Overview

Chris Paul Cheating With Kim Kardashian refers to allegations made by Kanye West that he caught his ex-wife Kim Kardashian with NBA player Chris Paul, who has been married since 2011. Ye made the allegations on Twitter on December 1st, 2022 after his appearance on Infowars and shortly before his ban from the platform. It is unclear when Ye allegedly caught Kim with Paul. The allegations are unconfirmed and possibly untrue. The news inspired numerous memes about Paul cheating across social media. On December 2nd, TMZ reported that a source close to the situation denied the allegations.

Background

On December 1st, 2022, following Ye's appearance on Infowars, he tweeted, "Let's break one last window before we get outa here I caught this guy with Kim Good night," sharing a photograph of the Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul (shown below). Ye was banned from Twitter shortly after this for tweeting out the Raelism symbol. The tweet has been deleted with Ye's account, but was reported on and shared by numerous media accounts and social media users.^[1]

Developments

TMZ Report

On December 2nd, 2022, TMZ^[2] reported that a source "close to the situation" denied the rumors, claiming that Ye is making it up to deflect from the antisimetic comments. The anonymous source was quoted as saying:

"This is not true and sadly it’s an ongoing pattern with Kanye -- attacking Kim to redirect everyone’s attention after a day of crazy antics where he has said every hateful and offensive thing he can possibly dream of. He has a history of falsely accusing her of also having affairs with Meek Mill, Drake and countless others. Kanye has for years deflected his own awful behavior, infidelities and obsession with porn and sex addiction to abuse and slut shame Kim. She wants to be left alone so she can focus on the well-being of their children."

Online Reactions / Memes

After Ye's tweet, people across social media shared the news and began reacting with memes about Paul cheating on his wife with Kim. On December 1st, 2022, Twitter^[3] user @BallsDeepInYm3 posted a meme, writing, "Chris Paul buying his wife flowers to try and save his marriage," garnering over 63,000 likes in a day (shown below, left). The same day, Twitter^[4] user @upblissed posted a photo of Paul and his wife, writing, "chris paul really boutta lose his only ring," garnering over 134,000 likes in a day (shown below, right).

On December 2nd, Instagram^[5] page memezar shared a collection of memes about the allegations, garnering over 88,000 likes in under a day. On the same day, Twitter^[6] user @jimmy_koski shared a Homelander Gets Applause meme about Ye deflecting using the cheating accusation, garnering over 51,000 likes and a million views in under a day (shown below).

On the same day, TikToker^[7] @savvyamusing posted a fake video of Chris Paul responding to the allegations, saying he was just trying to look at Kim's Skims and calling her "his wife now," garnering over 59,000 views in under a day (shown below).

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