Kanye West Says Kim Kardashian Is Raising Their Children '80 Percent of the Time'

Mar. 15, 2025

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kanye Westis opening up about coparenting withKim Kardashian.On Friday, the Grammy-winning rapper, 45, briefly addressedthe criticismhe’s received on theAlo Mindpodcast, explaining: “You get to that point everyone wants to say ‘Oh, it’s mental health’ and everybody wants you to apologize a million times.“He added, “Everybody wants to have everyone so doped out, so controlled out, that you’re not allowed to even sand up for the things that you’re handing to your family.“Kim Kardashian InstagramWest — who shares North, 9, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 3 — with Kardashian, 41, went on to say, “Your home is your original church. So, even to this day, I’ll still give Kim advice on things that can help, because that’s gonna go to the kids. She’s still gotta — basically 80 percent of the time — raise those children.“Kardashianfiled for divorcefrom West in February 2021, after nearly seven years of marriage.Since then, fans have seen her navigate through their breakup and work on co-parenting their four children onHulu’sThe Kardashians.In an episode that aired in May, Kardashian, 41, said shewants West to be a part of their children’s livesno matter the drama between the former couple.During the episode, West comes to pick up the kids at home in a firetruck to take them to school.“No matter what we’re going through, I always want my kids to be around their dad as much as possible and just have their mornings with Dad and get dropped off at school,” the SKIMS founder said in a confessional.RELATED VIDEO:Kim KardashianPauses Tonight Show Interview to Shush Saint and Psalm in the Audience: ‘Come On!'“I think sometimes, people are bashful to be super dads, everyone wants to be a cool dad and sometimes you gotta wear the fire hat, sometimes you gotta wear the Easter bunny costume,” added West.Kardashian previously spoke about herongoing divorcefrom the rapper in a conversation withRobin Roberts, sharing that she is"really open and honest"with their kids about the split.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.While Kardashian acknowledged that her “younger ones don’t really understand,” she noted that their two older kids “know what’s going on.““You have to just be there for them,” she said in the April conversation. “No matter what, even in this crazy life that we live, you just have to have a really open dialogue with your children. Kanye and I have had conversations. We have to talk daily for the kids so you know, I hate that it had to play out like that. But when it comes to family, I mean, Kanye and I will always be family.”

Kanye Westis opening up about coparenting withKim Kardashian.

On Friday, the Grammy-winning rapper, 45, briefly addressedthe criticismhe’s received on theAlo Mindpodcast, explaining: “You get to that point everyone wants to say ‘Oh, it’s mental health’ and everybody wants you to apologize a million times.”

He added, “Everybody wants to have everyone so doped out, so controlled out, that you’re not allowed to even sand up for the things that you’re handing to your family.”

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West — who shares North, 9, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 3 — with Kardashian, 41, went on to say, “Your home is your original church. So, even to this day, I’ll still give Kim advice on things that can help, because that’s gonna go to the kids. She’s still gotta — basically 80 percent of the time — raise those children.”

Kardashianfiled for divorcefrom West in February 2021, after nearly seven years of marriage.

Since then, fans have seen her navigate through their breakup and work on co-parenting their four children onHulu’sThe Kardashians.

In an episode that aired in May, Kardashian, 41, said shewants West to be a part of their children’s livesno matter the drama between the former couple.

During the episode, West comes to pick up the kids at home in a firetruck to take them to school.

“No matter what we’re going through, I always want my kids to be around their dad as much as possible and just have their mornings with Dad and get dropped off at school,” the SKIMS founder said in a confessional.

RELATED VIDEO:Kim KardashianPauses Tonight Show Interview to Shush Saint and Psalm in the Audience: ‘Come On!’

“I think sometimes, people are bashful to be super dads, everyone wants to be a cool dad and sometimes you gotta wear the fire hat, sometimes you gotta wear the Easter bunny costume,” added West.

Kardashian previously spoke about herongoing divorcefrom the rapper in a conversation withRobin Roberts, sharing that she is"really open and honest"with their kids about the split.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

While Kardashian acknowledged that her “younger ones don’t really understand,” she noted that their two older kids “know what’s going on.”

“You have to just be there for them,” she said in the April conversation. “No matter what, even in this crazy life that we live, you just have to have a really open dialogue with your children. Kanye and I have had conversations. We have to talk daily for the kids so you know, I hate that it had to play out like that. But when it comes to family, I mean, Kanye and I will always be family.”

source: people.com