Ye ‘Ripping’ the Kardashian Family for Not Voting for Him in 2020 Election Cut From Final ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Season, Producer Says
A lengthy argument involving Ye and Kim Kardashian’s family over their not voting for him in the 2020 presidential election was cut from the final season of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, according to a longtime producer. The account offers a glimpse of tensions as Ye and Kim’s marriage deteriorated, while the family was trying to reunite and support one another.
Producer Farnaz Farjam said the dispute lasted about 30 minutes and took place at Caitlyn Jenner’s birthday celebration. E! executives decided not to air it. The details appear in an excerpt from Jonathan Van Meter’s forthcoming biography of Kim Kardashian; in another excerpt, Kardashian said Ye changed her life and described his interest in her as a reality star. The couple’s divorce was finalised in November 2022, and they share four children.
- A 30-minute family argument about the 2020 election was cut from KUWTK.
- Producer Farnaz Farjam described Ye confronting Kris Jenner and the family.
- The dispute came as Ye and Kim Kardashian’s marriage was deteriorating.
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Keeping Up With the Kardashians was a US reality series following Kim Kardashian and her family, including her then-husband, the musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. The programme aired on E!, a US entertainment television channel, and its final season covered a period when the couple’s marriage was breaking down.
Ye ran for US president in 2020, when voters chose between him and candidates including Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Kim and Ye have four children together; their divorce was finalised in 2022.