Kanye West Shares Regrets About Having Kids With Kim Kardashian

Kanye West called out his ex Kim Kardashian in a new interview, saying he didn’t want to have a family with her before going on to welcome kids North West, Saint West, Chicago West, and Psalm West.

Kanye West made a shocking admission about his family life.

Amid his ongoing feud with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, with whom he shares North West, 11, Saint West, 9, Chicago West, 7, and Psalm West, 5 , the “Gold Digger” detailed his early relationship with the Kardashians star and how their relationship didn’t play out like he’d initially thought.

Indeed, when the podcaster DJ Akademiks told him, “When you speak about Kim, people might be like, ‘Well, you picked her. You put yourself in that,’” during an interview posted to X March 30, the Yeezy founder agreed. saying, “Absolutely, I did. That was my fault. No, that was my fault.”

“I didn’t want to have children with this person after the first two months of being with them,” Kanye, who wore a black Ku Klux Klan uniform throughout the interview, added, “but that wasn’t God’s plan.”

E! News has reached out to Kim Kardashian’s rep for comment and hasn’t heard back.

Elsewhere in the interview, the 47-year-old, whose divorce from Kim was finalized in November 2022, discussed his current dispute with Kim over the trademarking of their children’s names.

The point of contention first came to light earlier this month when Kanye shared a text message purporting to show Kim trying to block him from releasing “Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine,” which features both North and Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently incarcerated as his sex trafficking case plays out.

“When my daughter was put on the song, that’s when I realized that I didn’t own their name and likeness,” Kanye—who’s married to Bianca Censori—explained. “I don’t have at least 50-50 with my kids, so how is it joint custody? My kids are celebrities, and I don’t have a say.” (For her part, in the texts shared by Kanye, Kim explained she had told him she’d trademarked North’s name and sent over paperwork, adding that the trademark goes to their eldest when she’s 18.)

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“This white woman and this white family have the control of these highly influential Black kids that are half the kids of Ye,” he continued, “and that’s just in everybody’s face. They play in my face like that.”

Kanye went on to reiterate his opposition to Kim and the rest of the Kardashian-Jenner family.

“It’s war!” he declared. “They think they’re too powerful.”

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The “Jesus Walks” hitmaker also criticized his ex’s intentions when it comes to their four shared children.

“When you’re a celebrity, it starts to be about more what fame it’s going to get you, what clout it’s going to get you, what money it’s going to get you over, ‘Is this the right thing for your children?’” Kanye mused. “I’m willing to die for my children than to allow them to be in this environment that I know they’re in.”

Keep reading for more on Kim and Kanye’s relationship…

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2012: Clearly Close

Although Kim and Kanye weren’t official by the time of his March 2012 Paris Fashion Week Show, she sat front row at the event, even wearing many of his pieces.

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2012: Awards Show Date

At the 2012 BET Awards, Kanye took a moment to pose for a picture with his girlfriend Kim.

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2012: South of the Border

Kim shared this throwback photo from a trip they took to Mexico.

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2013: Kim’s First Met Gala

In 2013, pregnant Kim joined Kanye for Fashion’s Biggest Night: The Met Gala!

2013: Kimye’s Firstborn

Kim and Kanye welcomed their first child together, North West, in June 2013.

2013: Rock Solid

This snap was taken just moments after Kanye proposed to Kim in October 2013 in San Francisco.

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2013: Birthday Babe

The rapper beamed at his new fiancée as they celebrated her 33rd birthday at Tao Las Vegas in October 2013.

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2014: Look of Love

The newlyweds take in each other as they hit a red carpet in November 2014.

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2015: PDA

Kimye flaunt some PDA while on the red carpet at the 57th Annual Grammys.

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2015: Power Couple

Kim and Kanye hit the red carpet at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. That night, Kanye accepted the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and declared he would run for president.

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2015: Baby No. 2

In December 2015, the Wests welcomed another little one into their brood, a baby named Saint!

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2016: Supportive Spouse

Kim supported her husband at his Yeezy season 4 fashion show in 2016.

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2016: A Memorable Night

A year after his headline-making speech, Kanye returned to the 2016 MTV VMAs with his wife by his side.

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2018: Another Baby Girl!

The couple welcomed baby Chicago via a surrogate back in January 2018.

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2018: Return to Paris

Nearly two years after her robbery, Kim returned to Paris alongside the rapper to support Virgil Abloh‘s debut collection for Louis Vuitton.

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2019: The Youngest West

Kim and Kanye turned to surrogacy once more to have their fourth child, a baby boy named Psalm. They welcomed the youngest West into the world in May 2019.

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2019: Fashion’s Biggest Night

Kim pulled out all of the stops at the 2019 Met Gala with her custom Thierry Mugler design. Kanye looked just as dapper with his all-black ‘fit.

2019: Vow Renewal

In honor of their 5-year wedding anniversary, Kim decided to plan an intimate vow renewal that included all four of their children. “I think it’s so special that all four of our kids are here,” Kim reflected on KUWTK. “I tried to get all of our wedding party out. It’ll just be really sweet and I’m excited everyone is coming over.”