Kim Kardashian calls co-parenting with Kanye West a 'big burden': 'I worry all day'

Kim Kardashian has gone on the record about the "big burden" of co-parenting with ex-husband Kanye West, and she is not pretending it is easy. In the new authorized biography "Citizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future," the 46-year-old reality star and SKIMS founder says she worries about the rapper "all day" and will "sweep everything under the rug" to keep him in their four kids' lives.

"Oh, I worry about [Kanye] all day. All the time. That's the father of my kids, I'll never not worry about him," she tells journalist Jonathan Van Meter. "And that's a big burden of having kids with someone who you don't necessarily get along with. My kids would never know that."

Kardashian was married to West from 2014 until their divorce was finalized in 2022, and the former couple share North, 13, Saint, 10, Chicago, 8, and Psalm, 7. Despite the history, she says day-to-day life has settled into something close to peaceful.

"It's been pretty smooth for a while. I guess because we don't talk that much. But when we see each other, we give each other a hug," she says. She adds that she wants the children to admire their father: "I want them to think their dad is the greatest."

Christmas together, and an open door

Kardashian describes an open-door policy for West, telling him to come for dinner and see the kids whenever he is in town. "Do you want to come to dinner? I'll leave the house. Come and have dinner with the kids in their house so that they can feel comfy. Sleep over for a few nights?" she recalls offering.

Last Christmas she went further, inviting West to stay on Christmas Eve and bring Bianca Censori, now his wife. "Last Christmas, I said, 'Sleep over on Christmas Eve. Bring your girlfriend. I'm easy! Let's all do Christmas together,'" she says, adding that she plans to make the same invitation this holiday season.

Even so, the worry does not fully go away. Kardashian now communicates with West through Censori and his manager, and describes watching him struggle as sad. "I don't think it's going to get better. I pray it does. For my kids," she says.