American reality TV star, Kim Kardashian has removed her former husband, Kanye West‘s surname from her social media profiles.
On her Instagram and Twitter pages, the business mogul who was once ‘Kim Kardashian West’ has simply become ‘Kim Kardashian’.
This comes shortly after Kim was declared legally single, one year after filing for divorce from rapper, Kanye West.
Judge Steven Cochran of Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, March 2 had declared Kim single during a hearing on Wednesday, granting her the permission to return to her maiden name.
She was asked by the judge several questions under oath including if she wanted to change her name back.
Kim responded by saying ‘Yes.’
Kardashian also responded “Yes” when the judge asked if there was a breakdown in the marriage.
“After the judge read the questions and told her she now has her single status back, Kim smiled,” PageSix also reported.
Kanye’s lawyer said his client had no objections to the name change but was more interested in the assets and interest.
While Kim’s lawyer objected to her client’s trust being frozen, arguing that the reality TV mogul uses the trust for her business. The judge sided with Kardashian’s team on this issue.
In her petition to be declared single filed back in December, the SKIMS founder requested that the court separate issues of child custody and property from her marital status.
However, in February, her petition was challenged by West who claimed that the declaration might have adverse consequences, especially pertaining to the custody of their four children and marital assets.
Kim’s removal of West from her social media names, however, had not stopped her from promoting her KKW fragrance brand, which bore an initial from her estranged husband’s surname.
Also, the removal was against her earlier decision to keep Kanye’s last name, which she made when the rapper filed to officially change his name to ‘Ye’.
The reality star has in August 2021 noted that she will retain the last name of her former husband even after their divorce.
Kim and Kanye’s official divorce news first broke in February 2021, came weeks after speculations about their marriage collapse.
The reality TV star and Kanye have four children: North, 8, Saint, 5, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 2.
