Kim Kardashianis ready for her marriage toKanye Westto be in the past.
The SKIMS founder, 41, “just wants to move forward with the divorce,” a source tells PEOPLE.
“There is no way her marriage to Kanye will ever work. She did everything she could for her marriage to work. She is ready to move on,” the source says. “She considers herself single. She focuses onher kidsand work. She has so many things that she is grateful for.”
According to the source, the rapper, 44, “still makes promises and pleas for her to take him back.”
But the source adds, “She is very happy and comfortable being single.”
Kardashian and West, who began dating in 2012 andwedin 2014, share daughtersNorth, 8, andChicago, 3½, as well as sonsSaint, 6, andPsalm, 2½. TheKeeping Up with the Kardashiansalumfiled for divorcein February.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.Frazer Harrison/Getty; Brad Barket/Getty
A separate insider tells PEOPLE that Kardashian “realized a long time ago that this marriage will never work.”
“She’s really happy and in a great place again and it took a while to get there. She wants to go out and have fun and she finally feels light and free,” the insider says. “This will be a huge weight lifted off her shoulder. She would never want to hurt Kanye.”
Despite her requests to proceed forward with the divorce, Kardashian “still looks at them as a brand,” according to the insider.
“They still have so many businesses tied together. She respects and values his opinion on things,” the insider adds.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.Kevin Mazur/Getty
This month, Kardashian requestedto be legally singleandfiled new documentsto move the separation along. In her latest filing, she is seeking to have child custody and property matters be separate from her marital status.
Additionally, the documents said “the parties' marriage has irremediably broken down” and Kardashian “no longer desires to be married” to West.
“There are simply no compelling reasons not to grant a motion to bifurcate and terminate marital status in this case,” the filing declared.
But a source said Westisn’t “giving up without a fight,“though Kardashian hasrecently moved onwithPete Davidson.
“Kim is the mother of his children and he’s not going to just let that go,” the insider said. “No matter if they’re husband and wife, they’ll always support each other. Her recent filing or any filing for that matter doesn’t mean he’s going to stop fighting to win her back.”
Recently, West made multiplepublic pleasto get his ex back. Among the latest included a recent performance of his song “Runaway” at theFree Larry Hoover concert, during which he dedicated the track to her.
source: people.com
