Lil Wayne has defended his decision to pose for a picture with Donald Trump back in 2020.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Weezy detailed how the photo came about and that he didn’t care about the backlash he suffered as a result.
He said: “There was some people in there like, ‘Y’all should take a picture.’ He didn’t even ask for a picture. (Trump) says, ‘These motherfuckers asking me for fucking pictures all fucking day, man. Can we please?’ I said, ‘It’s the President. OK.’ (Trump) was like, ‘Thank you. Bitches (been) bothering me all day.’
“Fuck no, I don’t care about no backlash for nothin’ I do, you know me, man. My mama woulda been mad if I ain’t smile. That might have been the only backlash I would have worried about.”
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Wayne also refused to directly endorse Trump when asked if he would have campaigned for the Republican: “I would’ve told him, ‘You probably don’t want that,’ because I don’t know what’s going on. I can tell you who won the last game, but I can’t really … you know what I mean?”
Just months after Wayne posed for the picture with Trump, he was pardoned during the former reality star’s final days in office over gun possession charges that could have landed the rap legend a decade in prison.
After he was granted the pardon, Wayne said: “I want to thank President Trump for recognizing that I have so much more to give to my family, my art, and my community. I also want to thank @bradfordcohen for working so diligently to secure another chance for me. Love!”
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On the music front, Wayne recently said that he was no longer interested in performing at the Super Bowl after not being picked for this year’s event which was hosted by his home town of New Orleans.
“Every time I looked, it was nothing that made me want to go inside and see what was going on,” he explained, before adding: “They stole that feeling. I don’t want to do it. It was perfect.”
When he wasn’t chosen, he says the NFL simply told him, “We ain’t in charge [of the Super Bowl halftime show].”
He continued: “All of a sudden, according to them, they got curved. So, I’m going to have to just settle with whatever they say.”
