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Ego Out Of Control? Kris Jenner Thrilled About Being Played By Selma Blair In Upcoming TV Show On O.J. Simpson Trial — 10 Photos Reveal Why It's 'All She Can Talk About'

Selma Blair Playing Kris Jenner

May 13 2015, Published 6:08 p.m. ET

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Keeping up with the Kardashians momager Kris Jenner is getting the A-list treatment! It was just revealed that she will be played by award-winning actress Selma Blair for the highly-anticipated upcoming FX crime anthology series called American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson and a source close to the 59-year-old momager tells RadarOnline.com exclusively, "She cannot shut up about it!" Click through these 10 photos to learn how Jenner's ego is about to get even larger!

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Selma Blair Playing Kris Jenner
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Jenner took to her social media, of course, to share the news that actress Blair would be playing her in the upcoming made-for-TV series. Not realizing that Blair, 42, is already quite popular, Jenner asked her fans to follow her in the caption, which read, "Met the gorgeous Selma Blair last night who is going to play me in the television series American Crime Story/The People vs O. J. Simpson ...I think she's a great choice. Follow her @therealselmablair she's amazing....#love #remembernicole."

Children’s Justice Campaign Event

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Lips don't lie! Blair can definitely keep up with the Kardashian's trout pouts as they posed together at the Children's Justice Campaign Event on May 12, a benefit to support friend Kelly Rutherford's bid to regain full custody of her children.

Children’s Justice Campaign Event

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Although Jenner's BFF and longtime confidant Lisa Rinna was reportedly going to play the role of the matriarch, Blair won out against some other fierce competitors for the coveted spot.

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Children’s Justice Campaign Event

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According to a source close to the KUWTK 59-year-old momager, "It is all that Kris has been talking about for weeks now."

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Children’s Justice Campaign Event

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"She just loves that a movie is being made about her and is going to look at this as yet another way to profit off of the deal," the insider tells Radar.

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O.J. Simpson (C) confers with attorneys Johnnie Co

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The series, which also stars John Travolta as Robert Shapiro, Cuba Gooding Jr. as O.J. Simpson, and David Schwimmer as the late Robert Kardashian, Sr., is titled American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson.

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Murder defendant O.J. Simpson (R) listens to testi

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Schwimmer, 48, told the Associated Press, "I was lucky enough to speak to Jenner for a few hours who was very generous with her time. I thought, 'Who better to tell me who Robert was as a husband and a father than her?' And it's been a very exciting process so far."

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This 03 May, 1995 file photo shows murder defendan

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The FX series is going to reenact the trial of the century following the murder of Jenner's close friend Nicole Brown Simpson, who was the ex-wife of football star Simpson that was killed at her Brentwood, Calif. home along with her date that evening, Ronald Goldman.

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O.J. Simpson Seeks Retrial In Las Vegas Court – Day 5

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"Kris will not stop bragging to every single person she knows that Selma Blair is playing the part of her," says the source.

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The insider adds, "As If Kris Jenner needed another reason for her to think she is more famous than she actually is!"

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