United Kingdom, Oct. 23 -- Kim Kardashian finds her strained relationship with Kanye West "sad".

The 45-year-old star divorced the Stronger rapper - with whom she has children North, 12, Saint, nine, Chicago, seven, and six-year-old Psalm - in 2021 and while she always wanted to "protect" the musician during their relationship amid his bipolar disorder struggles and erratic behaviour, she has finally stopped feeling a responsibility towards him.

She reflected on the season seven premiere of The Kardashians: "I always felt like I had a bit of Stockholm syndrome [with Kanye].

"I always felt really bad and always protected and always wanted to help [him].

"[I'd think] 'I should've stuck it out' or 'I could've helped', [but] this was the ...