Why Kanye West Was Warned About Kim Kardashian

After six and a half years of marriage, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West parted ways, officially putting an end to what arguably was one of the most interesting unions to have ever formed in Hollywood. After all, it was the coupling of a hip-hop legend and fashion phenom and a reality TV superstar-turned-inimitable entrepreneur.

It took a long time before Kanye and Kim struck a romantic relationship. The pair had met in the early aughts, and while there was an initial attraction, they didn't act on it until much later. "Any time I was around her or I saw her, it was a magnetic attraction to this force of energy," Kanye admitted on E!'s "True Hollywood Story." He added, "She was good, pure, happy, loving, brave, courageous, strong." Kim shared that even in the early days, Kanye had already been protective of her. "I met Kanye in 2002. He would always ask everyone who I was and they always said, 'Oh, she has a boyfriend.'"

Over the years of just being friends, the two kept reconnecting. Come 2012, they finally decided to give it a go. "He invited me to Paris to his fashion show and that's when it like happened... I was like, 'Sh*t. Why didn't this happen sooner?' It was just right," Kim confessed. But even when they felt great about the relationship at the time, they had many detractors. It had gotten to the point that Kanye's friends told him that Kim wasn't right for him.

The beginning of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's relationship wasn't exactly an easy one. Since they belonged in different circles, Kim was aware that her status as a reality star could have adverse consequences on Kanye's career. 

"Everyone would tell him, 'You can't be with her. She's a reality star. She's going to sink your career,'" Kim shared on E!'s "True Hollywood Story." Kanye didn't let the naysayers interfere with their connection, though. "And he was just like, 'But I love her. I don't care," Kim added. 

In an interview with W magazine, Kanye underscored how he would always value love over anything. He also said that he wouldn't compromise his feelings in an attempt to please other people. "Oh, that's just all for love. It's simply that," he said. "At a certain point, or always, love is more important than any branding, or any set of cool people, or attempting to impress anyone. Because true love is just the way you feel."

Since all good things come to an end, so did Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's relationship. While they were embroiled in multiple controversies in the tail-end for their marriage, Kim said that their split ultimately boiled down to "a general difference" in their belief systems. They did not see eye to eye in many things, and that's what caused their downfall. "It was not, like, one specific thing that happened on either part," she said on the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" reunion special, per Us Weekly. "I think it was just a general difference of opinions on a few things that led to this decision and in no way would I want someone to think I didn't give it my all or I didn't try."

Fortunately, the two remain good friends. After all, they were best friends for far longer than they had been a couple. "That was my friend first and foremost for a long time, so I can't see that going away," Kim Kardashian added on the "KUWTK" reunion special with Andy Cohen, per Page Six. "I will forever be Kanye's biggest fan. He's the father of my kids. Kanye will always be family." She also shared that they are fostering an "amazing co-parenting relationship" and that she has a deep respect for the father of her four kids.