Kim Kardashian and Ellen DeGeneres try to figure out if Kanye West is happy or not

It's a lot harder than you would think!
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"What do you do when no one is looking," Ellen DeGeneres once asked Kanye West.

His answer? "Smile."

West and his smile aren't the closest of friends whenever a camera is turned on the rapper. If you do a quick Google search, you'll find there are more photos out there on the internet of his stoic face than him smiling — so much so that DeGeneres decided to make a game of it all.

Kim Kardashian stopped by the show and obliged in a good-humored dig at her husband's resting camera face in a game DeGeneres dubbed "Is Kanye Happy or Not Happy?"

DeGeneres' birthday party? Very happy. Family photo with the kids? Debatable. During his wedding? Definitely happy. But any red carpet event, West is most likely not happy. "He hates red carpets," Kim shared. Good to know.

While on the show, Kim divulged more about West (no, she unfortunately didn't get to the Donald Trump tweets) than ever before — most importantly, she shared the fact that he ushered his new daughter, Chicago, into this world with a rousing game of Connect Four.

Kim also got incredibly candid about the messy situation between her sister Khloe and Tristan Thompson who was caught on camera cheating a week before welcoming their daughter. You can keep up with the Kardashians, and Kanye's moods, on Ellentube.com.

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