Kim Kardashian on Ignoring Warnings About Marriage

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Kim Kardashian stopped by the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday, explaining why she went through with her short-lived marriage despite warnings from her family.

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"I'm a person where if I'm in love, you can't tell me anything," says Kim, who was married to NBA player Kris Humphries for 72 days last year. "I did what I believed in doing, and sometimes you don't want to hear what your family has to say."

Kim also explained to Jay how she decided to leave her marriage, "I'm a girl that really believes in love... I'm in love with love. And I thought this was it for me, but when I realized it wasn't... I've always tried to be really respectful to everyone involved… I wanted to be fair to me, but I also wanted to be fair to someone else… I want that 'forever' and I believed in love, I still do, but I felt like, to be fair to everyone, I just knew I had to end it. And I'm okay with that decision."

The reality star wore a white jade bracelet from Elizabeth Taylor, who also had famous marital issues, having married eight times. Her first marriage lasted nine months.

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Kim seems intent on seeing the silver lining, saying, "I wouldn't have been who I am today hadn't I gone through that."

Tonight Show airs weekdays on NBC.