Kim Kardashian and Kanye West might not have began courting till 2012, however the pair have a wealthy historical past.
“I met him I feel in 2002 or 2003,” Kardashian instructed Ryan Seacrest throughout Holding Up With the Kardashians 10th anniversary particular, which aired in 2017. “He was recording a music with Brandy, and I used to be her good friend. I vividly keep in mind hanging out with him, after which they did a video collectively, so I’d see him a couple 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 totally 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 referred to as Alligator Boots.
“In honor of Star Wars: The Pressure Awakens being launched as we speak, I needed to share these outdated pics of Kanye and me from years in the past!”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 undertaking (again in 2003), however I’d say that is after we first actually linked.”
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 had been calling it quits.
Kardashian later revealed that her divorce from Humphries helped her uncover her emotions for West.
“Proper earlier than I bought married to Kris Humphries, [Kanye and I] had been speaking, and I simply went a distinct course,” she recalled on the aforementioned KUWTK anniversary particular. “I feel I needed to undergo that to determine what I needed. After my breakup, I used to be feeling actually low and down and he mentioned, ‘Simply come to Paris and see my style present.’ He jokes that he placed on this entire style present simply to get a date with me. So I went there and I stayed with him, and that’s the place we began courting. I swear from the second I landed, I fell head over heels in love with him and I believed, ‘Oh, my God, why didn’t I do that sooner?’ Like, that is what actual life is like — love and enjoyable and actual help.”
After dealing with a difficult yr of their relationship in 2020, Us confirmed in January 2021 that Kardashian is “completed” 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 giant battle” in December 2020 that prompted the truth star to grow to be “actually upset” after the rapper “blew up” at her.
Kardashian secured high-powered legal professional 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 time,” the supply mentioned.
The supply added that Kardashian “needs the divorce settlement finalized” earlier than she information in opposition to West. One month later, Us confirmed that Kardashian filed for divorce after practically seven years of marriage.
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