What’s next for Kim and Kanye?
They appeared to be a match made in celebrity heaven when they tied the knot six years ago, but divorce rumours around Kim Kardashian and Kanye West reached fever pitch last week.
While there had been speculation for months that a split could be imminent, things ramped up after US insiders recently revealed that Kim had reportedly taken the step of hiring celebrity divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, and Kim and Kanye are reportedly already living apart. As Closer went to press, there had been no confirmation of the split – with Kim even sporting her wedding ring while out in LA the day after news broke. But a split announcement would confirm months of rumours that there had been trouble in paradise for Kim, 40, and Kanye, 43, who have four children together: North, seven, Saint, five, Chicago, two, and Psalm, one.
Rumours of a rift between the pair began circulating as early as 2016, but reached a head last year after Kanye’s failed presidential campaign appeared to spur on a litany of bizarre and deeply personal rants.
During a rally in South Carolina last July, rap star
Kanye – who suffers with bipolar disorder – revealed the couple had considered aborting their eldest daughter, North, as well as accusing Kim of cheating on him with rapper Meek Mill, which he denied.
While Kanye – who also referred to momager Kris Jenner as “Kris Jong-Un” in a dig comparing her to the North Korean dictator – later retracted the comments, Kim was reportedly left “devastated”. However, she later released a sympathetic and supportive statement, calling him a “brilliant but complicated person”. But six months on, reports claim that Kim – who hasn’t posted a picture with Kanye since November – is gearing up for a £1.6bn divorce, with Kris reportedly encouraging her to separate from Kanye, and is hoping to have full custody of the couple’s children.
Here, Kim’s pal Perez Hilton, as well as PR expert Nick Ede, weigh in on what they think caused tension in her marriage to Kanye and, should they split, what’s to come for the pair.