Kim Kardashian described her marriage to Kanye West as “toxic” and revealed that his refusal to vary pressured her to go away the connection for the sake of her youngsters and her personal psychological well being.

During a revealing dialog on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Kardashian, 44, opened up concerning the emotional pressure of her eight-year marriage to the Hip-Hop artist and entrepreneur. She mentioned the connection grew to become unsustainable as a result of West wasn’t “willing to make changes” that she believed would enhance their lives.

“It makes it really hard to continue on in a relationship that can be toxic,” Kardashian mentioned. “When you have kids, it’s definitely harder to leave than it is to stay. And it changes everyone’s life forever.”

The former couple, who married in 2014 and finalized their divorce in 2022, share 4 youngsters: North, 12, Saint, 9, Chicago, 7, and Psalm, 6.

Kardashian mentioned she tried to help West by troublesome moments, together with his public psychological well being struggles.

“People can say that there was, like, signs and maybe I wasn’t paying attention to them,” she instructed host Alex Cooper. “And I think when someone has their first, like, mental break, you know, you wanna be super supportive and you wanna, like, help figure that out and you wanna really get into that with them and be there for them.”

But over time, Kardashian mentioned she realized staying within the marriage was taking a toll on her means to perform as a mother or father.

“Once my mental health starts to get affected and then I can’t parent the way that I need to and I can’t be present and focused, then there’s gotta be one of us that can,” she mentioned. “And I had to save myself in order to be a better mom for everyone. And I think, like, when everyone’s older, they’ll be able to understand it and see that all.”

Since the divorce, Kardashian mentioned she’s approached relationship with extra intention and readability. “I do have a problem of only remembering the good,” she mentioned. “I’m a really forgiving person, but I really haven’t dated like that to, like, have those kinds of toxic relationships since I’ve been divorced.”

She added, “I think when you get older, you just don’t tolerate that s**t. You don’t have time.”

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