Kim Kardashian and Ye (formerly Kanye West) finalized their divorce in 2022, but sharing four children means they will be involved in one another’s lives for the foreseeable future.

The Skims mogul opened up about the fallout from her relationship with West during the season seven premiere of Hulu‘s The Kardashians on Thursday (Oct. 23), which she says “tested” her in ways she didn’t see coming as she wanted to “protect” her kids as best she could.

“I was pretty tested, I will say. Very tested,” she said. “I mean, I have psoriasis again. I felt it. I mean, I felt more stressed, probably just because I had to super protect what I had to protect. My kids are involved now.”

Kardashian added that she’s most worried about how the kids will handle their father’s public outbursts. “My poor kids,” she continued. “Everyone around can handle it, but … protect my babies. They’re gonna know things. They’re gonna grow up. They’re gonna see. So my job as a mom is to just make sure that at a time when that behavior is happening, is just to make sure that they are protected.”

She explained how it isn’t as easy as “walking away” from the relationship with Ye since they have children together. “I’m happy it’s over,” the reality star said. “My ex will be in my life no matter what. We have four kids together.”

Kardashian also pushed back against West’s narrative that she’s attempting to keep the children from seeing him.

“As much as people think that I have the luxury of walking away and not dealing ever again, that’s not my reality. This person — we have four kids together,” she said on the reality show. “It’s very confusing because it’ll be all this talk on the internet of like, ‘I’m keeping the kids.’ He’s never once called and asked [to see them].”

She added: “But then I’ll wake up, and it’s on Twitter that I’m keeping the kids. So it’s just … When it’s not true and not rational, I just have to like … I can’t engage all the time. It’s a divorce, not a kidnapping. We haven’t left! We’re in the same spot. We have the same address, so he knows where his kids are.”

Elsewhere in the episode, Kardashian opened up about health issues she’s suffered as a result of the stresses in her life. Her psoriasis flared up for the first time since getting divorced, and she was also diagnosed with a brain aneurysm.

When it comes to Ye’s troubling issues, Kardashian always felt it was a reflection of her, but recently, that hasn’t been the case.

“It was the first time I think one of my kids knew what was happening,” she said on The Kardashians. “I’ve been able to hide it for so long. I always felt like I had a little bit of like Stockholm syndrome, to where I always felt really bad and always protected and always wanted to help … And this was the first time I didn’t feel that responsibility personally.”

West and Kardashian share four children: North, 12; Saint, 9; Chicago, 7; and Psalm, 6. Kardashian filed for divorce in early 2021, and the case was settled in November 2022.

Watch the season seven trailer of The Kardashians below.

The CMA Awards are less than a month away, and Lainey Wilson is getting ready.

After cohosting last year with Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning, the nine-time CMA Awards winner will be the sole host for the 59th annual CMA Awards, slated for Nov. 19 on ABC.

In a clip exclusive to Billboard — which you can watch above — Wilson shows how she’s getting ready for the awards, declaring, “All right! Looks like I’m running the show!” She then reveals how she’s putting her own spin on the proceedings, from supersizing the speakers to making sure her wardrobe is on point.

Wilson is only the third woman to solo host the awards — which bills itself as “Country Music’s Biggest Night” — following Dolly Parton in 1988 and Reba McEntire in 1991.

She is not only the host, but she is one of the leading nominees, tying with Ella Langley and Megan Moroney with six nominations each. Zach Top follows with five nominations, and Riley Green and Cody Johnson have four each. Performers and presenters will be announced shortly.

“I grew up watching the CMA Awards like it was the Super Bowl, so to be hosting for a second year is a true honor,” Wilson said in a statement in September. “I’m humbled that CMA has trusted me with this role, and I can’t wait to love on this genre that has given me so much.”

CMA Awards nominees and winners are determined by more than 7,000 professional voting members of the Country Music Association, representing every sector of the industry.

The CMA Awards, which will air on live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, are the longest running annual music awards show on network television, having first aired in 1967. Robert Deaton serves as executive producers.

Taylor Swift may be headed for a Songwriters Hall of Fame record. Swift, who received the Hal David Starlight Awards from the SHOF in 2010, is nominated for full membership in the organization. She would be the first person to graduate from the Starlight Award (which dates to 2004) to full membership status.

A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first commercial release of a song. Swift’s first single, “Tim McGraw,” was released in June 2006. The SHOF gala is typically held in June, so she just makes it.

The list of nominees also includes three people who have won Grammys for song of the year – Terry Britten and Graham Lyle (“What’s Love Got to Do With It”) and Kenny Loggins (“What a Fool Believes,” a cowrite with Michael McDonald).

The list includes several songwriters who have often collaborated with people who are already in the Hall: Walter Afanasieff (best known for his collaboration with 2022 inductee Mariah Carey); Andreas Carlsson (who cowrote Backstreet Boys’ megahit “I Want It That Way” with 2017 inductee Max Martin); Tom Snow (who has often collaborated with 2024 inductee Dean Pitchford); and Richard Carpenter (who cowrote many Carpenters hits with 2011 inductee John Bettis).

Several of the nominees have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: LL Cool J (who received a 2021 award for musical excellence from the Rock Hall); David Byrne (whose band Talking Heads was inducted into the Rock Hall in 2002); Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Jane M. Wiedlin (of Go-Go’s, who were inducted into the Rock Hall in 2021) and Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley (of KISS, who were inducted into the Rock Hall in 2014).

Other members of prominent groups, not already mentioned, on this year’s ballot include Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings (The Guess Who); Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell (America); and Harry Wayne Casey (KC and the Sunshine Band).

News of Simmons and Stanley’s inclusion comes days after the death of Ace Frehley, KISS’ original lead guitarist and founding member. Frehley, 74, died Oct. 16 in New Jersey.

The Songwriters Hall of Fame was established in 1969 to honor those creating the popular music. The 2026 inductees will be announced in early 2026. The Induction & Awards Gala is typically held in New York City in June.

Eligible voting members will have until midnight ET on Dec. 4 to turn in ballots, with their choices of up to three nominees in each of the songwriter and performing songwriter categories.

The 2025 class consisted of George Clinton; Ashley Gorley; Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins; Mike Love; Tony Macaulay; Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons of The Doobie Brothers and the late Bert Berns.

Here’s the full list of 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees. The songs listed as examples of the songwriter’s work were supplied by the SHOF.

Non-Performing Songwriters

Walter Afanasieff – All I Want For Christmas Is You * My All * Hero * Love Will Survive * One Sweet Day

Pete Bellotte – Hot Stuff * I Feel Love * Love To Love You Baby * Heaven Knows * Push It To The Limit

Andreas Carlsson – I Want It That Way * Bye Bye Bye * It’s Gonna Be Me * That’s The Way It Is * Waking Up In Vegas

Steve Kipner – Physical * Hard Habit To Break * Genie In A Bottle * These Words * Breakeven

Jeffrey LeVasseur p/k/a Jeffrey Steele – What Hurts The Most * My Wish * Knee Deep * The Cowboy In Me * I’d Give Anything/She’d Give Anything

Patrick Leonard – Like A Prayer * Live To Tell * Nevermind * You Want It Darker * Yet Another Movie

Terry Britten and Graham Lyle – What’s Love Got To Do With It * We Don’t Need Another Hero * Typical Male * Devil Woman * I Should Have Known Better

Bob McDill – Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold * Good Ole Boys Like Me * Gone Country * Don’t Close Your Eyes * Song Of The South

Kenny Nolan – Lady Marmalade * My Eyes Adored You * I Like Dreamin’ * Masterpiece * Get Dancin’

Martin Page – We Built This City * These Dreams * King Of Wishful Thinking * Faithful * Fallen Angel

Vini Poncia – Do I Love You * I Was Made For Lovin You * Oh My My * You Make Me Feel Like Dancing * Just Too Many People

Tom Snow – He’s So Shy * Let’s Hear it for the Boy * Dreaming of You * Don’t Know Much * After All

Christopher “Tricky” Stewart – Umbrella * Single Ladies * Obsessed * Just Fine * Break My Soul

Larry Weiss – Rhinestone Cowboy * Bend Me Shape Me * Hi Ho Silver Lining * Your Baby Doesn’t Love You Anymore * Darling Take Me Back

Performing Songwriters

Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell (America) – A Horse with No Name * Ventura Highway * Sister Golden Hair * I Need You* Tin Man

David Byrne – Once In A Lifetime * Psycho Killer * Burning Down The House * Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place) * Strange Overtones

Richard Carpenter – Goodbye To Love * Top Of The World * Yesterday Once More * Only Yesterday * Merry Christmas Darling

Harry Wayne Casey – Rock Your Baby * Get Down Tonight * That’s The Way (I Like It) * (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty * Please Don’t Go

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) – These Eyes * Laughing * No Time * American Woman * No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley (KISS) – Rock and Roll All Nite * I Love It Loud * Calling Dr. Love * Shout It Out Loud * Christine 16

Kenny Loggins – Danny’s Song * Footloose * Celebrate Me Home * Return to Pooh Corner * What A Fool Believes

Sarah McLachlan – Angel * Sweet Surrender * I Will Remember You * Building A Mystery * Adia

Alecia B. Moore p/k/a P!nk – Glitter in the Air * Just Like A Pill * Raise Your Glass * So What * What About Us

Boz Scaggs – Lido Shuffle * Lowdown * We’re All Alone * Thanks To You * Look What You’ve Done To Me

James Todd Smith p/k/a LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out * I Need Love * Around The Way Girl * Going Back To Cali * Illegal Search

Taylor Swift – All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) * Blank Space * Anti-Hero * Love Story * The Last Great American Dynasty

Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Jane M. Wiedlin (The Go-Go’s) – We Got The Beat * Our Lips Are Sealed * Vacation * Head Over Heels * This Town