Kim Kardashian files for divorce from Kanye West

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have four children: seven-year-old daughter North, son Saint, five, daughter Chicago, three, and 21-month-old son Psalm. Photo: Reuters

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from rapper Kanye West after almost seven years of marriage, her publicist told AFP Friday (Feb 19).

The mega-celebrity couple's divorce proceedings come just weeks after US media reported the pair were living separately and going through counseling dealing with "regular relationship issues".

Celebrity gossip site TMZ - which broke the news Friday - said the separation was "as amicable as a divorce can be".

Kardashian, 40, is asking for joint custody of the couple's four children, it added, with her lawyer Laura Wasser reportedly handing in the divorce papers Friday.