Kanye West claimed that he didn’t want to have children with his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, amid their ongoing legal issues.

During an interview with podcaster DJ Akademiks, Ye, 47, made many shocking comments while reflecting on his marriage to Kim, 44. After he claimed that the “Kardashian mob” affects how he parents his and Kim’s four children – North, 11, Saint, 9, Chicago, 7, and Saint, 5 – Akademiks, 33, responded, “When you speak about Kim, people might be like, ‘Well, you picked her. You put yourself in that.’”

“Absolutely, I did. That was my fault. No, that was my fault,” Ye responded. “I didn’t want to have children with this person after the first two months of being with them, but that wasn’t God’s plan.”

The former couple got married in 2014, and Kim filed for divorce in 2021. Their divorce was finalized in 2022, and they were both granted joint custody of their children in November of that year.

Ye participated in the interview – which included him wearing a black hood and robe that was reminiscent of the white outfits worn by the Ku Klux Klan – amid his ongoing legal issues with Kim.

Their recent drama began when Ye released a song that featured North and disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs called “Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine.” Prior to the song’s release on March 15, Kim had apparently made it clear she didn’t want the “Gold Digger” rapper to release the track.

TMZ shared text messages that were allegedly exchanged between the exes, which showed Kim telling Ye that their eldest daughter could not be featured on the song because her name is trademarked. “I asked you at the time if I can trademark her name. You said yes. When she’s 18, it goes to her. So stop,” Kim reportedly wrote.

“I sent paperwork over so she wouldn’t be in the Diddy song to protect her,” Kim continued in the alleged texts, referencing Diddy, 55. Diddy was arrested in September 2024 and indicted on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, which he has denied.

That same day that the alleged texts were released, Ye took to X to share his side of the story in a lengthy rant. “Yes I have beef with people that froze my account took my kids away and tried to put me in jail AND ITS STUCK,” he wrote at the time.

“I DONT WANT TO JUST ‘SEE’ MY KIDS. I NEED TO RAISE THEM,” he continued. “I NEED TO HAVE SAY SO OF WEAR THEY GO TO SCHOOL AND WHO THEIR FRIENDS ARE AND WHOS HOUSES THEY SLEEP OVER WEATHER MY DAUGHTERS WEAR LIPSTICK AND PERFUME ALL THESE RIGHTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM ME BY THE KARDASHIAN MOB HULU AND DISNEY AND THE BIGGER AGENDA TO USE THE SELECTIVELY BRED BLACK CHILDREN TO BE PLATFORMS TO INFLUENCE BLACK PEOPLE.”

In light of the drama, an insider exclusively told In Touch that Kim has her kids’ best interests at heart. “Kanye says he’s got so much dirt to spill, Kim and her family won’t know what’s hit them when he decides to unleash hell,” a source exclusively revealed. “But Kim’s conscience is completely clear. At the end of the day, it’s her responsibility to protect the kids at all costs.”