Amid Kanye West‘s controversial public and social media behavior, Kim Kardashian might take legal action to get full custody of their kids.
One month more before West’s recent social media posts, multiple sources told Us Weekly that Kardashian, 44, is “considering” filing for “full custody” of her and West’s kids: North, 11, Saint, 8, Chicago, 6, and Psalm, 5.
“She is in a very tough position when she really has to coparent with him,” an insider shared. “Right now he is very distracted and she does not want to say anything bad about him, but the safety of her kids is what is [motivating this consideration].”
A second source noted to Us that Kardashian “is worried” that West’s online behavior could “create problems” for their kids.
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West, 47, previously sparked concern when he posted antisemitic rants and now has continued to raise eyebrows by sharing a song with disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, which featured vocals from his and Kardashian’s eldest child, North. In addition to dropping “Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine” on Saturday, March 15, West shared an alleged text message exchange between him and his ex-wife, apparently revealing how Kardashian allegedly tried to stop the release of the song because of North’s trademarked name.
“I asked you at the time if I can trademark her name. You said yes. When she’s 18, it goes to her. So stop,” Kardashian reportedly wrote, according to screenshots shared via TMZ. “I sent paperwork over so she wouldn’t be in the Diddy song to protect her.”
West, meanwhile, allegedly replied: “And neither of us will recover from the public fallout. You’re going to have to kill me.”
Kardashian and West said “I do” in 2014 and were married for seven years before the reality star filed for divorce in February 2021. She previously opened up about the challenges of coparenting with her ex after their divorce was finalized in November 2022.
“I had the best dad. I don’t want to get emotional, but it’s just been a day for me. It is hard. Coparenting is really f—ing hard,” Kardashian shared on the “Angie Martinez IRL” podcast in December 2022. “I had the best dad and the best experiences, and that is all I want for my kids. As long as they can have that, that is what I want for them.”
Kardashian addressed the challenges of trying to prevent her children from seeing their father’s controversial and antisemitic social media posts, adding, “I definitely protected him, and I still will in the eyes of my kids. For my kids. So, in my home, my kids don’t know anything that goes on [in] the outside world. I am holding on by a thread. I know that I am so close to that not happening, but while it is still that way, I will protect that to the end of the Earth as long as I can. My kids don’t know anything.”
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She continued: “It is [a full-time job]. It is worth it because I think that of course I want to disassociate in specific thoughts and things being said because that is not me. But at the same time in my home I could be going through something, but if we are riding to school and they want to listen to their dad’s music — no matter what we are going through — I have to have that smile on my face and blast his music and sing along with my kids. [I can] act like nothing is wrong and as soon as I drop them off, I can have a good cry.”
West, who moved on with now-wife Bianca Censori, has also offered his perspective when it comes to raising his kids with Kardashian.
“Even to this day, I’ll still give Kim advice on things that could help because that’s going to go to the kids,” he said on the “Alo Mind Full” podcast in September 2022. “She’s still got them 80 percent of the time, [to] raise those children. So what people saw when I was going back and forth is that I still have to be able to throw my version of what people would throw into the curriculum.”
With reporting by Travis Cronin and Andrea Simpson
