After reports suggested Kanye West and Bianca Censori were divorcing less than two weeks after her controversial nude appearance on the Grammys red carpet, a spokesperson for West has shut down the rumours.
It comes after Kanye West claimed he had 'dominion' over Censori, resulting in 'dominion meaning' trending on Google. FYI, dominion means to have control over someone or something.
Are Kanye West and Bianca Censori divorcing?
West's longtime representative Milo Yiannopolous said: 'Ye and Bianca are in Los Angeles, about to enjoy Valentine’s Day together. Announcements about their private life will come from them directly, not unsourced rumor in the tabloid press.
'Is this the fifth or is it the sixth time the press has wrongly reported that Ye and Bianca are separating? I’ve lost track.'
His comments followed The Daily Mail's report that the couple, who have been married since December 2022, had broken up and that legal proceedings to end the marriage were expected to begin in the next few days. The publication also claimed that the couple have verbally agreed that Censori will receive a payment of $5 million at the end of the marriage.
TMZ also reported that both parties are in touch with divorce lawyers.
While West and Censori have always been a divisive couple, not least because Censori is rarely seen in full clothing while West, her stylist, is always fully dressed next to her, the dynamic of their relationship has long sparked concern.
They have also been accused of engaging in 'twisted sexual fantasies' by West's former assistant, Lauren Pisciotta. In her lawsuit against West, where she has accused him of wrongful termination and sexual assault, she alleged that Censori works as her husband's 'sex party coordinator' and even claimed that West asked to have sex with Censori's mother shortly after their wedding. West has dismissed Pisciotta's lawsuit as 'baseless'.
However, he is never far away from controversy. West recently deleted his X account following an antisemitic tirade on the platform where he wrote, among other vitriolic claims, 'I'm a Nazi' and 'I love Hitler'. He also professed his support for the rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs, who is currently detained awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, by writing 'FREE PUFF'.
Not only that, but West used his X platform as an opportunity to respond that Censori's recent red carpet appearance, which sparked widespread debate online about Censori's autonomy in their relationship. 'I have dominion over my wife,' he wrote. 'This ain’t no woke as feminist shit. She’s with a billionaire, why would she listen to any of you dumb ass broke b****es?
'People say the red carpet look was her decision… Yes, I don’t make her do nothing she doesn’t want to, but she definitely wouldn’t have been able to do it without my approval, you stupid ass woke pawns.' Dominion is another word for sovereignty and control.
His deeply troubling comments are not the first of their kind, and it is unlike they will be the last. Kim Kardashian, who was married to West between 2014 and 2021 and shares four children with him, discussed how the rapper changed throughout their relationship with her sister Khloe on a recent episode of The Kardashians.
'That’s the hardest part. I’ve been there,' Kim said. 'When you don’t foresee something happening that really changes a person’s personality and then they’re not the same person and you can’t ever get that person back, but you can’t live with the new person. I get it.'
A clip from a past episode where West was criticising Kardashian for dressing 'too sexy' has also gone viral in the past week in light of Censori's nude red carpet appearance.
While their relationship did ultimately end in divorce, rumours that West and Censori are headed down the same road have been firmly debunked – for now.