KIM Kardashian and Kanye West’s nasty public feud reached new lows with public threats and clap-backs from Kim over daughter North’s TikTok.
Here’s how the former couple went from Bound 2 their love to Heartless enemies.
Kim, 41 blasted her ex Kanye, 44, on Friday after he accused her of putting their daughter North, eight, on TikTok “against his will.”
He posted a screenshot of North from one of her TikTok videos and tagged Kim in the shot.
The 44-year-old asked his followers on Instagram in all caps on Kim and North’s joint TikTok account : “SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST DIVORCE, I NEED TO KNOW: WHAT I SHOULD DO ABOUT MY DAUGHTER BEING PUT ON TIKTOK AGAINST MY WILL ?”
The 41-year-old, who filed for divorce against the rapper last February, called Kanye’s “constant attacks” on her “hurtful” in an Instagram Story – which was notable since she rarely speaks out publicly about Ye.
Kim wrote, in part: “Kanye’s constant attacks on me in interviews and on social media is actually more hurtful than any TikTok North might create. Kanye’s obsession with trying to control and manipulate our situation so negatively and publicly is only causing further pain for all.”
Here’s a look back at the former couple’s highlights, lowlights, and how KimYe devolved into cha-Ye-os.
SWEET BEGINNINGS
Kim and Kanye married in May 2014 in Florence, Italy and started dating in 2012.
But the former power couple had known each other for much longer.
“I met him I think in 2002 or 2003,” Kim told Ryan Seacrest during the Keeping Up With the Kardashians 10th anniversary special.
“He was recording a song with Brandy, and I was her friend. I vividly remember hanging out with him … He was asking his friends: ‘Who is this Kim Kardajan?’ He didn’t know what my name was.”
Kanye released a new track Theraflu in 2012 with the lyrics, “And I’ll admit, I fell in love with Kim ’round the same time she had fell in love wit’ him” in reference to Kim’s relationship with Kris Humphries.
After Kim’s 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries in 2011, the star flew out to Paris to stay with Kanye and see his fashion show.
Kim added during the anniversary special: “So I went there and I stayed with him, and that’s where we started dating. I swear from the moment I landed, I fell madly in love with him and I thought, ‘Oh, my God, why didn’t I do this sooner?'”
“Like, this is what real life is like — love and fun and real support.”
THEIR SHINING FAMILY
Kim and Kanye welcomed daughter North, now eight, in 2013 – with kids Chicago, four, Saint, six, and Psalm, two, following soon after.
Kanye projected the words “baby mama” on stage at a concert in Atlantic City at the time.
The rapper then projected the words “PLEEEASE MARRY MEEE” on the stadium screen at AT&T Park in San Francisco, where the Giants play baseball when they got engaged a few months later.
Kim accepted his proposal in front of family and friends, and a 15-carat cushion-cut diamond was placed on her left hand.
A few years later, in 2016, Kanye re-upped her engagement ring, replacing the original with a 20-carat emerald-cut diamond, which was later stolen during the Paris robbery.
That same year, Kanye was hospitalized for sleep deprivation and exhaustion – reports of marital issues began circulating, per US WEEKLY.
They purchased an $11M Bel Air mansion in LA together followed by their $60M minimalist Hidden Hills, LA mansion that Kim would soon win when things went from shaky to worse.
KANYE RUNS, & RUNS DOWN KIM
In 2020, Kanye announced that he was running for president on his own party – the Birthday Party, after earlier befriending Donald Trump.
A source told ET: “Kanye’s family will always support him in his endeavors but they also worry for him.
“Kanye has a tendency to overwork himself physically, emotionally and mentally and not take time to rest and reset…”
Later that month, Kanye held a political rally in North Charleston, SC, and broke down in tears as he claimed at the controversial rally that Kim considered aborting their eldest child North.
“Even if my wife were to divorce me after this speech, she brought North into the world, even when I didn’t want to. She stood up, and she protected that child,” he cried.
He yelled to the crowd: “She had the pills in her hand.”
A day later, Ye posted a string of now-deleted tweets per PEOPLE claiming that Kim and Kris Jenner were sending a doctor to his Wyoming compound, where he had beens staying, and trying to “lock me up.”
LIVING ‘SEPARATE LIVES’
Kim publicly addressed Kanye’s 2020 speech soon after: “As many of you know, Kanye has bi-polar disorder,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories.
“Anyone who has this or has a loved one in their life who does, knows how incredibly complicated and painful it is to understand.”
Kanye issued an apology, tweeting, “I would like to apologize to my wife Kim for going public with something that was a private matter.
“I did not cover her like she has covered me. To Kim I want to say I know I hurt you. Please forgive me. Thank you for always being there for me.”
In December 2020 PEOPLE reported that Kim and Kanye are living “separate lives” and concentrating on their respective projects.
Kim visited Kanye in Wyoming where the infamous crying car photo was taken as they seemingly tried to reconcile.
‘I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE’
In 2021 on the final season of her reality show, Kim broke down.
She looked sad as she said: “There’s no fighting, like now it’s all calm so I just toll with it now.”
A clip is then played of Kim sobbing on the bed next to sister Kylie Jenner, as she said: “I can’t do this anymore. I can’t.
“How am I still in this place where I’m stuck for years?
In February 2021, after much speculation, Kim filed for divorce following nearly seven years of marriage a year of tumultuous ups and downs – including the failed presidential campaign.
YE’S RAGE
Kim moved on with Pete Davidson after the divorce, first kissing on live TV when she made her hosting debut on SNL in October 2021, which enraged Kanye.
In a recent interview with Hollywood Unlocked, Kanye criticized his ex-wife for doing so.
Noting that he was in New York City to support Kim on the show, Kanye said: “How you gonna bring me to SNL and then kiss the dude you dating right in front of me?”
During a performance with Drake for the Free Larry Hoover benefit show in December, Ye begged for Kim back.
He repeatedly rapped: “I need you to run right back to me” before adding: “More specifically, Kimberly.”
Days later, Kim filed court documents to become officially single and to remove “West” from her name.
SHOCKING LOWS
Kim and Pete have moved on, but Kanye seemingly hasn’t.
The rapper recently purchased the $4.5M home directly across the street from Kim’s $60M mansion in LA.
The dad of four also put out a new song called EAZY that threatened the comedian and Kim’s boyfriend.
He rapped: “God saved me from the crash, just so I can beat Pete Davidson’s a**.”
Pete reportedly thought the song was “hilarious” though he and Kim have reportedly beefed up their security.
Kanye recently threw a fit at their daughter Chicago’s fourth birthday party last month after he claimed he wasn’t told where the event would take place.
He also threatened legal action.
As a source told the New York Post last week, Kanye’s threats are “actually bringing Pete and Kim closer together.”
Kanye recently started dating actress Julia Fox, 31, in January 2022.
However, the rapper was recently seen laughing with a woman that’s not Julia during a lavish party in Los Angeles.
