Kanye West is having an ‘especially tough’ time with ‘dream girl’ Kim Kardashian divorcing him

Kanye West is having an ‘especially tough’ time with Kim Kardashian’s decision to solidify their divorce on Friday. 

The 43-year-old rapper has reportedly been incredibly ‘distant’ and ‘unresponsive’ amid the end of his marriage with the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star. 

A source told Us Weekly that although he ‘knew it was coming,’ the reality of the situation has been weighing heavy on him as Kim has always been his ‘dream girl.’ 

Trying to keep himself busy the Runaway singer has been ‘trying to throw himself into work the past few weeks,’ as a distraction. 

‘Kim was always Kanye’s dream girl — even before they got together — so the thought of her not being his wife anymore is a lot to take in,’ and ultimately he is not sure ‘whether it’s the best decision for their family or not,’ the source said.  

Though they only officially became a couple in 2012, Kanye had been outspoken of his admiration for the reality beauty.

The rapper said in a 2013 Hot 97 radio interview, ‘I loved her from the first day I saw her.’

He continued, ‘Our love story’s a love story for the ages. I felt like when we first got together, it was like a Romeo and Juliet kind of thing, where it’s like, she’s a reality star and I’m a rapper.’

Love at first sight: West said in 2013 that he ‘loved her from the first day [he] saw her,’ when she was working as Hilton’s stylist in the mid-2000s; pictured 2007

Eyes for her: ”There’s times when I wasn’t with [Kim], I wanted to be with her so bad I thought about taking up sports,’ he told Kris Jenner in 2013; pictured 2012

In an interview with Kris Jenner in 2013 (during the time she had a talk show) he told his soon-to-be mother-in-law, ‘There’s times when I wasn’t with [Kim], I wanted to be with her so bad I thought about taking up sports.’

Kanye was referring to all of Kim’s past boyfriends being athletes. 

The pair began dating and she got pregnant with North. Four months after she was born he pulled out all the stops for an epic proposal slipping a 13-carat diamond ring on her finger.  

They continued to get married in 2014 and started their life officially as ‘Kim-Ye,’ coming as close to royalty as America could get. Four years after marrying things began to go downhill, however. 

Though it was only reported within the past few months that the two had been living separate lives on account of a ‘downright toxic’ environment at home, reportedly Kim had been past the point of no return for nearly three years.

Lost love: The pair who enjoyed a whirlwind romance and seemed to be destined for each other started to have problems nearly four years after marrying; pictured 2019

Going south: His 2018 statements about ‘slavery’ being a ‘choice’ to TMZ reportedly sent Kim over the edge and things began to deteriorate from there; pictured 2019

A source told Us Weekly, the ‘turning point’ in the marriage was when he said back in 2018 that ‘slavery was a choice’ to TMZ. 

The statement caused a nearly insurmountable ‘rough patch,’ (despite the outburst being tied to his fraught mental state and bipolar disorder) as Kim was left ‘mortified,’ over his comments. 

Though they were able to rebuild past it, his proneness to outrageous outbursts continued to cause tension in the marriage, and it came to a head over the summer when he made comments about Kim and their first-born daughter North.  

‘I almost killed my daughter… So even if my wife were to divorce me after this speech, she brought North into the world, even when I didn’t want to,’ he said in a speech while bidding for President as part of the Birthday Party. 

Afterwards he took to twitter in a now infamous outburst where he proclaimed that Kim tried to ‘lock [him] up with a doctor,’ before insinuating she had been unfaithful. 

Over it: The ‘breaking point’ came in July when he spoke about their personal issues and then broadcast them on Twitter where he talked about Kim trying to ‘lock him up’ and insinuating she had been unfaithful

He continued ‘I been trying to get divorced since Kim met with Meek at the Waldorf for ‘prison reform.” 

That was her ‘breaking point,’ in the marriage according to a source. ‘She was able to brush off things that he said for shock value in the past, but she was in over her head as soon as he brought their children into it.’

‘From there, they were never able to get back to the place they were once in.’ In July she met with her divorce attorney Laura Wasser for the first time. By the fall they were not ‘in contact,’ and despite a last grandiose gesture of gifting five Maybachs during Christmas things were basically over. 

By 2021 she had begun to slip off her wedding ring and was focusing on ‘the future.’ It was then reported that divorce was ‘imminent’ for the pair, and were living apart. Shortly thereafter he was seen moving belongings out of their shared house. 

Now with divorce papers served (though no date of separation was listed), she is seeking joint legal and physical custody of their four kids and they are in the process of splitting up all their assets fairly, having both signed prenups. 

Parting ways: Now with divorce papers served (though no date of separation was listed), she is seeking joint legal and physical custody of their four kids and they are in the process of splitting up all their assets fairly, having both signed prenups; pictured 2019