Kim Kardashian says she spent five years single after splitting from Kanye West, PEOPLE reported on October 4, 2026.Speaking to The Sunday Times' Style magazine, the SKIMS co-founder, 45, said,“I needed my time. I wanted to completely heal and just work on myself. I wasn’t ready to open up. I really wasn’t even thinking about it. The universe works in your favor when you just allow it to.”She said the stretch felt great and let her focus on her children and on projects she wanted to be involved with. Kim Kardashian is now dating Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, 41. PEOPLE noted the two were first linked in February 2026.Complex Pop Culture @ComplexPopLINKIn an interview with The Times, Kim Kardashian said she was mostly single for five years after her split from Kanye West.“I wanted to completely heal and just work on myself. I wasn’t ready to open up. I really wasn’t even thinking about it.”Kim Kardashian on healing after her divorce and dating Lewis HamiltonKim Kardashian said she did not feel empty during those years. PEOPLE quoted her as saying she felt no rush. She filed for divorce from West in 2021, and it was finalized in 2022.E! News reported on October 4, 2026, that the former couple shares four children: North, 13, Saint, 10, Chicago, eight, and Psalm, seven. Kardashian also dated comedian Pete Davidson for nine months before they split in August 2022, according to PEOPLE.The pair were spotted at a "romantic meetup" in Paris when the Hamilton rumors began. They have since vacationed in Tokyo with her children and have been seen riding bikes in London, PEOPLE said. Kim Kardashian also supported him at the Monaco Grand Prix.They confirmed the relationship in April, when Lewis Hamilton shared a video of the couple in his Ferrari F40 in Tokyo. Their most recent outing was the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opening night in Los Angeles on September 19. PEOPLE cited a video posted by E! News that showed Kardashian wiping lipstick from Hamilton's lips after a kiss.Asked about the romance in the interview, she replied,"In the most respectful way, I'd probably rather not."Pete Davidson, past reflections and North West's music careerPete Davidson addressed the period in a September interview with Variety, E! News reported. He joked that he did Kim Kardashian a favor by being the first person to date her after the split. He said he cleared the way for her return to dating. The two are now on good terms, he added, and he has a lot of love for her.Kardashian had looked back on the divorce earlier, in a season six episode of The Kardashians. She was responding to sister Khloé Kardashian's account of the end of her marriage to Lamar Odom, PEOPLE reported. In a confessional, she said an ending nobody planned for is harder to get over.In the Times interview, Kim Kardashian also said North West "loves it a little bit more than the rest." Kardashian said she holds her daughter back from fame. North mainly wants a career in music, as West did, and her parents stay aligned on her projects.North released her debut EP, N0rth4evr, in May. Her mother attended her first headline concert at The Vic Theatre in Chicago last month. North told Dazed in August 2026 that the worst advice she has received is to start her career later.