Kim Kardashian and Ray J’s Relationship Timeline: Their Sex Tape, Cheating Confessions and More
06.05.2022 - 05:35
/ usmagazine.com
The drama never ends. Kim Kardashian and Ray J may have split in 2006, but their relationship continues to haunt them almost two decades later.
The former pair met in 2002 amid the KKW Beauty founder’s divorce from ex-husband Damon Thomas. Kardashian was relatively unknown at the time and was working for Ray J’s sister, Brandy, as a stylist.
The two hit it off immediately, and the “Sexy Can I” singer wasted no time in saying that he knew his girlfriend was destined for the spotlight.
“It was so many different things about her,” the artist confessed during a Vlad TV interview in 2003. “But let me say that beyond the love, I felt like she had star quality. And I felt like she could be really big. So it happened. I got a lot of respect for Kim.”
While the two split in late 2006, a sex tape of the former couple emerged in February of the following year. Adult entertainment company Vivid allegedly paid millions of dollars to obtain a copy of the video, with Kardashian suing them for $5 million for copyright rights.
During his time in 2017 on Celebrity Big Brother, the Love & Hip-Hop Hollywood alum opened up about his breakup with the Kardashians star.
“We loved each other. Every relationship I was in, I loved the girl. It’s just the moral standards and values were off. I was loving and lying,” he confessed during the 2017 episode of the show.
Trouble brewed again during an April 2022 episode of The Kardashians when the Skims founder claimed she was trying to access another explicit video amid allegations that there was previously unreleased footage. The following week, Kardashian revealed that estranged husband Kanye West delivered the entire tape to her after meeting with Ray J.
“So Kanye flew home last night, and he came back this