Kim Kardashian sports ADIDAS jersey amid Kanye West controversy

Kim Kardashian is every bit the soccer mom as she sports huge ADIDAS jersey and Yeezy slides at son Saint’s game… after company says relationship with Kanye West is ‘under review’ after public criticism

Kim Kardashian was seen sporting Adidas gear as the sportswear giant released a statement that their relationship with her ex Kanye West is ‘under review’ after his very public criticism.

The 41-year-old reality star was seen head-to-toe representing the Germany-based corporation while attending six-year-old son Saint’s soccer game in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

She looked every bit the soccer mom as she sat on the sidelines in a folding chair to cheer her eldest son on during his match.

Goals: Kim Kardashian was seen sporting Adidas gear as the sportswear giant released a statement that their relationship with her ex Kanye West is ‘under review’ after his very public criticism

Soccer mom: The 41-year-old reality star was seen head-to-toe representing the Germany-based corporation while attending six-year-old son Saint’s soccer game in Los Angeles on Wednesday 

Kim donned a massive grey Palace x Adidas jersey along with a pair of her 45-year-old ex’s Yeezy Adidas slide sandals in the ‘granite’ colorway.

She accessorized with a pair of silver designer shades with mirrored lenses and covered up in a grey checked flannel.

Her long, platinum blonde locks were worn down in a middle-part as she showcased her natural looks by wearing complementary make-up.

After the game she gathered her belonging as she walked side-by-side with Saint as they left the pitch. 

Stunner: She looked every bit the soccer mom as she sat on the sidelines in a folding chair to cheer her eldest son on during his match

Details: Kim donned a massive grey Palace x Adidas jersey along with a pair of her 45-year-old ex’s Yeezy Adidas slide sandals in the ‘granite’ colorway


Rocking it: She accessorized with a pair of silver designer shades with mirrored lenses and covered up in a grey checked flannel

Stunner: Her long, platinum blonde locks were worn down in a middle-part as she showcased her natural looks by wearing complementary make-up

Kim shares four children total with Kanye – who were not seen on the outing – including nine-year-old daughter North, four-year-old daughter Chicago, and three-year-old son Psalm. 

This comes as German sporting goods maker Adidas on Thursday said it has put under review its business partnership with Kim’s ex Kanye.

‘After repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation, we have taken the decision to place the partnership under review. We will continue to co-manage the current product during this period,’ the company said.

CNBC, which first reported the news, said West had been publicly critical of Adidas and its CEO and told the broadcaster that the German group was copying his ideas. Adidas has been partnering with West since 2013, CNBC said.

Support system: She cheered for her eldest son as she sat on the folding chair

On-the-go: After the game she gathered her belonging as she walked side-by-side with Saint as they left the pitch

Full house: Kim shares four children total with Kanye – who were not seen on the outing – including nine-year-old daughter North, four-year-old daughter Chicago, and three-year-old son Psalm

‘Adidas has always been about creativity, innovation and supporting athletes and artists to achieve their vision. The adidas Yeezy partnership is one of the most successful collaborations in our industry’s history,’ Adidas said.

‘We also recognize that all successful partnerships are rooted in mutual respect and shared values.’

News about Adidas putting the partnership under review comes less than a month after West’s lawyers sent a letter to Gap Inc notifying the apparel chain he was terminating his partnership with the company.

Kanye did not take too kindly to Adidas’ statement as he took to Instagram to respond writing: ‘F**K ADIDAS I AM ADIDAS ADIDAS RAPED AND STOLE MY DESIGNS.’

‘We have taken the decision to place the partnership under review’: This comes as German sporting goods maker Adidas on Thursday said it has put under review its business partnership with Kim’s ex Kanye

Kanye did not take too kindly to Adidas’ statement as he took to Instagram to respond writing: ‘F**K ADIDAS I AM ADIDAS ADIDAS RAPED AND STOLE MY DESIGNS’

Adidas’ statement comes amid an on-going public clash with Kanye with the rapper continually going after the sportswear giant on his social media, as he says the company has pilfered his ideas and kept him out of the loop in terms of marketing the product. 

West has garnered support from a number of his contemporaries in the hip-hop community, such as Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Swizz Beatz and T.I.

Earlier this month, Ye was on a social media blitz against the two clothing companies, accusing Adidas of seizing creative control over the Yeezy brand and stealing his design ideas to produce shoes similar to his Boost trainers. He also claimed that the shoe company ripped off his design for slides.

Taking a stand: Adidas’ statement comes amid an on-going public clash with Kanye (seen in February 2016) with the rapper continually going after the sportswear giant on his social media, as he says the company has pilfered his ideas and kept him out of the loop in terms of marketing the product

‘No one should be held in that position where people can steal from them and say we’re just paying you to shut up,’ he told Bloomberg. ‘That destroys innovation. That destroys creativity. That’s what destroyed Nikola Tesla.’

He’s hammered Adidas executives with a series of mocking Instagram posts until, he claims, his lawyers stepped in and asked him to stop.

In some of the posts, he superimposed Adidas executive Daniel Cherry’s head on another person’s body and created mocking videos of the corporate leader.

Ye also went after JPMorgan Chase, where he holds much of his money after switching from a small Wyoming bank, for not backing him in his war against the popular clothing brands.

Kanye also signed his deal with GAP in 2020, which has resulted in some bizarre designs

Taunting: The rapper-turned-designer has publicly declared a feud with Adidas, whom he’s partnered with via his Yeezy empire

‘I’ve went to JP Morgan but of course they won’t give me no deal flow cause Jin(g) Ulrich is on the board of both Adidas and JP Morgan. What shoe company will give me control. I need to be the head of the board and chief decision maker,’ he posted.

Jing Ulrich is the Chase vice chare of investment banking.

Ye also tried to get banking titan Jamie Dimon on the phone, but was ghosted by the financier. 

‘I feel like there’s a lot of controlling and handling to suppress my ability to affect the American economy and industry,’ the rapper said of Chase.

Bloomberg reported that Ye holds $122 million cash and stock, but that his corporate deals make him a billionaire.

 His financial dealings have been as eclectic as his music choices.

Ye hired Michael Cohen, the convicted ex-lawyer for former President Donald Trump, to give him some financial advice, according to Bloomberg News.

It was Cohen who recommended that he move his money from Wyoming, which he said ‘was not equipped to handle his business or him personally, to the major investment bank.

The Yeezy brand earned $191 billion in royalties in 2020 from the Adidas deal, according to USB Group AG.

The recording artist has groused almost from the beginning of his corporate collaborations that he was being frozen out of decision-making.

Kanye West, pictured here, signaled that he’s done with Adidas. He inked his deal with the shoe brand in 2015 and it will continue until 2026

Happier times: Kanye had previously tweeted enthusiastically about the collaboration

In July 2020, Gap stock dipped 7.4 percent after he threatened to pull out of deals with the clothing company a month after he signed the partnership with his Yeezy brand.

He threatened to do the same to the international sneaker maker, but their stock ended up for the day.

The musician’s public disagreements with the brands have created a corporate headache after other public figures like Sean Combs and Swizz Beatz declared a public boycott on Adidas.

Ye’s public disagreements with the brands have created a corporate headache after other public figures like Sean Combs and Swizz Beatz declared a public boycott on Adidas

Ye’s focus appears to be shifting from the Yeezy clothing company to Donda Academy,  a school named after his late mother.

He plans to set up campuses across the country that will contain schools, farms, retail space, and dormitories, Bloomberg reported.

It’s unclear where Gap and Adidas fit in. 

‘Every step of my career there was something in the way,’ Ye told the financial news service. ‘They did the dream, but just without Ye.’

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