Kanye West and Kim Kardashian Living Separately, Says Report

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at the Theatre des Bouffes du Nord to attend Kanye West's Sunday Service on March 01, 2020 in Paris, France. (Getty Images)
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at the Theatre des Bouffes du Nord to attend Kanye West's Sunday Service on March 01, 2020 in Paris, France. (Getty Images)
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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian Living Separately, Says Report

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at the Theatre des Bouffes du Nord to attend Kanye West's Sunday Service on March 01, 2020 in Paris, France. (Getty Images)
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at the Theatre des Bouffes du Nord to attend Kanye West's Sunday Service on March 01, 2020 in Paris, France. (Getty Images)

Rapper Kanye West and his reality TV star wife Kim Kardashian West are living separately and undergoing marriage counseling, NBC News reported, citing a source close to the family.

For the past few months West, 43, has been living in Wyoming while Kardashian West, 40, and their four children stayed in California, the source said Tuesday.

The mega-celebrity couple, who married in a lavish ceremony in Italy in May 2014, have been repeatedly dogged by gossip-press speculation that their marriage was on the rocks.

The couple were going through counseling dealing with "regular relationship issues" and no one else was involved, the source said.

"Kanye loves his extended family. They are super close. They have been going to therapy. They are working on their marriage," the source told NBC News.

They had discussed divorce, but Kardashian West had not filed for divorce.

"They are working through it... (and) trying to work through things," the source said.

People magazine, Page Six and other celebrity gossip outlets, however, said Kardashian West was preparing to file for divorce.

West has opened up about his struggles with bipolar disorder.

In July last year the mercurial entertainment mogul launched a bid for the US presidency with a rambling speech that saw him rant incoherently, reveal he had wanted to abort his daughter, and break down in tears.

He also posted a series of tweets, later deleted, that accused his wife and mother-in-law of trying to lock him up, and suggested he was seeking a divorce.

Kardashian West called on the media and public to show "compassion and empathy" following her husband's erratic behavior.

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness characterized by extreme mood swings.

Patients experience both mania, where they feel euphoric and often act recklessly, and bouts of severe depression that can leave them unable to function and fixated on suicide.

"Those that understand mental illness or even compulsive behavior know that the family is powerless unless the member is a minor," Kardashian West said in her lengthy Instagram post in July.

"People who are unaware or far removed from this experience can be judgmental and not understand that the individual themselves have to engage in the process of getting help no matter how hard family and friends try."

Kardashian West has a huge following on social media, but her husband has been absent from her posts in recent weeks.

The couple have four children: seven-year-old daughter North, son Saint, five, daughter Chicago, two, and 19-month old son Psalm.

It is the first marriage for West and the third for Kardashian West, who came to fame with the US reality TV series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" which followed the lives of her family in Los Angeles.



BBC Sacks a Second 'MasterChef' Host over Claim He Used Racist Language

This photo shows a BBC sign outside the entrance to the headquarters of the publicly funded media organization in London, July 19, 2017. (AP)
This photo shows a BBC sign outside the entrance to the headquarters of the publicly funded media organization in London, July 19, 2017. (AP)
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BBC Sacks a Second 'MasterChef' Host over Claim He Used Racist Language

This photo shows a BBC sign outside the entrance to the headquarters of the publicly funded media organization in London, July 19, 2017. (AP)
This photo shows a BBC sign outside the entrance to the headquarters of the publicly funded media organization in London, July 19, 2017. (AP)

The BBC said Tuesday that longtime “MasterChef” host John Torode has been sacked for allegedly using racist language on set, a day after the broadcaster confirmed it was severing ties with another of the cooking show's presenters, Gregg Wallace, over separate allegations.

The BBC said the allegation against Torode involved “an extremely offensive racist term being used in the workplace,” and that the claim was upheld by an independent investigation led by a law firm.

“We will not tolerate racist language of any kind,” the corporation said. “John Torode’s contract on MasterChef will not be renewed.”

Torode, 59, said he had “no recollection of the incident” and was “shocked and saddened” by the allegation.

The Australia-born presenter started hosting “MasterChef" in 2005 along with Wallace, 60, who was sacked after a report found that dozens of allegations made against him by multiple women were substantiated. It said the majority of the claims related to “inappropriate sexual language and humor."

The claims have cast a shadow over the BBC and “MasterChef," one of the broadcaster's most popular and long-running competition shows. The program has spawned numerous spinoffs and adaptations in other countries.

The latest controversy has again raised questions about the BBC’s handling of misconduct cases.

Director-general Tim Davie said the broadcaster's leadership would not tolerate behavior that is “not in line with our values” following the report on Wallace. He also said he believed “MasterChef” can survive and prosper despite the controversies.

“I think a great program that’s loved by audiences is much bigger than individuals,” he said Tuesday.