Kim Kardashian West has filed for divorce from her husband, Kanye West, her publicist confirmed to CBS News 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 2014 in Italy after the birth of their first daughter, North, 7, and then had three more children: Saint, 5, Chicago, 3, and Psalm, 1. It was the third marriage for Kardashian. whose first marriage was to producer Damon Thomas and second to basketball player Kris Humphreys, and the first to West.
The news comes after a tumultuous year for the couple. West, who is 43, announced in July via Twitter which turned out to be a disorganized campaign for the presidency, a move he had been playing with for years. He was quickly criticized for accepting millions in federal stimulus funding for his apparel and sneaker company, Yeezy.
After making controversial statements at a campaign meeting in South Carolina and tweeting a series of late-night comments aimed at his wife, Kardashian came forward to his ongoing struggle with bipolar disorder
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“Anyone who has [bipolar disorder] or has a loved one in their life who 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 our homes as I am very protective of our children and Kanye’s right to privacy when it comes to his 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 final season of which will premiere next month.
Kardashian turned to advocacy during the last presidential administration. She lobbied the Trump White House on criminal justice reform and helped win the release of Alice Johnson in 2018, attend the White House last March to continue its efforts. She said she’s studying become a lawyerHer father, Robert Kardashian, was a criminal defense attorney who once represented OJ Simpson and died in 2003.
The two have not commented publicly on the split.
Lisa Bacon contributed to the reporting.