Kanye West shares rare picture with Kim Kardashian and their children amid claims their marriage is ‘over’
The rapper appeared to dismiss the speculation
RAPPER Kanye West appeared to dismiss the speculation surrounding the state of his marriage to Kim Kardashian by posting a family picture on social media.
The newly-blonde musician could be seen holding his son Saint while standing next to his stunning wife as she held their daughter North.
The clan were posing in front of the Christmas tree from Kris Jenner's Christmas Eve bash - dismissing reports that Kanye had not attended the event and had been told to keep away from Kim.
However, speculation had begun to mount during the bash as fans noticed that Kim, 36, ditched her wedding ring on the night.
Her wedding finger was bare on Saturday night as she partied with her mum and sisters at their annual festive gathering in LA.
While troubled rapper Kanye, 39, had headed to the cinema with friends before making a late appearance at the event.
It had been reported that Kim blanked her husband and insiders had claimed their two-year marriage is “as good as over”.
It comes at the end of a nightmare 2016 for the couple which saw Kim, 36, robbed at gunpoint in Paris in October and Kanye hospitalised a month later after a mental breakdown.
However, the pair put on a united front with their daughter North, three, at a performance of The Nutcracker ballet at an LA theatre on Friday.
But onlookers revealed the couple — who also have a year-old son Saint — barely spoke to each other.
A source said: “Kim and Kanye’s marriage is as good as over. It’s looking bleak.
"She didn’t want Kanye at her mum’s Christmas bash this year, as she felt it was the first time she could really let her hair down.
“But he made a late show and spent the last hour just sitting on the couch talking to Scott Disick [dad of Kourtney’s kids] — he was a total wallflower.
“On Friday they took North to see The Nutcracker but they barely spoke or interacted inside.
"The tensions were visible. Neither of them are in a happy place right now.
“He spent Christmas morning at Kris’ [Kim’s mum] to make things as normal for the kids as possible, but it’s just a matter of timing.
"The only thing that might keep them together is the kids.”
Kim, who wore a gold dress at the Christmas Eve party in Calabasas, blew kisses in a video shared on her sister Khloe’s Snapchat account.
She was also sporting a new lip ring but her wedding band was off.
In the video, Khloe, 32, can be heard saying: “How dope is my f***ing sister? Look at this dress. And look at the jewellery. You are a bad*** bitch, Kim.”
The US reality star has barely been seen in public since her Paris ordeal, when she was bound and robbed at gunpoint in a reported £8.5million heist.
Kanye has cancelled all tour dates after coming out of hospital at the end of November.
He suffered a mental breakdown, with a cousin claiming he has “stopped trusting people”.
Lawrence Franklin claimed last week Kanye’s decline started after he paid £200,000 to a relative who was threatening to leak a sex tape of him.
Kim and Kanye have also reportedly been in counselling while the rapper is receiving therapy.
Kim is said to be still angry after Kanye flew to New York for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump within hours of leaving hospital.
A source said: “It was the worst thing that he has ever done in her eyes. When she tried to get him to call it off and come home, he refused.”
Any break-up is likely to lead to a complicated split of Kanye’s fortune, estimated by Forbes to be £145million.