Kim Kardashian West has filed for divorce from her husband, Kanye West, her publicist confirmed on CBS News on Friday. It has long been rumored that the reality star and Grammy-winning hip-hop artist would end their six-year marriage.
The two were married in a 2014 ceremony in Italy after the birth of their first daughter, North, 7, and had three more children: Saint, 5, Chicago, 3, and Psalm 1. It was Kardashian ‘s third marriage, the first marriage to producer Damon Thomas and the second to basketball player Kris Humphreys, and the first to West.
The news comes after a tumultuous year for the couple. West, 43, announced via July via Twitter which turned out to be a disorganized campaign for the presidency, a movement he had been playing with for years. He quickly criticized the acceptance of millions of federal incentives for his sportswear and sneakers business, Yeezy.
After making controversial statements at a South Carolina campaign rally and tweeting a series of comments at night to his wife, Kardashian showed up to discuss her ongoing struggles with bipolar disorder.
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“Anyone who has [bipolar disorder] or he has a loved one in his life who knows it, he knows how complicated and painful it is to understand, “Kardashian wrote on Instagram at the time.” I have never spoken publicly about how this has affected us at home because I am very protective of our children and Kanye’s right to privacy when it comes to their health. “
In September, 40-year-old Kardashian and her family announced the end of their long-running reality show, “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” the last season of which will premiere next month.
Kardashian turned to defense during the last presidential administration. He pressured Trump ‘s White House on criminal justice reform and helped win the release by Alice Johnson in 2018, visitor the White House last March to continue its efforts. She has said she studies become a lawyer. His father, Robert Kardashian, was a criminal defense attorney who represented OJ Simpson and died in 2003.
The two have not made any public comment on the split.
Lisa Bacon contributed to the reports.