Kim Kardashian shut down a paparazzi inquiring in front of her children on Friday about her ex-husband Kanye West’s alleged battery incident.
“Hey Kim, what do you think about Kanye hitting someone… [sic] the paparazzi’s cell phone?” The photographer can be heard in a video obtained by Page Six.
“Don’t talk to me about it,” the Kardashians star, 42, replied sternly, prompting the photographer to apologize to her.
During this conversation, a child is heard screaming, “Please go!”
Kardashian attended her daughter North’s basketball game that night, and her son Saint was also in attendance. It’s unclear which child made the heartbreaking proclamation.
Kim Kardashian shut down a paparazzi asking about Kanye West’s alleged battery incident in front of her children.LAGOSSIPTV/BUZZIPPER/BACKGRID
The doting mother-of-four then made sure her kids got safely into the silver SUV before saying goodbye to Tristan Thompson, her sister Khloé Kardashian’s ex, who was also attending the basketball game.
A few hours earlier, TMZ reported that West, 45, was named as a suspect in a battery investigation after he grabbed the phone from a woman and threw it when she refused to stop filming him.
The mother-of-four made sure her children got into the car safely after the encounter. Relaxo / MEGA
The mother-of-four made sure her children got into the car safely after the encounter. Sil/SplashNews.com
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The mother-of-four made sure her children got into the car safely after the encounter. Sil/SplashNews.com
The mother-of-four made sure her children got into the car safely after the encounter. 4CRNS, WCP / BACKGROUND
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According to footage of the incident, the “Donda” rapper realized he was being followed by someone who was recording him outside of his daughter North’s basketball game.
Ye then got out of his car and confronted the woman while she picked him up with her dog on her lap.
“You didn’t have to snap at me like that,” West said to the woman as she shoved her phone in his face. “If I say stop, stop with your cameras!”
Rapper “Donda” is reportedly the suspect in a battery investigation for throwing a woman’s phone. LAGOSSIPTV/SUMMER/BACKGRID
Rapper “Donda” is reportedly the suspect in a battery investigation for throwing a woman’s phone. WCP / BACKGROUND
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The “Flashing Lights” rapper then appeared to grab the woman’s phone and throw it on the floor as she sat in disbelief.
After the encounter, deputies from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department were called to the scene and given video evidence of the incident.
The woman whose phone was stolen was seen speaking to officers and exiting the sheriff’s department.
Kardashian’s response photographer who questioned her about the incident isn’t unusual, as she previously shared that she keeps negative news about Ye away from her four children.
West was apparently upset that dads had photographed him while he was at North’s basketball game. WCP / BACKGROUND
West was apparently upset that dads had photographed him while he was at North’s basketball game. WCP / BACKGROUND
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Bianca Censori waited patiently for West. WCP / BACKGROUND
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Aside from North, 9, and Saint, 7, the former couple also share Chicago, 5, and Psalm, 3.
“Back in my house, my kids don’t know what’s going on in the outside world,” the Skims founder told Angie Martinez last December.
“I’m holding on to a thread. I know I’m so close that that doesn’t happen, but while it is, I will protect this to the ends of the world while I can.”
In February 2021, Kardashian filed for divorce from All of the Lights host and their separation was legally settled in November 2022.
Ye was ordered to pay his ex-wife $200,000 a month in child support.