The rumor mill is buzzing about a split between the pregnant Kim Kardashian, 32, and Kanye West, 35, after Bruce Jenner lit a match to a possible breakup flame. 

According to Radar Online, Kardashian's stepfather claimed that the rapper is always missing in action. "I've only met him once," he said last week. "He's never...he's not around."  

But Kardashian's BFF, Jonathan Cheban was quick to defend West, having referred to him as "the man." 

"He's actually always around, I have hung out with them together so many times, I can't even count all the times and in different countries...all those stories make me laugh," Kardashian closest pal said at the Viva Diva Wines summer launch in New Rochelle, New York on Wednesday. 

Well, this is good news considering Cheban was not a fan of Kardashian's ex-husband, NBA star Kris Humphries. At one point, the former public relations know-it-all considered filing a lawsuit against the 28-year-old Brooklyn Nets forward after he spit out a homophobic slur at Cheban during a heated argument caught on tape in "Kourtney and Kim Take New York."

He believes that West is a great guy. "He's so smart and interesting and perfect for Kim," he said, having also blasted Kardashian's critics who hurl negative comments about her pregnancy weight gain.

The twosome are very busy in working and traveling, but the story of them spending too much time apart is old tabloid fodder, reported Wetpaint

Maybe the paparazzi just does not catch West enough on camera since the rapper notoriously tries to dodge them every chance that he gets while out and about.

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