Kim Kardashian needed to 'heal' after Kanye West marriage
Kim Kardashian didn't want to rush into another relationship because she needed time to "heal".
Kim Kardashian needed to be single to "heal" from her marriage to Kanye West.
The Kardashians star split from the controversial rapper - with whom she has children North, 13, Saint, 10, Chicago, eight, and seven-year-old Psalm - in 2021 after almost seven years of marriage, and aside from a short-lived romance with Pete Davidson, the brunette beauty had largely been alone until finding love with Lewis Hamilton, and she insisted she never felt "empty" without a relationship or in a "rush" to get romantically involved with someone new.
She told the Sunday Times Style magazine: “I was really single for five years. And that felt great. I could focus on my kids and projects that I really wanted to be involved with.
"I really felt no rush. Like, I really didn’t feel empty. I felt like I needed my time. I wanted to completely heal and just work on myself. I wasn’t ready to open up.
"I really wasn’t even thinking about it. The universe works in your favour when you just allow it to.”
Kim has yet to speak publicly about Lewis and admitted she's rather keep her romance with the Formula 1 driver private.
Asked if she was willing to talk about their relationship, she said: “In the most respectful way, I’d probably rather not."
The 45-year-old beauty believes her family's reality shows have brought them closer and acted as therapy because they've always been willing to tackle conflict head-on while on camera.
She explained: “I feel like I’ve lived my life super-open and authentically, and I don’t know if [being on reality TV] has forced that, even more than my personality would have allowed.
“It has allowed us to face things. On the episodes we never typically would want to end anything on a bad note. So having a conversation that was tough or a fight, we’d always talk it out before the end of that episode.
"In a way that might have been our therapy. I’m a super-positive person, I don’t think a lot of people can handle it, but I think it’s brought us extremely close as a family.”
Meanwhile, the All's Fair actress thinks she's found a new confidence in her 40s.
She said: “There’s definitely something about being in your forties that gives you this extra confidence. You know your path and that feels good.”
Kim has also toned down the beauty tweakments she used to undergo and is more interested in a wider view of her health now.
She explained: “I’ve switched my mentality, and now I’m coming from a place of longevity and cellular health.
"I love trying things to make me feel confident but I’m more into things that contribute to a healthy lifestyle. So right now I’m super into hyperbaric chambers and red light therapy.”
