Kim Kardashian and Kanye West got together “for real” back in 2011, after knowing each other and being friends (possibly with benefits) for years beforehand. Amber Rose always said that Kanye was fooling around on her with Kim, and Kris Humphries tried to make it sound like Kim cheated on him (although Humphries could never really make it stick). It was shortly after Kim and Kris Humphries’ nothing marriage that Kim apparently contacted Kanye and basically pointed out that they were both single at the same time and maybe they should finally do this. That’s what Kim told Billy Bush this week!

Kim Kardashian says there was an instant attraction between her Kanye West when they first met years ago. Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush sat down exclusively with the reality star, who said she was “always attracted” to the rapper, long before he became her husband.

‘When I first met him, we worked on a project together and there was definitely a spark, but we were in other relationships and we kept our distance,” she said. “We stayed in touch here and there and then when he wasn’t in relationships, you know, it’s just our timing would always not really coincide. And then, I think it was six months after I was newly single in like 2012, I was like why not? Like, what am I waiting for?” she continued.

It was actually Kim who pursued Kanye after her short-lived marriage to Kris Humphries ended.

“I called [Kanye] because I’m sure it was really hurtful that I got married and, even though it’s not like we communicated all the time, I knew what he was thinking. So I thought he was going to call me as soon as he knew that I was single again,” she explained. “He didn’t, and so I called him and I said, ‘Hello? I thought you were at least going to call me and ‘I told you so,’ something?’ And then – he’s always been a good friend to me, like, we’ve always been there for each other – then he invited me to a fashion show of his in Paris and I went, and then the magic happened.”

Having come out of a very public divorce, Kim was initially hesitant to start a new relationship.

“But then in my head I was like, ‘You know what? Screw it. Like, this is probably what I’ve been waiting for, it’s been in front of my face,’” she said.

[From Access Hollywood]

I enjoy the little lies Kim tells, like we won’t figure it out – she did NOT wait six months after her marriage to Kris Humphries. Kim and Kris split in October 2011. She was seen publicly with Kanye as early as December 2011. And she was pregnant with North while she was still technically married to Kris! But whatever, it’s fine. It all worked out in the end.

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