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Kim Kardashian ex Reggie Bush wants wife, kids

It appears that Kim Kardashian may have married the wrong professional athlete. Miami Dolphins running back Reggie Bush, who Kardashian dated for four years, has revealed that he is looking forward to marriage and children.

Bush co-hosted “Live with Kelly Ripa” today — as Rob Lowe, Taye Diggs and others have done since the departure of Regis Philbin in November. During the show, Ripa grills the football star about his personal life.

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“Do I have to answer that question?” Bush jokes as Ripa asks about his relationship status. “Yeah, I’m single. Sweating over here. Did somebody turn the heat on? It’s getting hot in here!”

But Bush reveals some information that might be interesting to Kardashian, who filed for divorce from Nets star Kris Humphries after just 72 days of marriage on Oct. 31.

“I don’t want to be single forever,” Bush explains. “I want to have a wife and kids and be able to raise a little Reggie and raise some kids some day.”

When Kardashian and Bush split for good in May 2010 (they also briefly parted in 2009 before reuniting), rumors swirled that the reason was Bush’s age — he is five years younger than Kardashian — and his unwillingness to think seriously about marriage.

Kardashian has frequently expressed her desire to start a family. On her 30th birthday, just months before she met Humphries, Kardashian told People that she assumed she would be married with four kids by then. Even when after filing for divorce from Humphries. Kardashian wrote on her blog that her desire for kids drove her toward a poor decision.

“I want a family and babies and a real life so badly that maybe I rushed in to something too soon,” Kardashian explained. “I believed in love and the dream of what I wanted so badly. I felt like I was on a fast roller coaster and couldn’t get off when now I know I probably should have.”

However, if Kardashian has any thoughts of winning Bush back, she might have some competition from Ripa, who flirtatiously touched the football star’s biceps during the show.

“By accident, I brushed up against your rippling bicep,” Ripa, married to Mark Consuelos, joked, adding: “Listen had three children and those were the greatest moments of my life — and the fourth was rubbing your arm. Touching it was a much more pleasurable experience!”