Life Imitating Art: In A Move Straight Out Of "The Great Gatsby", Kanye West Bought The House Across The Street From Kim Kardashian

People - Kanye West has purchased a California-based home right across the street from his estranged wife Kim Kardashian West, a source confirmed to PEOPLE, in hopes of staying close to his family.

According to the source, the 44-year-old rapper purchased the home for a whopping $4.5 million  —  putting down more than $400,000 for the house that initially was listed for $4,079,000.

The source called the home, built in 1955, a "teardown," and added the deal was made solely to be in close proximity to Kardashian West, 41, and their children.

‘It was a strange coincidence,’ I said.
‘But it wasn’t a coincidence at all.’
‘Why not?’
‘Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.’

– F. Scott Fitzgerald

A few weeks ago we witnessed heartbroken and regretful Kanye West’s public outcry for his beloved Kim to “run back to him”.

While it was previously thought, by just about everybody with two eyes and a brain, that Kanye marched to the beat of his own drummer, and couldn’t be “broken”, it turned out that this 150 lb albino with butthole eyes actually could. And did.

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Like Arthur pulling the sword from the stone, the last person anybody would expect ends up being the one to do it.

Now Kanye is in full panic mode.

He’s watching his (still) wife (?) or whatever they are at the moment, slum it up in Staten Island on a weekly basis while the media eats up their every move. And females everywhere that would never in a million years look at a guy like Pete Davidson, unless he had the money or social media following of Pete Davidson, gush about how Kim is so lucky, and they need to find their own Pete Davidson.

It's getting so heated that random Kanye fans are telling Kim in public to her face what a clown Pete Davidson is that she's fucking up not taking Kanye back.

So Kanye's undoubtedly begged and pleaded behind the scenes for Kim to take him back. 

And he's done it publicly. On stage, at his first concert in 5 years.

And nothing has worked.

In fact, it actually backfired, as Kim went ahead and officially filed divorce papers like two days after his concert.

So what is Kanye West left to do?

Well, take a page out of one of the greatest and most ostentatious lovers of all time of course. The one and only James Gatz, aka Jay Gatsby, aka "The Great Gatsby".

Gatsby was so obsessed with his true love, Daisy Buchanan, that he concocted an entire life that was completely artificial- a house of cards if you will. Right down to his actual house. Which he bought right across the bay from Daisy so that he could (spy) keep tabs on her, and coincidentally bump into her anytime she left the house. 

This is not only a chivalrous move by Kanye, but a brilliant one. 

Don't be surprised if the first time Pete Davidson tries to stroll up to the front door to pick Kim up for a date to his local bowling alley (he's so un-Hollywood!) Kanye pulls the Henry vs. Tennis Dbag scene from Goodfellas.

And I know what you're thinking- "Pete Davidson doesn't deserve a beating, he's done nothing wrong, Kim and Kanye were done." 

Wrong.

Pete Davidson was that creepy "friend" that pretended to be totally innocent, and hung around the couple the entire time they were together. 

You know the type.

He pretends to be cool with the guy, meanwhile feeding the girl all the dirt and plenty of compliments in a totally "platonic" way. 

When the guy begins to get skeptical and calls it out, the girl accuses him of being crazy and possessive. 

"This is exactly what I'm talking about."

As the relationship dissolves into unanswered texts, and blocked social media, it comes as no surprise when the "friend" is now dating the girl.

These kinds of guys were everywhere in college. They are like those remora fish. You know, the ones that live on sharks by just latching on to them, catching a free ride everywhere, and protection. When the shark kills something and begins to eat then and only then does the remora release itself, grab a quick bite, and then reattach itself to the shark. 

These slimeballs, creep around, biding their time, waiting for their chance. When the cracks in the relationship appear, they're there with a shoulder to cry on, and an invite to "get out of the house and get your mind off things." 

Before the girl knows it, she's living out her favorite Lifetime movie, falling for the guy "nobody ever would have thought!"

It's a story as old as time. 

Don't get into the "why's" on Kanye so desperately wanting Kim back. His life has taken off in a positive direction - in all areas- since they split. But love is crazy like that. The heart wants what the heart wants. And I don't suppose seeing another man around the mother of your children, never mind your children, can sit well with even the strongest of the strong. 

Which is why no matter how much you hate Kanye the entertainer, the rapper, the outspoken wacko, you have to have his side on this as a man in pain.