Kim Kardashian has opened up about the challenges of co-parenting her four children with rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, revealing that it has been months since they last heard from him.
Speaking on the Call Her Daddy podcast, the 44-year-old reality star discussed her family dynamic with Ye and their children North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm.
When host Alex Cooper asked, “What do you think co-parenting with Kanye West is like?” Kardashian admitted, “It’s not easy. But, I mean, I raise the kids, you know, full-time. They live with me. I welcome a great, healthy relationship with my kids and their dad, and I think he knows that.”
I push for it all the time, but I also protect them when, you know, it’s time for that. And it goes in waves and phases and it’s a lot of work.
She continued
When asked about the last time Ye saw his children, Kardashian paused before responding, “Whenever he’ll call for them and ask. It’s probably been a couple months since we’ve heard from him.”
Cooper then inquired whether the children felt disappointed by their father’s absence. Kardashian explained that they understood his lifestyle and career often required travel.
They always knew that he had a big life. We manage it really well.
she said.
They love their life and their routine and their schedule. And I think just their job as their mom is just to make sure that they stick to their routine and they’re healthy and happy. Look, it’s not easy no matter what, co-parenting with anyone.
She added,
However, Kardashian took issue with the perception that she prevents Ye from seeing their kids. “The one thing that just gets me is that there’s this narrative that like, I keep the kids away from him,” she said.
“I’ve never once done that. There’s been so many times where I’ve been like, ‘Oh, I just wanna show all of these texts. What are you talking about?’ We just haven’t heard. I begged them, you know, to go hang out or things like that.”
She added that she often wakes up to false accusations online. “It’s more of just the narrative that like, I think it’s all good and we’re living our life and then I just wake up and there’s all these tweets about how I’ve kidnapped the kids and I’m like, it’s not a kidnapping, it’s a divorce. We can still all be in each other’s lives and have group dinners.”
Kardashian emphasized that Ye is always welcome to see their children, explaining, “Every time he’s asked, I always let [the kids] see their father.” But she admitted there are times when she intervenes if she believes a visit could be “really super unhealthy” due to Ye’s recent controversies.
I will, you know, say, ‘Hey, let’s do it here at my house,’ or, ‘Let’s figure out a different time,. But actually, when he is like that, he doesn’t really want to see the kids a lot, so if he’s having a hard time, he doesn’t. So, it’s always worked out.
she recalled.
Kardashian confirmed that she has never denied Ye’s requests for the kids to visit him abroad. “They visit him every time he asks,” she said, citing trips to Saudi Arabia and Japan.
I’ve never once denied it. No, I don’t keep the kids. That narrative really sucks for me and if I spoke out about it and rebutted it, I’m just not that girl online that’s going to fight back and be like wait a minute, your assistant and you said you wanted a whole different birthday party and you said your party’s at four, so we did ours at noon, now you’re going online? It’s just a totally different narrative than what the reality is, and that just really sucks.
Kardashian added.
Source: EW