Kanye Westis looking out for his kids' best interests.
A source tells PEOPLE that the rapper, 44, has “accepted” that estranged wifeKim KardashianWest wants a divorce and is looking to still be present in the lives of their four children: daughtersNorth, 8, andChicago, 3, plus sonsSaint, 5½, andPsalm, 2. They’ve even all enjoyed time together recently as a family.
“Kim and Kanye are spending time with the kids. Kanye has accepted that Kim wants a divorce. For a long time, it was very hard for him. He was disappointed. He has come around though,” the source says.
“He wants the best for his kids,” adds the source. “He is keeping things amicable with Kim so the kids can be happy. They have been spending time together as a family.”
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Kanye West and kids.Kim Kardashian/Instagram
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.Marc Piasecki/WireImage
In her Father’s Day tribute on Instagram last month, Kim included Kanye in a gallery of photos that also featured her late father Robert Kardashian, her brotherRob Kardashian,Caitlyn Jenner,Scott Disick,Tristan Thompsonand Travis Scott, writing, “Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing dads in our lives! Love you unconditionally!!!”
Back in February, an insider told PEOPLE that Kimnever wanted Kanye to be removedfrom their kids' lives. “Kim has made it clear that Kanye can talk to his children anytime he wants. She has never threatened to keep him from the kids,” said the insider at the time. “She knows he loves them, and they love him.”
Kim’s momKris Jennerpreviously shared that her divorce advice is to make sure the kids come first, opening up about it during aconversationWSJ Magazine’s The Onein April.
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“I think the most important thing I learned through my experience, both of my experiences, is that the kids come first,” said Jenner, who shared four kids with her late first husband Robert (Kourtney, Kim, Khloé and Rob) plus two children with exCaitlyn Jenner(Kendall and Kylie).
“If you keep that in the front of your mind and know that they are going to get you through, the love is going to get you through, you know, no matter how much you’re hurting,” she continued at the time. “I used to put everybody to bed, and then I would be upset or go to my room and cry myself to sleep. But I didn’t want to have a pity party in front of the kids.”
Jenner, 65, added that things can “get really silly” in divorce, but it’s important to prioritize the kids instead of focusing on “unnecessary” factors.
source: people.com
