John Legend has shed light on the real reason he and Kanye West are no longer friends.
The former collaborators butted heads over their differing political views and suffered a fallout as Ye was running for president in 2020.
In a recent interview with The New Yorker, the Grammy Award-winning singer expounded on the topic and claimed his initial comments about their crumbling friendship were misconstrued.
“Yeah, what it got described as was, we stopped being friends because he supported Trump, which was a mischaracterization of what I said,” Legend explained. “That was kind of the Rupert Murdoch version of the story — it was all over the New York Post and Fox News.”
Legend explained West was particularly bothered by his support of current President of the United States Joe Biden instead of him.
“What I was saying was that he was very upset with me that I didn’t support him running for President, and that was the real impetus for us having a strain in our friendship,” he continued. “I don’t know what will happen in the future, but he was very upset with me that I didn’t support him and I supported Joe Biden. It’s up to him whether he can get past that.”
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Kanye West told a similar story during his Drink Champs appearance last year, saying at the time: “Both John Legend and Big Sean, when I ran for office, got used quick by the Democrats to come at they boy that actually changed their life. And that’s some sell-out shit. And I don’t rock with neither of them.”
West’s failed bid for presidency also appeared to strain his relationship with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian. She filed for divorce in February 2021, just months after his rant at a political rally in South Carolina and accused her of cheating with Meek Mill. Their divorce was finalized in March.
Meanwhile, it was announced last month that John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen are expecting a third child, which comes two year’s after the couple lost a baby boy to a miscarriage.
Legend and the 36-year-old model have two children already in six-year-old Luna and four-year-old Miles.
Wow i didnt know they weren’t friends anymore but I kinda figured….since they never collaborated anymore.
Sorry to hear they are not friends. they’re collabs was legendary!!
This is the version of events that I remember, and everyone I know who knows this fallout occurred remembers this version as well. John Legend is gaslighting to look like a victim like his words were taken out of context. He publicly supported someone else instead of his friend, he should have stayed silent. Everyone knew Ye wouldn’t win, but Legend didn’t have to say he supports Biden. Celebrities think that their political views are going to convince people to go out and vote… nah. All it does is alienate the ones who don’t see eye to eye with them politically, and they lose fans and in this case, friendships, because they think they’re making a difference. Ye is crazy, but John Legend is a bitch.
You sound ignorant..no wonder things are the way they are!!
Who won’t to be friends with Trumps (N) word.
Smh your abbitvh for supporting.trump..