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Kim Kardashian files for divorce from Kanye West

Published Feb 20, 2021 09:28 am

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from rapper Kanye West after almost seven years of marriage, her publicist told AFP Friday.

The mega-celebrity couple's divorce proceedings come just weeks after US media reported the pair were living separately and going through counseling dealing with "regular relationship issues."

Celebrity gossip site TMZ -- which broke the news Friday -- said the separation was "as amicable as a divorce can be."

(FILES) In this file photo Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrive for the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019, in New York. - Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from rapper Kanye West after almost seven years of marriage, US media reported February 19. Kardashian's lawyer Laura Wasser filed papers confirming a split first rumored back in January, when the mega-celebrity couple were reported to be living separately, Fox News said. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Kardashian, 40, is asking for joint custody of the couple's four children, it added, with her lawyer Laura Wasser reportedly handing in the divorce papers Friday.

Kardashian's publicist confirmed the divorce filing but did not provide further details.

The pair, who began dating in 2012 and married in a lavish ceremony in Italy two years later, rapidly became one of the world's most instantly recognizable couples.

But their union has been dogged for months by reports in the gossip press that their marriage was on the rocks as West has battled with mental health issues and launched an improbable and controversial foray into US politics.

West, 43, has opened up about his struggles with bipolar disorder.

In July last year the mercurial entertainment mogul launched a bid for the US presidency with a rambling speech during which he revealed he had wanted to abort his daughter, and broke down in tears.

He also posted a series of tweets, later deleted, that accused his wife and mother-in-law of trying to lock him up, and suggested he was seeking a divorce.

- 'Compassion and empathy' -
Kardashian called on the media and public to show "compassion and empathy" following her husband's erratic behavior.

"Those that understand mental illness or even compulsive behavior know that the family is powerless unless the member is a minor," Kardashian said in her lengthy Instagram post in July.

The couple have four children: seven-year-old daughter North, son Saint, five, daughter Chicago, three, and 21-month-old son Psalm.

Aside from family visits, West has been living at his sprawling ranch in Wyoming in recent months, while Kardashian and the children stayed in California.

It would be the first divorce for West and the third for Kardashian, who came to fame with the US reality TV series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" which followed the lives of her family members in Los Angeles.

Chicago-raised rapper and record producer West has won 21 Grammys. He burst onto the rap scene on his production chops, before delivering a string of critically acclaimed studio albums, selling over 20 million copies.

He has made a very public turn to Christian evangelism in recent years, finally releasing his long-awaited gospel album.

The pair began dating in 2012 while Kardashian was going through divorce proceedings with second husband Kris Humphries.

First child North was born in June 2013, and the couple married the following year at a 16th-century fortress in Florence, Italy after a pre-wedding celebration held at Versailles palace in France.

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