Kanye West Leaked Text Messages From Kim Kardashian Expressing Fear For Pete Davidson’s Safety After He Encouraged Fans To “Scream” At Him In Public And It’s Sparked A Conversation About Harassment

Fans are expressing concern on social media after Kanye West leaked some distressing messages, allegedly from Kim Kardashian.

But before we get into fans’ responses, here’s a quick reminder of how we reached this point.

As I’m sure you’re aware, Kim filed for divorce from Kanye — now legally known as Ye — way back in February last year, citing “irreconcilable differences.” The pair — who share four children together: North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm — appeared to be functioning amicably as co-parents in the initial wake of the split.

However, things took a turn a few months down the line in October after rumors first surfaced that Kim had started dating Saturday Night Live comedian Pete Davidson.

While Kim’s budding romance with Pete began to unfold publicly throughout November, Kanye started making a bunch of grand declarations in a bid to reconcile their marriage. On several occasions, Ye declared that “God” would bring them back together, and even appeared to completely disregard their divorce by claiming that he’d “never even seen” the divorce papers.

Despite Kanye’s public efforts to win her back, Kim laid low and quietly made it clear that she was still pursuing their divorce. In December, she filed to be declared “legally single,” and in formal documents, stated that “no counseling or reconciliation effort” would fix their marriage.

In spite of Kim’s new relationship and her clear desires to be officially separated from the rapper, Kanye did not relent in his pursuit to win her back and also leveled a number of direct digs towards Pete.

In January, Ye released a new track in which he mentioned Pete by name, rapping: “God saved me from this crash / Just so I could beat Pete Davidson’s ass.” In another newly released song called “City of Gods,” Kanye also appeared to suggest that Pete should “thank” him for letting him “have” Kim.

But, despite already making his feelings about Pete very clear in his music — it wasn’t until this weekend that fans heard the full extent of Ye’s grievances.

The whole thing began on Saturday when Ye shocked fans by informing them that his longtime friend and collaborator, Kid Cudi, would no longer be featured on his upcoming album, Donda 2.

In the since deleted statements, Ye called him a “dickhead,” “garbage,” and “trash.” However, fans were left most concerned on Sunday, when the rapper shared a private message which appeared to be from Pete, reassuring Kanye that he wasn’t trying to get involved with his and Kim’s four children.

“I’d never get [in the] way of your children,” the text from Pete appears to read. “[That’s] a promise. How you guys [go about] raising your kids is [your business] and not mine. I do [hope one] day I can meet them and [we can] all be friends.”

Kanye shared the message to his followers with the caption: “NO YOU WILL NEVER MEET MY CHILDREN.” For context, this comes a month after an interview with Hollywood Unlocked where Kanye expressed concerns that Pete had been inside Kim’s home with their children.

Kanye then returned to expressing his desire to be reunited with Kim, writing from the Super Bowl, “I WISH MY WIFE WAS WITH ME AND OUR CHILDREN SITTING AT THE 50 YARD LINE @kimkardashian ALWAYS REMEMBER WEST WAS YOUR BIGGEST W.”

He doubled down on this statement in yet another string of Instagram posts on Monday, maintaining his love for Kim and expressing that he has “faith” that the two will “be back together.”

“I DON’T HAVE BEEF WITH KIM,” wrote Ye beneath a recent photograph of Kim and Pete. “I LOVE MY FAMILY SO STOP THAT NARRATIVE IM NOT GIVING UP ON MY FAMILY.”

“I HAVE FAITH THAT WE’LL BE BACK TOGETHER,” he went on. “WE HAVE A PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE WE ARE PUBLIC FIGURES SO TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE PRESS SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL ME CRAZY BUT TO BE IN LOVE IS TO BE CRAZY ABOUT SOMETHING AND I AM CRAZY ABOUT MY FAMILY.”

In a subsequent post, Ye wrote that his family means more to him than any other accomplishment, and proceeded to encourage his fans to “scream” at Pete if they saw him in public.

“IF ANYONE LOVES ME AND MY FAMILY IF YOU SEE SKETE IN REAL LIFE SCREAM AT THE [LOSER] AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS AND SAY KIMYE FOREVER,” he wrote, adding brokenhearted emoji at the end of the caption.

While all of this has been unfolding, Kim and Pete have been photographed together in NYC. Neither of the two have spoken out about Kanye’s statements, but it wasn’t long before Ye exposed how Kim has been responding behind closed doors.

After encouraging fans to “scream” at Pete, Ye posted private text messages from Kim, where she expressed concern for Pete’s safety.

The screenshotted messages — sent by a number saved under: “Kim Other Phone” — began with Kim calling out her ex for creating a “dangerous” environment with his social media activity.

“U are creating a dangerous and scary environment,” the text from “Kim Other Phone” read. “Someone will hurt Pete and this will be all your fault.”

Ye shared the texts alongside a shot from the 2001 movie Baby Boy, in which Ving Rhames can be seen holding Tyrese Gibson in a chokehold. He tagged Kim’s account on Gibson’s face.

Referring to Kim as his “wife,” Kanye captioned the post: “UPON MY WIFE’S REQUEST PLEASE NOBODY DO ANYTHING PHYSICAL TO SKETE.” He went on to say that he is going to “handle the situation” himself, which many interpreted as a threat of violence.

Shortly after this, he shared another batch of messages, again, seemingly sent by Kim. In this exchange, Kim appears to thank Ye for deterring his fans, and warns him of the “dangerous people” that could cause harm to Pete.

“Well thank you,” her message reads. “There are dangerous people out there and this is scary and it doesn’t have to be,” Kim goes on. In response to this, Kanye can be seen assuring her that “nothing physical” will happen to Pete.

What’s more, in a second screenshot Kim appears to ask why Kanye feels the need to share their personal text messages on social media. Ye responded by telling Kim she is his “favorite person in the world,” writing: “I’m your number one fan. Why wouldn’t I tell everyone!!!”

As has come to be expected from Ye, the posts did not remain live on his account for long, and have all since been deleted. Despite this, the leaked messages between him and Kim made their way across social media.

And while a lot of fans appear to be taking in the conflict as it unfolds, a large majority of followers expressed concern for both Kanye — who’s experienced mental health struggles in the past — and Kim for everything she’s currently enduring.

In fact, many were quick to call out Kanye for his treatment of Kim, highlighting that his actions are consistent with harassment, and should be treated as such.

Likewise, a lot of people came forward to say that they considered Kanye’s behavior to be “triggering,” especially for those who may have experienced similar situations.

One fan accused Kanye of “ridiculing” Kim by sharing her messages with the world against her will.

As it currently stands, neither Kim nor Pete have publicly addressed Kanye’s behavior.