The drama between Kanye West and Taylor Swift over the lyrics of his “Famous” song have hit a boiling point.
The lyric in question – “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? Because I made that b**ch famous” – became a heated topic after the album dropped, with Kanye West claiming that he asked Swift for permission before recording the song.
Taylor Swift’s rep previously confirmed that West did call Swift, but to ask her to release the single on her Twitter account, not for her approval. Swift’s reps say she was never made aware of the lyric, “I made that bitch famous.”
However, Kanye West’s wife, Kim Kardashian, rushed to the scene and used her multi-million dollar empire to defend her husband and baby father. Kim Kardashian explained that cameras recoreded all of the rapper’s behind-the-scenes process while creating his album, including his phone conversation with Taylor Swift. That footage was a topic of conversation on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, but had never been released until now.
“I don’t really feel like saying much because the Taylor Swift fans love her and I’m all for that,” Khloe shared on Sunday’s show. “All I know is I saw the video…I’ve heard Taylor and I think that Kanye did the right thing.”
After bashing Taylor Swift on Twitter, Kim Kardashian took to Snapchat to share the long-awaited footage of Kanye West allegedly getting Taylor Swift’s blessing on the infamous lyric.
While the clips she posted don’t appear to be the full, unedited conversation, it does sound like Taylor Swift did indeed approve her shout-out in the song. Kanye West and Taylor Swift’s conversation was presented in a series of short clips, so it’s difficult to determine some portions of their conversation.
In the clips Kim posted, Kanye makes it clear that he cares about his friendship with Taylor Swift, and explains that it’s out of concern for her feelings that he’s asking for her permission. However, Kanye West is only seen reading Swift the lyric,
“For all my south side n****s that know me best / feel like me and Taylor might still have sex” and not the most contested line, “Why? Because I made that b**ch famous.”
“All I give a f**k about is just you, as a person and as a friend. I want things that make you feel good,” West told Swift over the phone. “I don’t want to do rap that makes people feel bad… I felt like I just had a responsibility to you as a friend.”
Taylor Swift can also be heard over the phone enjoying the song, and joking about the controversy the song might spark. Additionally, Swift can be heard saying that she would tell reporters, when asked, that he called her about the lyrics and that she was okay with them. Which is the opposite of what ended up happening.
Almost immediately after Kim posted the footage, the hashtag #KimExposedTaylorParty began trending on Twitter as fans came out to comment on the controversial video. Later, Swift commented on the drama in a note posted to her social media accounts, which she captioned, “That moment when Kanye West secretly records your phone call, then Kim posts it on the Internet.”
During the show, Kim Kardashian made it clear why she thinks Taylor Swift decided to change her mind. “The camera crew filmed him speaking to Taylor and got their whole conversation. So I think he definitely cared about how she felt,” Kim explained. ” I think she got freaked out by the reaction and all the sudden she flipped.”
However, it was also clear that Kim was hesitant about leaking the footage and did not want to go to war with Taylor Swift. During the episode, Kim, Khloe and their sister, Kourtney Kardashian were getting to go to a party, and the topic of conversation traveled to the tape.
“Why don’t you [put it out?]… I’ll put it out! What’s wrong with you?!” Khloe asked.
“I don’t know… why do you even want to get into this battle?” Kourtney responded, serving as a voice of reason among the sisters.
“I just wanted to like, kind of stay out of it,” Kim replied. “I don’t want any of us to get involved.”
It’s pretty clear that the 35-year-old reality start had a change of heart since the taping of the show and Taylor Swift is facing a major war against Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, where is Tom Hiddleston when you need him.
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