Kim Kardashian's Rumored New Boyfriend Is This CNN Face

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Kim Kardashian is getting slammed amid rumors she's landed herself a new boyfriend, what would be the 40-year-old's first since filing for divorce from 43-year-old husband Kanye West this year. The reality star and KKW Beauty founder is rumored to be dating CNN reporter Van Jones, with social media today taking no time to explode over both the suggestion mom of four Kim has moved on and, with more hate, allegations she "used" Van Jones to "further" her law career. Check it out below.

Scroll for photos, ones that come as Kardashian is said to have been pursued by royals, billionaires, and A-Listers as her third marriage collapses. The SKIMS founder has been friends with CNN's Van Jones for years. The two are speculated to have turned romantic amid Kim's four-year law apprenticeship with Jones' San Francisco-based firm.

Both share an interest in criminal reform, with Kim herself making 2018 headlines for her involvement in the release of formerly incarcerated Alice-Marie Johnson. Sources close to Kim have been big-time shutting down the speculation. More below.

Kim, fresh from jokingly "studying in the sun" while in a string bikini and surrounded by books, has been sparking Twitter reactions, with fans suggesting that the star is merely using Van Jones to advance her own career in law.

"People are gonna look at Kim as using Kanye to advance her in the fashion world and using Van Jones to help advance her into her next career field in law," one user wrote. Kim filed for divorce just two months ago.

The New York Posts's Cindy Adams is now in the news for airing her opinions on the man rumored to be dating the most sought-after woman in Hollywood.

"Nice-looking. Political reporter. CNN talker. So left, his car won’t even turn right. Who knows, but he maybe even influenced her politics. He maybe even has ties to show business types," she writes, adding: "He maybe even knows folk who’ll quickly shut their tongues if his name is even breathed in connection with maybe Kim, maybe."

Kim, reported to be going through an amicable split with Yeezy boss Kanye, continues to support her estranged husband's footwear empire. The stringy bikini showoff ahead of the weekend came with Kim in Yeezy shoes, with her recent vacation also seeing her tote the footwear today selling for a record $1.8 million - for one pair.

Kim and Van Jones worked together back in 2018 to free Alice-Marie Johnson. He recently ended his marriage to wife of nearly 15 years, Jana Carter. Scroll for Kim studying for the bar in her bikini.