'Kimye' is no more: Kardashian files to divorce West

[Lunabell]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Kimye” is kaput.

Kim Kardashian West filed for divorce from Kanye West in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday after 6 1/2 years of marriage, court records show.

Kim Kardashian West filed for divorce from Kanye West Friday after 6 1/2 years of marriage, court records show. The move brings an impending end to one of the most followed celebrity unions of the 21st century — the marriage of a reality TV superstar and a hip-hop and fashion phenomenon with four kids, a vast fortune to split and even more fame.

The couple began dating in 2012 and had their first child in 2013. West proposed later that year using the giant screen at the empty waterfront ballpark of the San Francisco Giants, and the two married May 24, 2014, in a ceremony at a Renaissance fortress in Florence, Italy.


https://apnews.com/article/kim-kardashian-divorce-kanye-west-e4af8e4dc42cea3a1a699790a4e4a5e5

[underpants]

1. If those two crazy kids can't make it...

What chance do the rest of us have?

[Cha]

6. lol.. I'll admit..

I didn't not see that coming..

[Yavin4]

2. What?! I'm shocked.

If those two couldn't make it work, what hope is there for the rest of us?

[Blecht]

3. Ignore

[hlthe2b]

4. I hate the whole Kardashian phenom, but I suspect Kim wants to be taken seriously

now that she's trying to work for causes and gain a law degree. That she couldn't see that Kanye was like an anchor around her neck before now is pretty amazing, but seems she's reached that conclusion now. She might be the smartest of that clan (though granted that doesn't say a whole lot beyond an instinctive talent for grifting).

[TheBlackAdder]

31. They're now KIMYEET

[ShazzieB]

36. I agree

with every word of this.

[BannonsLiver]

5. Good for her

He’s a real weirdo. And don’t chalk it up to geniuses being weird. If Kanye is a genius I’m the King of Spain.

[malaise]

18. Isn't he bipolar?

This is more serious than weird

[BannonsLiver]

19. So they say. We don't have access to his medical records.

One does not preclude the other. He’s also a clown, a misogynist, a flat earther, completely ignorant of history and a very rude, impulsive person with a messianic complex.

[malaise]

34. I am not a fan - never liked him

[Ziggysmom]

7. Not worthy of even mentioning these un-people with no-talent.

[Lunabell]

8. I disagree. Kanye actually is talented. Well, was.

I remember when he was rational and hated George Bush. His video, "Jesus Walks" was inspirational and uplifting for its time. To many, he is a very talented artist. The Old Kanye was wacky, egotistical, really full of himself, but he was just eccentric back then.

The new Kanye went off the Q-anon deep end with trump. I will never understand why.

[coti]

10. People treated him like shit and he became mentally ill.

Developed a severe narcissism because of stuff like the MTV awards controversy.

[BannonsLiver]

21. Yes heaping (undeserved) praise on him in all forms of media

And fans enriching him beyond measure is just awful treatment. I don’t know how he stood for it all those years.

[coti]

22. Well, until he got all uppity and interrupted a white woman at an unserious awards ceremony.

People acted like he killed someone.

And if you knew the slightest thing about the guy, you wouldn't be using words like "undeserved" when talking about his career. He's likely the most prolific and talented hip-hop artist of all time.

[Lunabell]

24. He is definitely talented.

I just don't like his current path walking hand in hand with a racist like trump. My mind can't wrap itself around it.

[coti]

26. Agreed, he's completely fucked in the head, now.

Lost his humanity somewhere along the way and relates to assholes like Trump now. Pretty sad.

[Ziggysmom]

43. His clothes and shoes are ugly and WAY overpriced.

He calls his creations works of art. The shoes are made in China crap. Says he’s going to manufacture his brand in Wyoming. We’ll see how that pans out.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

32. Just Extremely Rude

That people treated him poorly for the interruption should not be condemned due to the fact that the person that was being given an award at the time was white and a woman. It was a person.

Uppity? I think it was just extremely rude, no matter the class level.

Receiving that award, at that time, was supposed to be, I am sure, a treasured moment in that persons lifetime.
Having someone take the microphone and say that she should not have been the winner ruined her moment. Or most likely did.

[coti]

33. Most people would not have seen it as nearly so offensive if Eminem had done it.

It would have been cute or charming in that case, or a clever publicity stunt.

Whether people acknowledge it or not, the mouth-frothing outrage that people showed after such a benign occurrence was a product of racism.

Kanye literally had to go on an apology tour, cry on TV and go into hiding over something so fucking stupid. Ridiculous.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

35. Love of the Victim

I understand the nuance and the level changes due to factors such as you are presenting.

I do not believe that it was a "benign occurrence", but that is redundant, you already know that. I'm just stating it again to rebut how you are presenting it in the last post.

I try not to be one that judges based on such things. And I certainly am not one that was demanding an apology and would still listen to or buy his music after seeing him do that. I'd just think he was a meanie. Now, after learning more about him, I'd chalk it up to his mental health and almost not hold it against him at all.

All people may react differently, most may not even know they are. Some of them may have an inkling.
Some, react very differently, and some of those may even know they are doing it.

If it had been a White Man, a little less?
If it had been a Asian Man, even less?
If it had been a Black Man, even less?
If it had been a Non Good Looking Man, even less?
If it had been a person whom had recently been divorced?
If it had been a person recently charged with assault.
If it had been a person that was recently awarded for Military bravery, perhaps more?


These things do play into how people react.
Unfortunately, they play into how you are treated at the checkout line. How people react as they pass by. Whether or not a person offers help when they see you need it.

But, I find what he did at that ceremony offensive. And I am pretty sure I and many others would have felt the same way no matter how you mix and match the participants.

I know you have a point that it would have been LESS of a reaction.
Yet, I think a STRONG reaction was in order.

I have not researched the reaction. And I'm not a social scientist that might consider just how much greater the reaction was.

Suffice it to say, as I did, that this was not acting "uppity", it was acting extremely rudely.

[coti]

37. Here's a recap of Eminem being lovingly forgiven and welcomed back into society in 2001

after saying awful things about gay people. At the Grammy's, a far more serious event than the MTV video awards. The audience applauded him while he flipped them off:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-eminem-and-elton-john-join-forces-at-the-2001-grammys-66913/

If only Elton John had stepped up for Kanye, eh?

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

41. Broken Video, but read the landing page

I hate songs that say hateful things about such things.

The article said of Elton John, " He recognized that many Eminem songs were written from the perspective of the deranged Slim Shady."

When you said, "the awful things he said", did that refer to the words in the songs?
I doubt protesters and those that had been offended by him forgave him that night. It would be hard to accept that it was excusable to put them into a song, which they already knew they were in a song before that night.


As for as the original point. When I try to have empathy for the person accepting an award for "Best something" and imagine it being interrupted by someone saying that the acceptor didn't deserve it, I see it as rude, unless it is an obvious false award.
Like Trump getting an award for the "Best Scientist", sure, take the mike and say he doesn't deserve it. lol

[coti]

40. BTW- calling Swift a "victim" because her speech was interrupted and Kanye argued is...

overstatement...to say the least.

Usually, people called "victims" have been murdered, or raped, or beaten, or stolen from, or at least severely abused in some way...not sure having a speech interrupted (when you can get press attention whenever you want) qualifies.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

42. I'm not good with words and "victim" came to mind

Even now, I, well maybe now, I can think of a different word that might be better. Targeted person.(no that's not better)
How about the Offended person.
Ya! that works with my line of reasoning, cause I'm arguing that it was Offensive, not Uppity.

BTW, Webster did say
(2): one that is subjected to oppression, hardship, or mistreatment
and gave the example of "a frequent victim of political attacks"

So, the mistreated one ?

[Spider Jerusalem]

25. He has bipolar disorder

It is caused by genetics and brain chemistry. You do not just "become" bipolar.

[coti]

27. You can develop mental illness, speaking in a general sense, from your environment. nt

[Spider Jerusalem]

38. Not if you don't already have a genetic or neurological predisposition you can't

at least not for things like bipolar disorder.

[belpejic]

13. He's mentally ill.

Probably also has problems with addiction. Doesn't mean that he isn't an entitled asshole, but it does sound as if he needs a lot of help and a big time out.

[CatWoman]

15. I think his downhill slide began when his mom died

[Corgigal]

29. I was going to type the same thing.

Don’t know if it was due to his age, or the lost of his mother flipped a switch.

[Mr.Bill]

23. Trump played him by pardoning a few people

then tried to use him as a decoy presidential candidate. It didn't work, of course, and Kanye wasn't very bright if he couldn't see what was happening. Whole lot of WTF happening there.

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. I smell an Series opportunity for "Divorce Stars" on Bravo! nt

[aikoaiko]

11. The good years.

[cwydro]

12. So predicted this.

But I’m sure everyone did lol.

[HipChick]

14. Melania...

You're up next...

[Lunabell]

16. Hahaha!

She's out as soon as the $$ makes sense. She ought to do it now while he still has money. I'm not so sure he is going to hang on to it all.

[HipChick]

17. I agree...

[jalan48]

20. Wow-this should create a whole new story line for her show. Viewership and income way up for Kim!

[2naSalit]

28. Who?

[lindysalsagal]

30. It's just not possible for me to care less about this.

Sorry.

[Raine]

39. Surprising ...

that they lasted this long