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Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has cleared up reports suggesting she recently compared her struggles with life in the spotlight to that of a cancer patient, insisting her comments have been "misconstrued". In an interview published this week (begs10Sep12) in Britain's The Guardian newspaper, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians beauty revealed she had reached out to an 18-year-old fan battling the disease and chatted to her on the phone. Kardashian bonded with the sick teen after the youngster admitted she admired the way the star had been handling her divorce from basketball player Kris Humphries under the glare of the media spotlight, while the girl revealed her cancer struggle had shown her which of her friends she could really count on. Kardashian told the publication, "I spoke to a girl today who had cancer and we were talking about how this is such a hard thing for her, but it taught her a big lesson on who her friends are and so much about life. She's 18. And I was like, 'That's how I feel'." The quote prompted backlash from critics who accused the 31 year old of comparing her pampered life in her Los Angeles mansion to that of a cancer sufferer's - but Kardashian has now clarified her remarks. In a new post on her blog, she writes, "I want to clear something up for you all, because it seems that something I said has been taken way out of context, as is often the case with quotes pulled from interviews. "In a recent magazine interview, I told of how (sic) I had called a female fan who was battling cancer, and she told me how she had watched the show and seen how I had faced my own struggles, and had been inspired by how I had found the courage to change a situation that was making me unhappy. "She told me how her life had completely changed when she was diagnosed, and a lot of friends had deserted her, which is something I said I could relate to. "In no way was I comparing my own experiences to that of a cancer patient. I was merely talking about how there are times in your life, and everyone goes through them, when you find out who loves you enough to stand by you through thick and thin. "Many of you know that my father passed away from cancer, and my grandma is a cancer survivor. This is a disease that has brought so much pain and heartache to our family and I would never want to offend or upset anyone who was battling cancer, or whose family members were battling or had passed away from cancer. "What I said in the interview was misconstrued and I wanted to explain to you all what the context was around my phone call with this girl."