Kanye West appeared to let the Kardashians know that nothing would come between him and his kids as he sat down with Jason Lee for an interview with Hollywood Unlocked which was released on YouTube.
The 44-year-old rapper, who is in the midst of a divorce with Kim Kardashian, sent a warning to the famous family about his four children — North, eight, Saint, five, Chicago, four, and Psalm, two — following a bizarre security issue where he confided in social media that he almost missed Chicago’s birthday party two weeks ago.
Lee suggested there shouldn’t be any drama when it comes to co-parenting, but Kanye, who legally changed his name to Ye, cautioned the reality stars instead.
Fighting words: Kanye West appeared to let the Kardashians know that nothing would come between him and his kids as he sat down with Jason Lee for an interview with Hollywood Unlocked which was released on YouTube
‘And to participate without no noise,’ he said. ‘Cause they can go on SNL and make jokes. They can make jokes in the media. They can plant stories about whoever I’m dating whatever they want to do. They can block deals they could do all that type of stuff.’
He added: ‘But I’mma tell you straight up, don’t play with my kids.
‘Don’t play with my kids. Whoever y’all work for, whoever y’all think the family is working for, I’m telling you right now, don’t play with my children. And it’s going to be all legal. It’s going to be all legal, baby.’
‘And to participate without no noise,’ he said. ‘Cause they can go on SNL and make jokes. They can make jokes in the media. They can plant stories about whoever I’m dating whatever they want to do. They can block deals they could do all that type of stuff.’
Family: Kanye has four children with estranged wife Kim Kardashian —North, eight, Saint, five, Chicago, four, and Psalm, two
‘Don’t play with my kids. Whoever y’all work for, whoever y’all think the family is working for, I’m telling you right now, don’t play with my children. And it’s going to be all legal. It’s going to be all legal, baby’
The Power rapper noted that he would remain calm and wouldn’t allow anyone to manipulate his story.
‘You ain’t finna gaslight me, it’s going to be calm like this,’ he said. ‘But that’s not what we finna play.’
Kanye seemed to pout about not being ‘allowed to know’ the location of Chicago’s birthday party earlier in the month in a video shared on social media, only to show up at the event later on thanks to Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend for stepping in and helping out.
‘I just gotta shout out to Travis Scott for sending me the address and the time and making sure that I was able to spend that birthday memory with my daughter and to be there with the rest of the family,’ he said.
Friends: Jason, who previously starred on Love & Hip Hop, shared a snap from their interview to his Instagram
Rough weekend: On Saturday, Kanye complained in a video from his car that he wasn’t ‘allowed to know’ the location of his daughter Chicago’s birthday party, though he eventually made it
Still made it: He was later seen chatting with Kris Jenner at the party. Kanye revealed that he only got there because Travis Scott told him the time and address
Kanye added that it was Kylie who let him onto the property after security guards tried to stop him from entering.
Although Kanye was in a better mood after making it to the party, a source told The Sun that things were so tense that they had to stay at ‘opposite sides’ of the party.
‘When he finally got the address he arrived like a bat out of hell in a rental car around 1 p.m., driving himself without any security,’ they shared. ‘He seemed okay once he started talking to the family and was in great spirits laughing and playing with Chicago, it seems he just wanted to be involved in her day and didn’t want to cause trouble.’
The rapper and the shapewear mogul had ‘no scene’ during the party, and barely had any interactions.
‘There was no scene between him and Kim but they did spend most of the afternoon at other ends of the garden. He chatted with Kris and some other family members but there was no deep discussion with Kim yet.’
Kim filed for divorce from Kanye in February 2021 after nearly seven years of marriage, and filed a motion in December to legally terminate her marital status and be declared single.
In a statement signed on Nov. 24 by Kim and filed weeks later, she wrote: ‘Irreconcilable differences have existed and continue to exist between (Ye) and me, which have caused our marriage to irretrievably break down. No counseling or reconciliation effort will be of any value at this time.’
Kim has since moved on to date Pete Davidson, while Kanye dated Irina Shayk for a few months before recently moving on with Uncut Gems actress Julia Fox.