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Kim Kardashian and Kanye “Ye” West’s co-parenting journey has evolved from a seemingly amicable arrangement to a contentious dynamic. Initially, the former couple agreed to joint custody of their four children after divorcing in 2022. However, recent public statements and actions have highlighted growing tensions, with Ye frustrated over his perceived limited access to his children. Before Kardashian and Ye’s more recent issues. Kardashian once clued fans into why she likely wouldn’t go for full custody.

Kim Kardashian explained to Kendall and Kylie Jenner why she likely wouldn’t go for full custody of her kids

Kim Kardashian and Kanye “Ye” West agreed to have joint custody of their four kids: North, 11, Saint, 9, Chicago, 7, and Psalm West, 5. Ye committed to paying $200,000 per month in child support and covering half of their children’s educational and security expenses. In 2025, Ye praised his eldest daughter, North, for her musical abilities. He credits her for making him fall in love with music again.

In The Kardashians Season 3, Kardashian spoke to her sisters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, about Ye’s relationship with their children post-split. The reality star explained that while she’s incredibly angry with Ye, her kids are innocent in the matter. She doesn’t want to take their relationship with their father from them, even if they can’t yet understand their father’s actions.

“After all of the mean things that he’s done, the kids have no clue,” Kardashian explained in the clip. “They don’t know a thing. … They think their dad is the best thing, and the most amazing thing. And he’s so great with them. Why would I take that away from them because I’m angry? I mean, granted, I have a lot to be angry at. But, they don’t know that.”

A source said Kim Kardashian fears Kanye ‘Ye’ West might ‘weaponize the children’

An insider told DailyMail.com that Kim Kardashian thinks it’s important for her children to have a relationship with Kanye “Ye” West. However, “Kim is fearful that if she goes into full-blown war with Kanye and reopens the custody issue, he will make her life a living hell and weaponize the children against her,” the source alleged.

An alleged friend of Kardashian’s said the reality star will “never go for full custody” because Ye knows too much about her and her family.

“Kim will never go for full custody,” the friend said. “Why? Because Kanye never had an NDA with Kim. He was her husband. No one knows Kim and her family better than Kanye, and she worries about what he could make public from their private lives.”

Kanye ‘Ye’ West said in a chaotic live stream that he plans to get his kids

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Kanye “Ye” West said multiple times in early 2025 that he plans to fight Kim Kardashian for full custody of his children. He took to X in March 2025 and said it’s his “responsibility” to “truly and actually protect” his kids. Ye went on to say that he wanted his children away from the “Kardashian Klan” and “Mama” Kris Jenner, as he believes they’ve been a bad influence.

In May 2025, Ye ranted about wanting to “get his kids” while on a live stream. According to Page Six, the chaotic clip shows Ye covered in a black mask while he talks about retrieving his children from his ex-wife.

“[DJ] Akademiks put that battery in my back, bro. ‘Cause I was in the airport by myself … I’mma go get these kids, man!” Ye says. ” … I’m talking to the lawyers — it gets to the point where I don’t lose my f***in’ mind where I got to get used to not seeing my kids.”

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