PHOTOSKanye West Recalls Falling In Love With Kim Kardashian — 'It Was A Magnetic Attraction To This Force Of Energy'
Oct. 7 2019, Updated 9:19 p.m. ET
Kanye West revealed how he fell in love with Kim Kardashian on the new True Hollywood Story, set to air on Sunday, October 13 at 10 p.m. on E! The couple were friends for years before they started dating and the rapper received a lot of criticism at the beginning of their relationship over his choice to be with a reality star.
Kanye, 42, saw more in the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star than just her beauty. "Any time I was around her or I saw her, it was a magnetic attraction to this force of energy," he explained on the special. "She was good. Pure. Happy. Loving. Brave. Courageous. Strong," he added.
The KKW beauty founder detailed how their friendship blossomed into a romance. "I met Kanye in 2002. He would ask everyone like, who I was and they always said like, 'Oh she has a boyfriend.' We just always like kept on connecting and coming into each other's lives. And then he invited me to Paris to his fashion show, and then that's when it happened. That's when we started our relationship. And I was like, 'S**t why didn't this happen sooner?' It was just right," Kim, 38, said.
She continued, "Everyone would tell him, 'You can't be with her, she's a reality star. She's going to sink your career,' and he was just like, 'But I love her, like I don't care.'" The special documents Kim's rise to fame and features interviews with Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, Scott Disick, and KUWTK executive producer Farnaz Farjam Chazan, among others.
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Kim and Kanye started dating in 2012 and they welcomed daughter North, now 6, on June 15, 2013. The Chicago native proposed to Kim on her 33rd birthday at San Francisco’s AT&T Park on October 21 and they wed at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy, on May 24, 2014.
The couple have since added sons Saint, 3, and Psalm, 4 months, and daughter Chicago, 20 months, to their growing family. Kim stood by Kanye's side when he was hospitalized for mental health issues in November 2016.
Kim was previously married to producer Damon Thomas and NBA star Kris Humphries. Kanye was previously engaged to Alexis Phifer and famously dated Amber Rose.
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