I am having the same problem. I tried moving the Sims 4 folder from the documents folder to the desktop and trying running the game that way but I still have the same problem. Tried disabling custom content and mods in the game settings (even though I don't have any custom content or mods to begin with) and that still didn't do anything. I even contacted EA Help and did what they asked by deleting folders from the Origin folder but that didn't work either!!!
I tried again to repair the game through origin and it worked. It finally decided to update beyond the base game and started updating my expansion pack (seasons)
