Kim Kardashian jetted to estranged husband Kris Humphries in Minnesota to talk to him for the first time after she dramatically filed divorce papers after just 72 days of marriage. Sources confirmed to us that Kim had flown to Kris’ hometown early yesterday to talk to him in the presence of his family pastor Joel Johnson, who married them on Aug. 20.
And Kim also planned to apologize to Humphries’ family for the damage her marriage drama has done to them — without any reality TV cameras rolling. The source close to Kim told us, “Kim feels deeply embarrassed and sad about what happened, and decided . . . to talk things through with Kris . . . She also wants to apologize to Kris’ family for all the drama, media attention and hurt this has caused them. She regrets not calling them to explain before she filed for divorce.
“This isn’t about a reconciliation,” the source said.
Kim’s flight to Minnesota was first reported by TMZ yesterday, which also reported Kim plans to pay Kris to keep her $2 million engagement ring. A friend said, “She feels going to Minnesota to talk is the right thing to do, she is so embarrassed by the way everything turned out. While she accepts people are criticizing her for the lavish wedding, she feels terrible about letting everyone down.”
The source added, “The problem is they are two fundamentally different people. He is younger and has different priorities. They could not even agree on where to live: He wants to be in Minnesota, and she wants to be in LA . . . She is also very hurt that he issued a statement saying he was blindsided by the divorce filing. He knew it was coming; they both knew things weren’t working . . . but some part of Kim also misses Kris, and still wants him to be a part of her life.”
A source close to Kris insisted he didn’t know about the divorce in advance, saying, “He learned of his divorce on the Internet.”
Reps for Kim didn’t get back to us last night, and Kris’ rep declined to comment.