Why has Beyoncé finally let Kim Kardashian into her inner circle? After years of tension, Kanye’s feuds with Jay-Z and the Wests’ Trump ties, Queen B is now publicly ‘friends’ with the reality star
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- Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian have never been close, but the reality star and her sister Khloé were recently spotted at Queen B’s birthday party … does this mean the feud is over?
- Jay-Z and Kanye West were close friends, until the Carters missed the West’s wedding, Ye publicly threw shade at Beyoncé and they ran into political differences …
It’s no secret that Kim Kardashian and Beyoncé have had a strained relationship for more than a decade. When Kardashian first started dating Kanye West, media outlets pitted the two women against each other. Beyoncé is currently married to Jay-Z, West’s close friend.
Kardashian and Beyoncé’s relationship has been filled with missing life-changing events, public rants, political alliances and public steps to rectify the wrong. Could it be that West was the biggest obstacle in their relationship? We take you through the timeline.
Where it all began
![Beyoncé and Jay-Z (second left), and Kanye West and Kim Kardashian (second right) in August 2016. Photo: @bey_and_kim/Instagram Beyoncé and Jay-Z (second left), and Kanye West and Kim Kardashian (second right) in August 2016. Photo: @bey_and_kim/Instagram](https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2022/09/15/6349f42f-137b-466a-9f06-d292c35f21f1_d8a353c6.jpg)
Kardashian and West started dating in 2011 and from the moment they publicly confirmed their relationship, there was speculation that Beyoncé was not Kardashian’s biggest fan. Grazia reported that even though West and Jay-Z were close at the time, Kardashian and Beyoncé were barely photographed together.
![Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian (from left to right) after a presentation of Kanye West’s autumn/winter partnership with Adidas at New York Fashion Week in 2015. Photo: Reuters Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian (from left to right) after a presentation of Kanye West’s autumn/winter partnership with Adidas at New York Fashion Week in 2015. Photo: Reuters](https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2022/09/15/e5c624f8-c938-4f35-9407-5cb3147e3b55_362237e1.jpg)
Although there were numerous rumours about why Beyoncé was not a fan of Kardashian’s, British media put it down to that Queen B simply “never genuinely liked Kim”, explaining that she tolerated the reality star because of her relationship with West.
The wedding diss
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In an interview with Charlamagne on YouTube, West said he was hurt by the Carters not attending the wedding: “I understand they were going through some things, but if it’s family, you’re not going to miss a wedding. I gotta state my truth.”
And Jay-Z might have responded to West’s comments … in a sense. In the couple’s joint album, Everything is Love, Jay-Z raps on the song “Friends” about a relationship in trouble:
“I ain’t going to nobody nothing when me and my wife beefing.