We don’t feel sorry for Kim Kardashian. There! We said it! There seems to be a common theme with the Kardashian clan — they vie for a “questionable man,” plan a point of attack to get him by any means, indoctrinate him, and then run him ragged. All the while, it plays out in the media for the world to see. Then when things become unsustainable, they break up, drag the man for filth through the press, and then run and play the victim. Yes, it has happened countless times, and the latest Kardashian casualty is none other than Kanye West.
Don’t get us wrong, Kanye has said and done some heinous things as it pertains to Kim and her new relationship with Pete Davidson, but this Kardashian pattern seems to show no end. While Kanye isn’t a sympathetic figure, Kim most certainly isn’t one, either. In fact, she’s more than happily played her role in this ongoing fiasco.
How did Kim and Kanye get to this point? It’s been a long, convoluted timeline. Let’s take a look back at some pivotal points and see why all of this is not all that surprising and why we don’t feel sorry for Kim Kardashian.
Kim has co-signed Kanye’s controversial moments
Long before Kim Kardashian entered the picture, Kanye West was quite notorious for speaking his mind. None of this stopped Kim from not only starting a relationship with him but eventually marrying him and having four kids. Basically, she knew what she was getting into, and this is a big part of why we don’t feel sorry for Kim Kardashian.
Their relationship started off with controversy when he went after his ex, Amber Rose. Kanye said, “I had to take 30 showers before I got with Kim.” He added that it would be hard for an upstanding woman like Kim to be with him after being with a woman like Amber.
Since Kim had her fair share of being dragged for all her extracurricular activities, you thought maybe she would have some sympathy for Amber and encourage Kanye to take the higher road. Instead, she and the rest of her clan joined in the fray with a years-long online battle with Amber. Obviously, Amber wasn’t too worried because she predicted what would happen. According to People Magazine, in 2015, Amber tweeted: “I’ll leave that up to the Kartrashians to humiliate u when they’re done with u.” Yikes.
So, basically, everything was all hunky-dory when Kanye’s venom was directed toward someone else.
Kim tried to spin his ‘slavery’ remarks
Throughout their marriage, Kanye continued with his bad behavior, and Kim kept on at his side, supporting and defending him. One shocking moment happened in 2018, when Kanye appeared on TMZ (via Us Magazine) and said, “You hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years? That sounds like a choice.”
Months later, Kim decided to revisit the issue and whitewash it. She claimed Ye never used the word “choice” and TMZ posted the receipts just for clarification, according to USA Today. Of course, Kim blamed the media and said his words were twisted for headlines. In her brilliant mind, she explained his words as, “He was saying if you’re going to still be enslaved for another 400 years, then that’s some (expletive).”
In her calculating fashion, instead of trying to diffuse an already tense situation and nip it in the bud immediately, she chose to address the issue a whopping six months later to make her own headlines. People were kind of getting over it, and just like a Kardashian, she piled on the controversy and twisted it around just to get her name to trend.
The great divide
Remember when Kanye was supporting Donald Trump? Remember when the culture was having none of it? Folks were shocked, disgusted, disappointed, and ready to cancel Ye. However, Kim remained his ever-faithful wife. At the time, in August 2018, Kim tweeted in part (via BuzzFeed News), that the media was ”trying to demonize my husband let me just say this… your commentary on Kanye being erratic & his tweets being disturbing is actually scary.”
She added that it was unfair that people were trying to label him as “having mental health issues” and argued he was “just being himself” and “he has always been expressive.” Okay, so she was clearly all about him expressing himself, no matter what he was saying and whether it was true or not, right? Well, there were some exceptions.
We also all remember when Kanye attempted to make history as the first rapper-turned-president in 2020. And we also remember some of his most memorable quotes, such as claiming that Democrats caused black fathers to leave the home and forcing black folks to use plan B to reduce the birthrate and suppress votes, according to Vice. He also shared a very intimate story about how the two had thought about terminating the pregnancy that resulted in their first daughter, North. Apparently, this was TMI according to Kim.
Wait a minute, Kim Kardashian considered something to be too public? The woman who got her first shine with an intimate vid-? Okay, we won’t go there. Yes, we do understand that this story about North was extremely personal, but nothing else ever seems to be too personal for Kim.
More BS from Kim
Once rumors started swirling about the West’s marriage being in shambles, that’s when Kim stepped up as the loving, supportive wife. According to Us Magazine in 2020, a source said, “She has been helping and supporting him a ton while he’s been struggling with his mental health and wants him to know and feel that she is there for him through thick and thin.”
But, it wasn’t all about through thick and thin and more about opportunity. Once the marriage was irrevocably broken, suddenly Kanye was painted in a different light by Kim and her crew. He was “crazy,” “out-of-control,” “dangerous” and an “unfit parent.” But before then, he was just a misunderstood genius who was unfairly attacked by the media. Hmmm….
Although Kim would mention his mental health issues at the drop of a dime, now, they were too hard to deal with and more of a liability. Kim wrote, “Kanye’s obsession with trying to control and manipulate our situation so negatively and publicly is only causing further pain for all.”
So, Kanye’s the one causing all the trouble. Got it.
In 2021, Kim got the divorce ball rolling and made light of it on SNL, making it a point to mention race and money. She said, “I married the best rapper of all time. Not only that, he’s the richest Black man in America.” For extra salt, she added, “So when I divorced him, you have to know it came down to just one thing: his personality.” The exact same personality he’s always had.
Okay, gurl.
She keeps a divorce attorney on retainer
On the subject of divorce, according to CNN, Kim has had a powerful divorce attorney on retainer for years. While the attorney helped with her infamously short marriage and very public divorce from NBA player, Kris Humphries, back in 2013, Kim never took the lawyer off the payroll. Maybe she was being smart because Hollywood couples are notorious for divorcing. Or maybe, and more likely, she knew that she and Kanye weren’t meant for a lifetime. Although Kanye is a huge name and is a great person to hitch to if you’re known for basking in the spotlight, he may not be the best choice for a long, healthy, stable marriage.
In typical Kardashian flair, BuzzFeed News noted that Kim had also been laying the groundwork for divorce for years. They pointed out she had allowed Keeping Up With the Kardashians to very publicly record her and Kanye’s most explosive arguments “forever casting Kanye as unreasonable while she grows tired of his s**t.”
Since October 2021, Kim’s been linked to her latest boo thang, Pete Davidson. And, in typical Kardashian style, every ounce of their relationship is all over the innanet. Kanye has moved on as well with several women, including Julia Fox and Chaney Jones.
Kanye turns up the heat
Kanye has gone out of his way to publicly attack Pete, including using an effigy of the comedian in one of his music videos with a decapitated head. He also mocks Pete publicly by referring to him as “Skete” and encourages his fans to gang up on him.
He and Pete have exchanged words via text message — which were later posted online — adding to this nonstop circus ride that we’re all begging to be let off of.
As much as Kim has pleaded for Kanye to dial things back a bit and keep the peace, this is the same woman that has built her entire career around the drama and public humiliation of herself (and others).
While we never want to make light of a person going through a divorce, especially with children involved, we still don’t feel sorry for Kim Kardashian. A big part of it is how everything has to be in the public eye, so she can get the never-ending attention that she so desperately seeks. It’s also difficult since Kanye is yet another black man that the family has used for some clout and then dismissed as damaged goods. However, Kanye has been very problematic, too, with his threats and bullying.
Kim overlooked all of Kanye’s faults for so many years and brought four beautiful children into the world with someone she now deems as damaged goods.
At the end of the day, we wish them the best, but Kim certainly doesn’t get any sympathy from our end.
Love the post EVERY word typed is EXACTLY what I’ve seen..thought of the kards, would love to see a post about Kim’s new bloke anyway just wanted to say fantastic job, wish this was a magazine I could go buy and read at leasure