"My close personal friend, Kim Kardashian," Coughlan joked. "We have been messaging and she's been asking about the show and what's been happening and she's so nice."
She added: "She has a 'Bridgerton' WhatsApp group. She's seen it six times or something. Lady Kardashian of Calabasas."
"As the world's number one @bridgerton Stan does @KimKardashian know that the Kardashians were a massive inspiration for the Featheringtons and we talked about them all the time during our fittings?" Coughlan wrote on Twitter in April.
Kardashian West quote-tweeted Coughlan, writing that she was "freaking out" about finding out that she was an inspiration behind the Featheringtons after someone sent Coughlan's tweet to the reality star's "Bridgerton" group chat.
Coughlan also told Elle in April that Penelope is a lot like Kardashian West and that the Irish actress has "always been a big fan of Kim."
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"There was one very ambitious mum and her three daughters, who were all very different," Coughlan said about the similarities between the Featheringtons and Kardashians. "I would like to think Penelope is the Kim, I'm just going to claim that she is."
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