Kanye West and Kim Kardashian Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock; Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock
KanyeWest sparked dating speculation after he was spotted having dinner with a mystery blonde.
The rapper, 45, dined with a woman at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills on Monday, Jan. 9, according to TMZ. The outlet also reported that the pair looked relaxed together after they were previously spotted spending time together.
Earlier this month, West was photographed holding hands with the woman as they headed to the hotel.
West’s rare public appearance comes more than a month after his divorce Kim Kardashian has been completed. The former couple, who married in 2014, share children North, 9, Saint, 7, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 3.
According to documents obtained by Us Weekly in November 2022, Kardashian, 41, and West will receive joint custody with “equal access” to their four children. The musician also has to pay his ex-wife $200,000 a month for child support and is responsible for 50 percent of his children’s education and safety expenses.
The reality star, who filed for divorce in February 2021, recently addressed her attempts to work with West amid his controversial behavior on social media.
“I definitely protected him and I still will in the eyes of my children. For my children. So, at my house, my kids don’t know anything about what’s going on [in] the outside world,” Kardashian explained on the Angie Martinez IRL podcast in December 2022.
The California native recalled trying to keep her children from being exposed to her father’s statements online, adding, “I’m holding on to a thread. I know I’m so close that that doesn’t happen, but while it still is I will protect this to the ends of the world while I can. My children know nothing. At school, some of my best friends are the teachers, so I know what’s going on during recess and lunch. I hear what is being said.”
According to Kardashian, it was important to her to “protect” her children amid the drama.
“It is [a full-time job]. It’s worth it because I think naturally I want to disassociate myself from certain thoughts and things that are being said because that’s not me,” the Hulu personality continued at the time. “But at the same time, I might be going through something in my house, but when we’re driving to school and they want to hear their dad’s music — no matter what we’re going through — I have to have that smile on my face and blast his music and sing along with my kids.” . [I can] pretend everything is fine and as soon as I put her down I can cry.”
For his part, the Yeezy designer previously broke down how he and Kardashian interact for their kids.
“Even today, I still give Kim advice on things that might help because that goes to the kids,” he said on the Alo Mind Full podcast in September 2022. “She still has it 80 percent of the time, [to] raise these children. So what people saw as I went back and forth was that I still need to be able to bring my version of what people would throw into the curriculum.”