Kim Kardashian has been in the hot seat since divorcing Kris Humphries. The former Mrs. H has been accused of everything from marrying Kris solely for the profits from their wedding day to cruelly blindsiding him with their quickie divorce. But now reports have surfaced that Kris may have been the bad guy during their days as man and wife.

According to Us Weekly, Kris was often extremely cruel to Kim, an insider told the magazine, “He belittled her in front of people. He’d call her stupid. It was truly sickening.”

Sources say the reason for the out-of-work NBA star’s mean-spiritedness towards his ex wife is that Humphries resented and was jealous of Kardashian’s fame and fortune.

“He tried to control Kim by bringing her down.... He would say truly terrible things. One time he said she had no talent and her fame wouldn’t last,” a source told US Weekly. Humphries even insulted her much-celebrated posterior by calling her “fat ass.”

Not only did Kris soak up the perks of his marriage to Kim by staying out late at NYC and L.A. clubs and demanding free bottle service wherever he went, but an insider also said that when Kim asked Kris to stay home for more quality time, Humphries “would tell her she was acting too much like a wife and to ‘get over it.’”

Do you buy this portrait of Kris as the hubby from hell? Or is team Kim K doing some serious damage control? Stay tuned — we’re sure this story is far from over.

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