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The end of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s marriage was almost as dramatic as his online antics and publicity stunts. In recent years, however, things between them have mostly gone quiet. Kim has often said she is essentially a single parent, handling most of the day-to-day responsibilities for the four children she shares with Kanye because of his schedule and their difficult co-parenting relationship. Things are apparently a bit different now. According to biographer Jonathan Van Meter, Kanye is “more involved” than in previous years.

Kanye West is more involved with his kids these days

Kanye has been more visible with his kids this year than at any point since his split from Kim. On November 4, he brought all four kids to the Los Angeles runway show for Yeezy “Season 01,” which marked the brand’s return after a four-year break. His wife, Bianca Censori, was also there, making it a family affair.

It was the first time Kanye had been photographed with all of his children since September 2024, and many fans online said they were happy to see him reconnecting with them publicly. Kim wasn’t at the event, but the photo op seemed to signal a thaw in the exes’ relationship, and Van Meter’s account backs that up.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s co-parenting relationship began to thaw last year

Van Meter insists that Kim and Kanye’s co-parenting relationship has improved markedly, but the road to get here wasn’t easy. In his recently released book, Citizen Kim, Van Meter describes a low point when the former couple wasn’t speaking at all. Kim reportedly had to pass messages to Kanye through his wife.

Things took a more positive turn last holiday season. In December 2025, Kim invited Kanye to spend Christmas with the family, and he accepted. She recalled casually inviting him to sleep over on Christmas Eve and bring Bianca. She has also admitted that she had to make concessions, letting some of his more outlandish behavior go so the kids could connect with their father.

Van Meter also shared that Kanye recently called Kim to talk through decisions about opportunities for their eldest daughter, North, 13. According to the biographer, Kim seemed glad that Kanye was re-engaging in a true co-parenting relationship and wanted them to make those decisions as a unit.

It’s still not perfect

While Van Meter and Kim herself have both said positive things about her co-parenting relationship with Kanye, it’s far from perfect. The former couple still seems to keep their distance from each other. That was clear last month, when they watched North perform from separate balconies and didn’t appear to interact. It’s unclear why.

In Citizen Kim, Kim doesn’t sugarcoat it. “It is challenging coparenting with someone who comes by every few months,” she says. She explains that she has made up stories, such as telling the kids their father is traveling, to protect them, because they think their dad is “the greatest.” It’s a picture she has admitted she’s desperate to keep intact, because she had the “best” dad herself.

Kanye has spoken publicly about his mental health, including in a January 2026 full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal, in which he acknowledged a bipolar I diagnosis and described a four-month manic episode in early 2025. Van Meter told People he chose not to interview Kanye for the book because doing so would have felt unethical given the state of his mental health at the time.

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