Kanye West feared wife Kim Kardashian might divorce him over ‘slavery is a choice’ comments

Kanye West has revealed that he feared wife Kim Kardashian would divorce him over his controversial “slavery is a choice” comments.

The No Mistakes rapper told how he had doubts over the future of his marriage following his social media outburst in a new interview with The New York Times.

West explained that he had a “real conversation” exploring the possibility of divorce following the controversial comments.

Earlier this year, the 41-year-old came under fire after saying that “400 years of slavery is a choice.”

He made the comments during an interview in the TMZ newsroom, which was met by some significant backlash.

Speaking about the conversation with Kardashian, he explained: “There was a moment where I felt like after TMZ, maybe a week after that, I felt like the energy levels were low.

“I called different family members and was asking, you know, ‘Was Kim thinking about leaving me after TMZ?' So that was a real conversation."

At the time West made the remarks, TMZ staff member Van Lathan was quick to stand up to West about the view he pegged as “free-thought.

“The reason why I feel like that is because Kanye, you’re entitled to your opinion, you’re entitled to your thoughts, you’re entitled to believe whatever you want but there is fact and real world, real life consequence behind everything you just said.

Lathan said: “I actually don’t think you’re thinking anything. I think what you’re doing is the absence of thought.”

West was quick to apologise for “hurting” Lathan, however, he was met with words of warning form the staff member who told him to be “responsible” because his “voice is too big.”