Kim Kardashian: Kanye West marriage was ‘beautiful,’ but I can’t ‘help’ him

The reality TV star has spoken about her “beautiful” but broken marriage to the controversial rapper, admitting she couldn’t “help” him.

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian pictured in 2019. Picture: Mark Sagliocco/WireImage

Kim Kardashian doesn’t consider her marriage to Kanye West a “failure”.

On Monday, the Kardashians star reflected on their “beautiful” but broken union on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast, explaining that she can’t “help” people who don’t “want” it.

While Kardashian did not name her ex-husband, she spoke at length about previously having “different views” from someone in her life who she didn’t have “the power” to change, reports Page Six.

“You can’t force your beliefs and project that on someone that thinks something totally different,” the reality star said of struggling to “coexist really well” with a particular person.

Although she believes it is “OK to have” conflicting opinions, saying that’s how “the world goes ’round,” Kardashian told listeners to prioritise “align[ment] in the same values and morals and things at your core”.

Kardashian and West finalised their divorce in 2022. Picture: Mark Sagliocco/WireImage

The fashion and cosmetics mogul said: “It’s OK to realise that this life is so short, and you should go and find the people that do align with what you really believe in.

“You can’t really force things upon other people,” she said. “You can’t expect them to be where you’re at [and] at your level.”

Kardashian has largely refrained from discussing her ex-husband publicly. Picture: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

Kardashian, 42, added that she teaches that lesson to her and 45-year-old West’s four children – North, 9, Saint, 7, Chicago, 5, and Psalm, 4 – as they look “for friends and partners and relationships” themselves.

The former couple wed in 2014 and split in 2021. They settled their divorce last November after the rapper’s failed presidential run, controversial comments on slavery and more headline-making moments.

West is now reportedly married to his Yeezy employee Bianca Censori.

Since leaving West, Kardashian has refrained from outright criticising his scandals, including repeated anti-Semitic attacks, in order to protect their children.

“If they don’t know the things that are being said or what’s happening in the world, why would I ever bring that energy to them?” she explained to Angie Martinez in December 2022. “That’s really heavy grown-up sh*t that they’re not ready to deal with.”

The Skims founder, who cried during the podcast interview, acknowledged that she has been “holding on [to their ignorance] by a thread”.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission