Kanye West is having an ‘especially tough’ time with ‘dream girl’ Kim Kardashian
Kanye West is having an ‘especially tough’ time with Kim Kardashian‘s decision to solidify their divorce on Friday.
The 43-year-old rapper has reportedly been incredibly ‘distant’ and ‘unresponsive’ amid the end of his marriage with the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star.
A source told Us Weekly that although he ‘knew it was coming,’ the reality of the situation has been weighing heavy on him as Kim has always been his ‘dream girl.’
Tough time: Kanye West is reportedly taking Kim Kardashian divorce ‘especially tough’ and is being ‘distant’ and ‘unresponsive’ following her decision to file on Friday
Trying to keep himself busy the Runaway singer has been ‘trying to throw himself into work the past few weeks,’ as a distraction.
‘Kim was always Kanye’s dream girl — even before they got together — so the thought of her not being his wife anymore is a lot to take in,’ and ultimately he is not sure ‘whether it’s the best decision for their family or not,’ the source said.
Though they only officially became a couple in 2012, Kanye had been outspoken of his admiration for the reality beauty.
The rapper said in a 2013 Hot 97 radio interview, ‘I loved her from the first day I saw her.’
He continued, ‘Our love story’s a love story for the ages. I felt like when we first got together, it was like a Romeo and Juliet kind of thing, where it’s like, she’s a reality star and I’m a rapper.’
Love at first sight: West said in 2013 that he ‘loved her from the first day [he] saw her,’ when she was working as Hilton’s stylist in the mid-2000s; pictured 2007
Eyes for her: ”There’s times when I wasn’t with [Kim], I wanted to be with her so bad I thought about taking up sports,’ he told Kris Jenner in 2013; pictured 2012
In an interview with Kris Jenner in 2013 (during the time she had a talk show) he told his soon-to-be mother-in-law, ‘There’s times when I wasn’t with [Kim], I wanted to be with her so bad I thought about taking up sports.’
Kanye was referring to all of Kim’s past boyfriends being athletes.
The pair began dating and she got pregnant with North. Four months after she was born he pulled out all the stops for an epic proposal slipping a 13-carat diamond ring on her finger.
They continued to get married in 2014 and started their life officially as ‘Kim-Ye,’ coming as close to royalty as America could get. Four years after marrying things began to go downhill, however.
Though it was only reported within the past few months that the two had been living separate lives on account of a ‘downright toxic’ environment at home, reportedly Kim had been past the point of no return for nearly three years.
Lost love: The pair who enjoyed a whirlwind romance and seemed to be destined for each other started to have problems nearly four years after marrying; pictured 2019
Going south: His 2018 statements about ‘slavery’ being a ‘choice’ to TMZ reportedly sent Kim over the edge and things began to deteriorate from there; pictured 2019
A source told Us Weekly, the ‘turning point’ in the marriage was when he said back in 2018 that ‘slavery was a choice’ to TMZ.
The statement caused a nearly…
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