Kanye: This is my divorce
KANYE West wants to be No. 1 — even in his divorce with Kim Kardashian.
Sources tell us that the hip-hop star is “annoyed” at reports that say Kardashian filed first in their split — even though that’s exactly what she did — and therefore the public assumes she’s divorcing him.
We’re told West — who just responded to divorce papers filed by Kardashian two months ago — is “super annoyed that the story is being constantly presented as her divorcing him,” said a source, who notes the Kardashian family’s “huge spin machine” is always at work.
“Actually it was him saying for a year that they have nothing in common except the kids and he wanted out,” insisted the insider.
In June 2020, West whined in an epic, sincedeleted Twitter tirade, “I been trying to get divorced since Kim met with [rapper Meek Mill] at the Warldolf [sic] for ‘prison reform.’ ” But Kardashian continued to “pull all the stops to try to save the marriage,” the source said.
They added that West let Kardashian “file first in order to give her dignity.”
A source previously told Page Six the couple has ceased talking to each other. “Even before Kim filed for divorce, Kanye changed his numbers and said, ‘You can contact me through my security,’ ” the source told us.
Page Six exclusively reported in January that the divorce was “imminent” for the couple. Kardashian then filed in February.
West’s bizarre 2020 presidential run was reportedly “the last straw” for Kim, though sources told Page Six that West has “been sick of being involved with [the] Kardashians for a long while. Especially her mother, who looms large in all big decisions [Kim] makes.”
Meanwhile, another source said, “This isn’t about one thing. There are things that have accumulated over time and created distance between them.”
Page Six also just reported that West is already thinking about moving on to his next power coupling. A source told us that he wants to next be in a relationship with “an artist” who is a “creative person” so they “can speak the same language together.”