Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West are living separately and in couples counseling after six years of marriage, a source close to the family confirmed to TODAY
The two have four children together, North, 7, Saint, 5, Chicago, 2 and Psalm, 1. The source said the couple had lived apart in the past few months, with West in Wyoming and Kardashian West and the children in Calabasas, California.
The news of their separation comes after several months of public signs of separation between the two celebrities.
During the summer, West announced a failed presidential candidacy, delivered a tearful monologue at a political rally addressing issues like abortion for Harriet Tubman and said in a series of deleted tweets that his wife was trying to commit him.
“Kim was trying to fly to Wyoming with a doctor to arrest me like in the movie Get Out because I cried yesterday about saving my daughter’s life,” he I wrote at the time.
West later said on Twitter that he was trying to divorce Kardashian West after she met with rapper Meek Mill to discuss prison reform. “Meek is my man and was respectful,” he wrote in a now deleted tweet. “That’s my dog Kim was out of line.”
It is unclear what encounter West was referring to. Many of his followers interpreted his tweet as an accusation of infidelity. Meek Mill, whose legal name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, seemed to answer in a brief tweet.
After the summer incident, Kardashian West spoke about West’s behavior in a statement addressing his bipolar disorder.
“As many of you know, Kanye has bipolar disorder,” she wrote in her Instagram story. “Anyone who has this or a loved one who has it, knows how incredibly complicated and painful it is to understand.
“Those who understand mental illness or even compulsive behavior know that the family is powerless, unless the member is a minor. People who are unaware of or are very distant from this experience may be judgmental and not understand that the individual himself should be involved in the process of getting help no matter how hard family and friends try.
The two took a family vacation in the Dominican Republic in late 2020, and West also participated in Kardashian West’s much-discussed 40-year trip.
For the past few weeks, however, West has been absent from Kardashian West’s social media accounts. He did not appear in any photos from a recent trip to Lake Tahoe, nor did he attend her Christmas post.
The two were in counseling, said the source TODAY, and are “100% aligned when it comes to children”. The source said the couple is dealing with “regular relationship problems” and there is “no one else involved”.
“Kanye loves his big family. They are super close. They have been in therapy. They are working on their wedding, ”said the source.
“The divorce was discussed again and again,” said the source, but Kardashian West did not request a divorce. “They are working on it … (and) trying to work on things.”
Representatives for Kardashian West and West did not immediately respond to TODAY’s request for comment Tuesday night.
The couple dated for two years before getting married in May 2014 in Italy. She remembered a 2017 episode of “Keeping up with the Kardashians” that they met in 2003.
This is West’s first wedding and Kardashian West’s third, who has been married to basketball player Kris Humphries and music producer Damon Thomas.