The marriage of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West of almost seven years may be coming to an end sooner than expected.
The reality show star and rapper, who married in May 2014, “completely” stopped going to marriage counseling, a source close to the couple told People magazine on Tuesday.
“[Kanye] is talking to divorce lawyers this week, “the source told the newspaper.
Another source previously told the channel that the stars were in marital therapy in hopes of saving their relationship.
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Representatives for Kardashian, 40, and West, 43, did not respond to Fox News’s multiple requests for comment.
The Grammy-winning artist, who has been noticeably silent about rumors of divorce, was the last active on social media during the 2020 presidential election. Instagram.
Kardashian remained in Los Angeles with the couple’s four children, while West reportedly prefers to live on his Wyoming ranch, Page Six previously reported.
A source told the channel earlier this month that “divorce is imminent” for the two.
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“They are keeping a low profile, but they are ready,” said the source at the time. “Kim has hired Laura Wasser and they are in negotiations.”
Wasser is a well-known divorce lawyer in Hollywood and frequently oversees starred divorces.
The problem in paradise between the two was first reported during the summer, when West announced his candidacy for the presidency in the 2020 election.
During what Kardashian later suggested was an episode caused by his bipolar disorder, West raised the possibility of divorcing his wife at a campaign event while claiming they were considering aborting their first child.
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“Even though my wife wants to divorce me after that speech, she brought North into the world even when I didn’t want to,” said West to a crowd while crying, according to People magazine.
In a deleted tweet, rapper “Power” also said he was “trying” to divorce Kardashian since she attended a prison reform event with Meek Mill in 2018.
In the same speech, he also shadowed Kardashian’s Playboy past disclosure and stated that the mother of reality show star Kris Jenner was no longer allowed to see her children.
He later apologized for Twitter’s rant, but the ordeal allegedly left Kardashian “furious”.
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In July, it was reported that the couple had been considering divorce for weeks and that Kardashian and his famous family were “protecting” their children from their father’s public outbursts. Later that month, the stars were seen having an emotional conversation in Wyoming.
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Things seemed to have improved between the two, as Kardashian showed support for her husband at one of his Sunday worship events in August and was also seen laughing with West in a family video the same month.
In the past month, however, it appears that things may have gotten worse, as reports emerged that the two led “separate lives” and were spending “a lot of time apart”.
Kim Kardashian would have been ‘furious’ over her husband’s public crisis last year.
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The wedding is West’s first and Kardashian’s third. She was married to Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2004 and to basketball professional Kris Humphries from 2011 to 2013, although she filed for divorce after just 72 days of marriage.
Kardashian and West share four children: North, 7, Saint, 5, Chicago, 3 and Salmo, 1.
Fox News’ Nate Day contributed to this report