The last time we heard of Brook Crittendon is when she made her tv debut on BET’s Harlem Heights reality show back in the spring of 2009. The reality star [best known as Kanye West’s girlfriend for a few years [2006-2009] prior to West relationship with Amber Rose, other women, and now the infamous Kim Kardashian [whom he’s now expecting a child with]. In a recent interview with the Sun UK Mag, Brooke Crittendon opened up about her relationship and break-up with Kanye for the first time. In the interview, Brooke goes on to say that dating Kanye [ the celebrity] had its ups and downs and says that Kimye maybe the perfect couple in the eyes of many but their relationship will not stand the test of time [in her eyes at least].
“For Kanye, what other person besides Kim Kardashian is there? There’s Halle Berry, J-Lo and Beyonce but they are all taken. She fits into his brand.“Part of being untouchable is having what other people want. It’s about saying, ‘Everybody wants her and she wants me’. That makes sense in Kanye’s world. I know he has had a thing with her for a while. I’m sure he watched her tape. After we broke up, we caught up as friends and he mentioned her, I knew something was there. ‘In Hollywood, you cannot say ‘forever’. Them being together satisfies them for now. “Having a baby ticks a box. She wanted kids and it’s his legacy.”
Brooke admits that Kanye introduced her to the showbiz lifestyle:
“By day I was working in an office and in the evening this fairy godmother would arrive and I’d have all these amazing experiences. It was like a two-year trip to Disneyland. We went to his first Grammy Awards together in 2006. He was nominated for Album Of The Year for Late Registration and U2 won. I remember Bono came to his dressing room after the show and said he thought Kanye should have won and that he was a big fan.
“Our first anniversary was the first day of his tour in Miami. After the show we went back to our suite and there were hundreds of roses and the orchestra section from his concert were in there playing the song, It’s Our Anniversary, by Tony! Toni! Tone!
“His place in New York was opulent. I remember this chair that was made completely of teddy bears. He loved it.“And he had this Sistine Chapel thing going on in the dining room. Someone had hand-painted these cherubs all over the ceiling.”
Despite, Kanye’s quick rise to global fame, Brooke says Kanye had insecure moments.
“He was not macho — he needed you to be with him and needed your opinion. He was quite vulnerable. He was insecure as he couldn’t be with me every day. I got the impression he worried he wasn’t good enough for me. He needs people to tell him he is good and that he is needed and wanted.He wouldn’t start his show unless I was at the side of the stage. One night the show was delayed because he couldn’t find me. “He refused to go on till I’d told him it was going to be OK.”
On Their Break-Up, Brooke reveals that Infidelity played a huge part:
“I was very naive. I was a normal girl and in my life you meet a guy, you go on three dates and that’s your boyfriend. But he was a superstar and it got too much for me to handle. “I was never OK being one of many — or even one of a few.” There was a lot of attention from other women. Kanye was very open and honest but it ended up with me knowing too much. I don’t want to be silly and say it wasn’t cheating because I knew about it. “