Love starts with a prenup

AT the recent Florence wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, there wasn’t a cloud on the picture-perfect horizon. But that doesn’t mean that the couple didn’t contemplate the possibility of stormy weather. They did. Negotiations as to the terms of their prenup were so prolonged and hard-fought, that their wedding date had to be postponed until such time as agreement was reached.

In the end, Kim apparently settled for a $1m (€735,000) pay-out for every year she stays with Kanye, plus $5m for every additional child she has with him. Given that the couple is worth an estimated $140m — $100m of which is Kanye’s — the terms seem modest to say the least.

She did well compared with her sister Khloe. Under her prenup with her soon to be ex husband Lamar Odom, she reportedly accepted $500,000 per year of marriage with a $2m bonus should she stay four years. That’s precisely what she did. Despite reports of Lamar’s drug-fuelled cheating habits she stayed put in the marriage, then filed for divorce less than three months after the fourth anniversary. Critics say she held on for the money. Romantics say she held on for love.