Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, made a brief and rare appearance on Season 6 of "The Kardashians."
The camera catches Ye, clad in all white, backstage at the Hollywood Bowl. He was there to support his daughter North West ahead of her live performance for the 30th anniversary of "The Lion King."
North is one of four children Ye shares with his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian. She performed as Simba in a rendition of "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" at the May 2024 event.
"Her dad has been involved and he came to rehearsal and he's like, 'Can we change the graphics to 'The Lion King.' And I'm like, 'Of course, of course.' And I just look at them and I'm like, it will be a better production," she said.
Kardashian said she and Ye are aligned when it comes to parenting. "Kanye and I want the best for the kids, so anytime we're here supporting our child, it's always good vibes," she added.
Just before North took the stage, she joined hands with her parents and bowed her head as someone lead a prayer in her honor.
When the concert was over, Ye was seen having a conversation with Kardashian backstage about their daughter's performance.
"Man, she did so good," he said.
"Wait. What did you think?" Kardashian asked her ex husband.
"It was so good," he repeated. "What did you think?"
"Well, I was just crying from the side," Kardashian said. "I don't know."
Kardashian and Ye were married from 2014 to 2022. He made occasional appearances on the E! show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and even more sparing ones on "The Kardashians," which started in 2022.
He appeared in a Season 1 episode, hand-delivering unreleased footage of Kardashian with her ex Ray J back to Kardashian.
“I don’t really do her show just because I don’t particularly like the way the producers shoot some of the shots,” he says. “I’m very meticulous to that, right? I like to get a different DP (director of photography) or whatever.”
“But when we got engaged, I made sure the show was there because I felt like that was something that would make her happy,” he continued. “Regardless of how it was shot, I felt like this is a moment she would like to have and would like to share, and just have that documented. And we could decide later or not to air it.”
