants us to see a part of her we’ve never seen, she’s gonna have to swallow the camera,” Midler wrote. In response, Kardashian asked Midler over Twitter to “send nudes,” before adding the hashtag #justkidding. She also accused Midler of trying to be a “fake friend.” Kardashian’s selfie was a hot-button issue on Twitter, drawing comments from Piers Morgan and Chloë Grace Moretz in addition to Midler. Kardashian hit back at each of them through her Twitter account.