Kanye West has reportedly taken a big step towards an impending divorce from his wife Kim Kardashian.
The 43-year-old rapper is apparently “no longer in contact” with the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, according to reports in US media, and has now started removing items from their Calabasas mansion.
Kanye is currently staying at his Wyoming ranch in Cody and a source told People he no longer speaks to Kim, 40, and that they live separate lives.
Page Six reported that Kanye took an important step and had 500 pairs of his sneakers removed from their home in Los Angeles.
An insider told People, “Kim and Kanye continue to live apart. They have no contact. “
Kanye reported that other items were removed from Calabasas, where Kim lives with their four children – daughters North, seven, Chicago, three, and their sons Saint, five, and Psalm, one.
Rumors have been circulating for weeks that the two men are preparing for a divorce, Kim contacted a lawyer last July, with the aim of getting the ball rolling.
The source told People, “She’s got a divorce plan in place and will apply when she’s ready. “
Kim and Kanye married in Italy in 2014, but Kim has reportedly stopped going to marriage counseling with Kanye.
She would have adapted to a life in which she brings up her children on her own.