Kim Kardashian has stayed fairly mum when it comes to her rocky post-split relationship with Kanye West — until now. The reality star got real and emotional during an interview on the “Angie Martinez IRL” podcast and in case you missed it, Us Weekly is breaking down the biggest revelations.
“I feel free of things,” Kardashian, 42, said after breaking down over West, 45, earlier in the interview, which dropped on Monday, December 26. “There’s moments — you’ll have your moment, but I’d say in this last year, this year for me, even though I got emotional before talking about Kanye, I feel free in the sense that I am not anybody else, I don’t hold anybody else’s thoughts, opinions, burdens, and I used to hold this guilt that I wasn’t there to fix situations, and I wasn’t there to put it all back together. … [Now] I’m free.”
Kardashian, who filed for divorce from West in February 2021, shares four kids with the rapper: North, 9, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 3. Since their split, West has made a series of allegations against Kardashian, including that she didn’t let him see the children and wouldn’t compromise on schools.
“The testing of my character to make me look, like, out of my character is the one thing that’s hard. Because there’s already so many people have that energy … that are, like, these haters of me and the fam anyway. So it’s really hard when there’s people that were once close [making false claims],” Kardashian explained. “Especially for my kids — like, why would you even want to anyone to think that of your mom? … That’s what’s hard for me.”
West has also made Kris Jenner a target, claiming in lengthy rants that the momager made Kardashian pose for Playboy — and could encourage his daughters to do the same — and blaming Jenner for coparenting issues.
“I get really protective over my mom,” Kardashian continued, nearly getting emotional again. “But I handle it all internally. … I just not that type to go back and forth on the Internet. I live my life on a f–king reality show. … The s–t I know and the s—t that I’ve been through, it’s wild.”
Prior to Kardashian’s split from Pete Davidson, whom she dated for nearly a year, West came under fire threatening the comedian.
“It was just so new. I didn’t know what dating was for so long. I’d been in a relationship for almost 15 years, 12 years, something like that. I don’t know, there’s a part of me that’s like, ‘Oh, my God, is everyone going to be scared because I don’t have the easiest ex?’” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum said. “I don’t think that’s fair to ever put someone in a situation. … But then there’s a side of me that’s like, ‘Wait, what? Why would I ever have to live that way?’”
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