Made for one another! Kim Kardashian and Kanye West might not have began relationship till 2012, however the couple have a wealthy historical past.
“I met him I believe in 2002 or 2003,” Kardashian instructed Ryan Seacrest throughout Keeping Up With the Kardashians tenth anniversary particular, which aired in 2017. “He was recording a track with Brandy, and I used to be her pal. I vividly keep in mind hanging out with him, after which they did a video collectively, so I’d see him a number of instances. He was asking his buddies: ‘Who is that this Kim Kardajan?’ He didn’t know what my title was.”
Whereas each Kardashian and West dated completely different individuals all through the ‘00s, they remained buddies and even appeared onscreen collectively for the primary time in 2008. The KKW Magnificence creator shared throwback pics in 2015 from a pilot they filmed called Alligator Boots.
“In honor of Star Wars: The Pressure Awakens being launched at the moment, I needed to share these previous pics of Kanye and me from years in the past!” Kardashian wrote on the time. “We labored collectively on a pilot for a present referred to as Alligator Boots again in 2008 and I performed Princess Leia. We had met earlier than this challenge (again in 2003), however I might say that is once we first actually related.”
Three years later, Kardashian married Kris Humphries in August 2011. After solely 72 days of marriage, nevertheless, the truth TV persona introduced she and the NBA professional have been calling it quits.
Kardashian later revealed that her divorce from Humphries helped her uncover her emotions for West.
“Proper earlier than I received married to Kris Humphries, [Kanye and I] have been speaking, and I simply went a unique route,” she recalled on the aforementioned KUWTK anniversary particular. “I believe I needed to undergo that to determine what I needed. After my breakup, I used to be feeling actually low and down and he stated, ‘Simply come to Paris and see my trend present.’ He jokes that he placed on this complete trend present simply to get a date with me. So I went there and I stayed with him, and that’s the place we began relationship. I swear from the second I landed, I fell head over heels in love with him and I assumed, ‘Oh, my God, why didn’t I do that sooner?’ Like, that is what actual life is like — love and enjoyable and actual assist.”
After going through a difficult 12 months of their relationship in 2020, Us confirmed in January 2021 that Kardashian is “done” with their marriage and that the longtime pair had “been residing separate lives for a lot of months now.” A second supply revealed that they “had a big fight” in December 2020 that triggered the truth star to turn into “actually upset” after the rapper “blew up” at her.
Kardashian secured high-powered attorney Laura Wasser to assist in her divorce settlement earlier than formally submitting, a 3rd insider instructed Us. Wasser “has been on retainer and actively working for Kim since final summer season,” the supply stated.
The supply added that Kardashian “wants the divorce settlement finalized” before she files against West.
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