Kimye Wedding
A private Florence ceremony that drew widespread mainstream coverage.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian married at Fort di Belvedere in Florence in May 2014. Their private ceremony was subject to widespread mainstream coverage, with which West took issue. The wedding marked the culmination of a relationship that began in April 2012, when West started dating the reality television star, with whom he had already been long-time friends. The couple had become engaged in October 2013.
- Participants
- Kanye West & Kim Kardashian
- Year
- 2014
- Primary Location
- Florence, Italy
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Lore & Background
The wedding took place at Fort di Belvedere in Florence in May 2014. West and Kardashian had been dating since April 2012, after being long-time friends. They became engaged in October 2013. The ceremony was private but subject to widespread mainstream coverage, which West took issue with. The event was documented in a 2014 episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians that focused on the wedding. In that episode, it was revealed that West was excited to share his unreleased song 'Awesome' with Kardashian when they were at a studio session.
In Their Own Story
In May 2014, at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian were married. The ceremony was private, but the mainstream media covered it extensively—coverage that West publicly took issue with. The wedding was later featured in a 2014 episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which showed West excited to play Kardashian his song 'Awesome' during a studio session. The couple had been dating since April 2012 and engaged since October 2013.
Reader's Guide
The wedding took place in May 2014 at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy. West and Kardashian began dating in April 2012, after being long-time friends, and became engaged in October 2013. The ceremony was private but received widespread mainstream coverage, which West criticized. The event was documented in a 2014 episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which showed West eager to share his song 'Awesome' with Kardashian during a studio session.
Did You Know?
- West and Kardashian had been long-time friends before they began dating in April 2012.
- The couple became engaged in October 2013, seven months before their May 2014 wedding.
- West took issue with the widespread mainstream coverage of their private ceremony.
- The wedding was documented in a 2014 episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
- During a studio session shown on the episode, West was excited to share his song 'Awesome' with Kardashian.
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