KIM Kardashian and Kanye West only reached a "happy medium" in their relationship by living separate lives, a pal has claimed.

The marriage crisis played out in full public view earlier this year when Kanye made a series of wild tweets about his family – including insulting his mother in law Kris Jenner – and made a failed bid to become President.

At the time Kim stood by Kanye, urging fans to treat her husband with compassion as he battled through what appears to have been the latest in a number of bipolar episode the rapper has suffered.

But behind closed doors Kim and Kanye's marriage is said to be effectively over with the couple finding a "happy medium" of living separate lives to avoid the international media attention a divorce would bring.

"Kim and Kanye are struggling to stay together as a couple and have for quite some time now,” a source told Hollywood Life. “It doesn’t seem like she’ll ever actually file for divorce, at least anytime soon. They really are living separate lives right now and have for a while."

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    KIM LOOKS SERENE IN THROWBACK VACATION SNAP ON PADDLEBOARD

    Kim Kardashian looked happy and calm in a throwback vacation photo she shared on Sunday.

    The 40-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star posted a snapshot of herself standing on a paddle board on a perfect blue sky day.

    Kim flaunted her curvy figure in a light-blue one-piece swimsuit with cut-outs on the sides and a pair of tight, darker blue spandex shorts.

    She capped off the look with a pair of white sneakers, reflective sunglasses and her long brown hair with blonde highlights down loose slong her back, flowing from the breeze above the water.

    Along with the throwback picture, the reality star wrote with it: “Take me away…”

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    KARDASHIANS 'BEING PAID A FORTUNE' FOR HULU DEAL

    The Kardashians are “being paid a fortune” as part of their new deal with Hulu, a source has said.

    The deal will see the family creating new content for Hulu, with the first project set to hit screens at the end of next year.

    The end of their long-running E! reality show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, was announced in September.

    Speaking to OK!, a source said: “Officially the Kardashian-Jenner family will be developing global content.

    “But Kim, Kourtney, Khloé, Kris, Kendall, and Kylie will also be involved with marketing and getting buzz for the network, and getting paid a fortune for it.”

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    KIM AND KANYE 'LIVING SEPARATE LIVES'

    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are now “living separate lives”, a source has said.

    It comes after a summer that saw Kanye retreat to a Wyoming ranch after giving a tearful speech at the launch of his short-lived candidacy in the 2020 presidential election.

    He then reportedly stopped taking calls from wife Kim, and she later took to Instagram to make fans aware Kanye has bipolar disorder and to ask for “compassion and empathy”.

    Speaking to People, a source said: “Kim has work and projects that are important to her, and Kanye has his.”

    The source added that the couple “very much live separate lives” that “don't overlap much”.

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    FOOTAGE SHOWS BERNARD APOLOGY FOR KILLING

    Footage shows Brendan Bernard apologising to the families of his victims before his execution last week. 

    Bernard’s death sentence – for the 1999 killing of young couple Todd and Stacie Bagley – was carried out following an unsuccessful campaign by Kim Kardashian and others to have it commuted to life imprisonment. 

    In video taken before the execution, he is seen saying: “I first want to tell the Bagleys that I’m sorry. My actions at that time were not reflective of who I was. 

    “I would like to tell them I have tried to be a better person since that day. I can’t imagine how they feel about losing their family and wish that we could all go back and change it. I’m sorry for all the pain that I caused.”

    Speaking after the execution, Todd’s mother, Georgia, said the remorse shown by Bernard and his accomplices had “helped very much heal my heart”, adding: “I forgive them.”

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    FAMILY 'VERY PROUD' OF KIM'S ACTIVISM

    Kim Kardashian's family are “very proud” of her activism in support of criminal justice reform, a source has said.

    Recent years have seen Kim join a number of campaigns to commute sentences of death row inmates or overturn convictions of people believed to be innocent.

    Last week saw the execution of Brendan Bernard after an unsuccessful campaign to have his death sentence reduced to life imprisonment.

    Speaking to People, a source said: “[Kim] strongly believes she can make a change when it comes to prison reform.

    “This is her passion. Her family is very proud of her.”

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    DISICK THANKS KOURTNEY FOR BEING THE 'BEST BABY MAKER IN TOWN'

    Scott Disick has thanked ex-partner Kourtney Kardashian for being the “best baby maker in town”.

    The post came after the birthdays of their sons, Mason and Reign, both born on December 14 but four years apart.

    Taking to Instagram, wrote: “Thank you @kourtneykardash for being the best baby maker in town.

    “I couldn't have asked for a better person in the world to have these amazing children with, I love u and our family [than] anything in the world.”

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    SKIMS CLOTHING TO LAUNCH IN MIDDLE EAST

    Kim Kardashian has announced that her SKIMS range of clothing will soon be available across the Middle East.

    The brand, first launched in 2019, will be released exclusively with luxury e-tailer Ounass on December 17.

    Announcing the move on a video posted to social media, Kim said: “I'm so excited to announce that SKIMS will be available all over the Middle East.

    “We've handpicked really specific pieces for the Middle Eastern woman and I'm so excited for you guys to check out everything.

    “Be sure to check it all out.”

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    KIM RETWEETS CAMPAIGN FOR DEATH ROW CONVICT

    Kim Kardashian has backed a campaign to stop the execution of a man handed the death penalty for a crime he says he didn't commit.

    Julius Jones, an African-American, was arrested in 1999 aged 19 for the fatal shooting of a 45-year-old white man named Paul Howell.

    Campaigners say he was not properly defended at trial and that his conviction was racially motivated.

    Kardashian, a campaigner for prison reform, previously visited Jones in prison, and this morning retweeted a VICE News video about the case.

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    'BIRTHDAY TWINS'

    Kim Kardashian has taken to social media to wish a happy birthday to nephews and “birthday twins” Mason and Reign Disick.

    Mason and Reign are the sons of Kim's sister Kourtney and share a birthday with one another.

    Posting a picture of herself holding one of the boy's as a baby, Kim wrote: “Happy Birthday Mason and Reign. Birthday twins but 5 years apart.

    “I remember when @kourtneykardash was pregnant with Reign and it started to get close to Mason’s bday I suggested she induce so that they don’t have the same birthday but she said her famous phrase 'whatever’s meant to be will be'”.

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