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Why Kim Kardashian Warned Kanye West About “Burning Bridges” in Unearthed Phone Call
Kim Kardashian is sharing her side.
Three years after her divorce from Kanye “Ye” West was finalized, TheKardashians star detailed how the former couple has gone about co-parenting their kids North West, 12, Saint West, 9, Chicago West, 7, and Psalm West, 6.
“I raise the kids full time,” she explained to Alex Cooper during an Oct. 15 episode of Call Her Daddy. “They live with me and I welcome a great healthy relationship with my kids and their dad. He knows that. I push for it all the time, but I also protect them when it’s time for that and it goes in waves and phases. It’s a lot of work.”
And while Kim maintained that she will allow their four kids to see the “Runaway” rapper “whenever he’ll call,” she admitted that it’s been a while since they’ve seen him.
“It’s probably been a couple months since we’ve heard from him,” she added. “They always knew that he had a big life traveling before and he was on tour and all of that and that he lives in different countries all the time and loves to live all over the place. So we manage it really well.”
And the SKIMS founder emphasized that she is never the person to stand between her kids spending time with her ex—despite what he has previously shared online.
“I think that the one thing that just gets me is there’s this narrative that I like to keep the kids away from him,” she noted. “I’ve never once done that. There’s been so many times where I’m just like, ‘Ah I want to show all these texts, what are you talking about?’ I beg them to go hang out or things like that.”
“I think it’s all good and we’re living our life,” she detailed, “and then I wake up and there’s all these tweets about how I’ve kidnapped the kids and I’m like, ‘It’s not a kidnapping. It’s divorce.’”
As Kim noted, “Every time he has asked, I will always let them see their father. That’s just who I am.”
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Kim hedged that one moment she may step in is if Kanye appears to be in a mental health crisis, though she clarified, “When he is like that, he doesn’t want to see the kids a lot. So it’s always worked out."
E! News has reached out to Kanye’s reps for comment and has not heard back.
Ultimately, though, Kim admitted she is just trying to do what is best for their kids.
“They love their lives and their routine and schedule,” she continued. “My job as their mom is just to make sure they stick to their routine and that they’re healthy and happy.”
Although her co-parenting dynamic with Kanye is not ideal at the moment, the 44-year-old is optimistic that it will get better in the future.
“My mom would always say, ‘You’ve got to give it five years of being divorced before it all really comes together and everyone can coexist and be friends,’” she reflected. “I just welcome healthy relationships but it’s not easy.”
For a deeper look into what Kim has said about motherhood, keep reading…
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Kim Kardashian on How Mom Kris Jenner Shaped Her Own Parenting Journey:
"Motherhood is a gift and I know after watching my mom do it, it's not easy, especially when trying to balance a career," she wrote in a 2013 blog post. "I'm honored to follow in her footsteps and make her proud like I am of her."
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Kim Kardashian on Talking to Her Kids About Kanye West Divorce:
"Ultimately, what matters is that kids feel loved and heard," Kim—who filed for divorce from the rapper in 2021—told GQ in a November 2023 interview. "You want to be sensitive because they're just kids, and it's hard to go through no matter what age."
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Kim Kardashian on Why Daughter North Prefers to Live With Kanye West:
"She'll be like, 'Dad is the best,'" she shared on a November 2023 episode of The Kardashians. "'He has it all figured out. He doesn't have a nanny, he doesn't have a chef, he doesn't have security. He lives in an apartment.' And she'll start crying, 'Why don't you have an apartment? I can't believe we don't have an apartment.'"
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Kim Kardashian on North West:
In a November 2023 episode of The Kardashians, Kim joked her sister Kourtney Kardashian "always says that North is my lesson on this planet."
"I'm supposed to learn even more about patience—she teaches me patience," she quipped of her oldest daughter. "She has taught me a lot about life."
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Kim Kardashian on What Worries Her:
"I worry about giving my kids too much," she wrote in a Wealthsimple essay published in July 2018. "We don't do gifts. They have to really earn it. But we talk about it all the time, about not getting too much and just trying to be as grounded and well-rounded as possible."
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Kim Kardashian on What Really Matters:
"Being a mom just not makes you give a f--k about anything else but what's immediately going on inside in your home," she said during a Calvin Klein ad campaign photo shoot in 2018. "Sll the other stuff kind of fades away."
The SKIMS mogul added, "Nothing matters but your family, so I think it really helps you center and get grounded."
Kim Kardashian on How Motherhood Changed Everything:
"It completely changed my life. You have a different set of proprieties," Kim once said in a Mobio Insider Q&A. "Nothing matters except your brand new family."
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Kim Kardashian on What Motherhood Taught Her:
"I have such unconditional love for my kids," Kim shared in a 2017 blog post. "No matter what, I will always love them and support them in anything they choose to do in life."
Being a mom also shined new light on her own upbringing.
"My family was so close growing up; now that I'm a mom, I understand the bond my mom and dad felt with us," she added. "There can be ups and downs with kids but no matter what, I always learn so much from them. Being a mom is the most important job I have."
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Kim Kardashian on Sharing Family Moments on Social Media:
"I try to share my life. I definitely love doing that, but I think I'm a little bit more cautious these days about what I do share," she explained on The View after her Paris robbery. "I've learned through experience that things in real time I might change up a little bit. I might take a photo, save it, post it when I leave the place or when I'm in a different location because I don't think that worked out for me so well when I was posting every last detail."
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Kim Kardashian on a Challenging Part About Motherhood:
"I took a hiatus after I had the baby, and found it challenging to start working again because I didn't want to spend any time away," she revealed to E! News after the birth of North West. "But you adjust and prioritize, and just figure it out!"
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Kim Kardashian on Telling Her Kids About Her Surrogate:
"I have to figure that out first before they really see and then if we're celebrating, you know, her, I just want to celebrate the baby," Kim shared on The Real in 2017. "I think I have to explain it to my kids first and figure out how I'm going to explain it to them."
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Kim Kardashian on Her Surrogate:
"I'm like really thankful," she shared in a 2017 episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. "I'm seriously so grateful for her and that someone is just so like selfless and kind to do this."
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Kim Kardashian on Breastfeeding in Public:
"I know some people find breastfeeding such a private, personal experience, while other people are very open and even breastfeed in public," she wrote on her app in January 2015. "Now that I'm a mom, I say whatever makes you comfortable goes."
Kim Kardashian's Thoughts on North West Becoming a Big Sister:
"We talk about baby brother all the time," the reality star told E! News in 2015. "She's so sweet and yesterday she said, ‘Mommy, can I give baby brother a kiss on your tummy?' and she kissed my stomach. "
Calling her daughter "super sweet," Kim admitted at the time that North does have "a hard time when I hold other babies but she's been getting a little bit better."
She added, "I'm hoping that with her brother it's a whole new experience."
Kim Kardashian on Being Pregnant Again:
"I don't take it for granted," Kim said in a 2015 episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. "The fact that this is a miracle that's happened and I'm just so blessed to be pregnant again."
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Kim Kardashian on Her Pregnancy Attitude:
Then expecting her second baby, Kim wrote on Twitter June 2015, "Pregnant KiKi does not play!!!! *BLOOP!*"
Kim Kardashian's Thoughts on Kanye West Being a Dad:
"Precious moments like this when we were traveling on tour with you are what I live for," Kim wrote in a June 2015 instagram post. "You're such a good daddy to North & you will be the best daddy to our new son too!"
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Kim Kardashian on Pregnancy Rumors:
"I secretly loved the rumors I was faking my pregnancy bc I was so skinny!" Kim tweeted in July 2015, while she was pregnant with her son Saint. "LOL Well can't hide it now! 5 month (20weeks) and 20lbs up."
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Kim Kardashian's Thoughts on Pregnancy Complications:
"You know it was really hard for me to get pregnant so I do feel really blessed that I am pregnant," she told E! News in November 2015, "and at the end of the day it is a million times worth it."
Kim Kardashian Shuts Down the Haters:
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star fired back at trolls who claimed that she was faking her pregnancy, posting a nude selfie with the caption, "First they said I'm too skinny so I have to be faking it...Now they say I'm too big so I have to be faking it...SMH!"
"Everyone's body is different, every pregnancy is very different!" she continued in an August 2015 Instagram post. "I've learned to love my body at every stage!"
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Kim Kardashian's Thoughts on a Push Present:
"This pregnancy, I would love a Lorraine Schwartz diamond choker, like the ones I've worn before to the Art + Film Gala," she quipped on her app in November 2015. "Too much? LOL!"
Kim Kardashian Reveals Her Biggest Acheivement:
"Having my daughter is my biggest achievement. All the things you used to do, you just don't care about anymore. Your child becomes the #1 priority." -Kim Kardashian, Twitter, February 2015.
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Kim Kardashian Reveals Her Biggest Acheivement:
"Having my daughter is my biggest achievement," Kim tweeted in February 2015, before she welcomed her young daughter Chicago and sons Saint and Psalm. "All the things you used to do, you just don't care about anymore. Your child becomes the #1 priority."
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Kim Kardashian Doesn't Mind Posing With Models:
"Feeling extra thin with all of the super models!" she joked on Instagram in October 2015. "LOL #InStyleAwards"
Kim Kardashian Picks the Perfect Halloween Costume:
Kim recycled the Givenchy gown she wore to the 2013 Met Gala, during which she was pregnant with North, for a Halloween costume amid her pregnancy with Saint.
"Still fits," she captioned an October 2015 snapshot. "I think I nailed the Kim K costume!"
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