John Legend Explains Fallout Behind Former Friendship With Kanye West: ‘He Was Very Upset With Me’

John Legend is opening up about his life with Chrissy Teigen, his lengthy and profitable profession within the music enterprise, and far, rather more. That “rather more” contains fascinating commentary about the fallout of his friendship with Kanye West, too.

The singer sat down with the New Yorker for a brand-new longform interview revealed on Sunday. In the course of the chat, the favored performer covers a lot of floor concerning Kanye’s politics and the major rift that has come about between the 2 stars.

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For one, Legend disputed the supposed declare he and Ye first stopped being associates after the Hurricane rapper threw his political assist behind Donald Trump‘s presidency. The proud father said that was actually not the case. As a substitute, their feud grew as soon as Legend declined to personally assist the rapper’s presidential aspirations.

John instructed the magazine:

“What it obtained described as was, we stopped being associates as a result of he supported Trump, which was a mischaracterization of what I stated. That was type of the Rupert Murdoch model of the story — it was all around the New York Publish and Fox Information. What I used to be saying was that he was very upset with me that I didn’t assist him working for President, and that was the actual impetus for us having a pressure in our friendship.”

And the Inexperienced Gentle crooner continued:

“I don’t know what’s going to occur sooner or later, however [Kanye] was very upset with me that I didn’t assist him and I supported Joe Biden. It’s as much as him whether or not he can get previous that.”

Legend additionally speaks candidly about Kanye’s ill-fated marketing campaign for the White Home. In fact, as we’ve beforehand reported, the people behind Ye’s failed run to Washington had been extremely suspect, to say the least.

It seems that was one thing Chrissy’s husband picked up on extremely early in the process. John instructed the magazine:

“Essentially the most irritating factor about his run for the Presidency for me was how a lot it was an operation run by the Trump marketing campaign. I don’t understand how conscious he was of the truth that there was a lot Trump personnel all through his marketing campaign, elevating cash for him, getting petitions signed for him, getting him on the poll. I noticed their work on his behalf as a transparent rip-off and an operation to attempt to siphon Black votes away from Biden, so there was no manner I used to be going to assist it. Kanye was upset with that, and we haven’t been associates since, actually.”

Wow.

Ye couldn’t be reached for remark for the interview, the New Yorker famous. However Legend went on to muse extra about the serious disagreements the two A-listers had with one another about it:

“I don’t really feel like politics ought to be all the pieces in your relationships, and your relationships with folks shouldn’t solely be decided by who they voted for. However I do imagine that sure belongings you imagine in are indicators of your character, and clearly that can have an effect on your friendships. I imply, what are friendships? In the event that they’re not your blood family members, in some ways they’re outlined by your impression of that individual’s values and whether or not or not there’s some degree of compatibility with the way in which you see the world.”

Whereas it seems like John regrets shedding Ye’s friendship, the singer can be making an attempt to be lifelike about what it means.

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Talking about his private values and whether they can align with others, Legend stated:

“We’re so on-line lately, and the fights we’ve had over the previous six years on Twitter, notably round Trump, type of made politics all the pieces for lots of people. I don’t need to dwell a life that’s so consumed by politics that it’s the only real determinant of who will be my pal and who can’t. However values matter and character issues and ethical compass issues.”

However can folks ever be convinced to change and grow? For the Minefields singer, that will get to the center of the problem.

He contemplated:

“Most of my political work has been about encouraging people who find themselves already inclined to suppose near the place I’m to exit and vote and get entangled. I don’t understand how you persuade somebody who believes in another way than you do. And a few of these beliefs are actually strongly held. I’ve quite a lot of non secular folks in my life, as an example, and it’s laborious to know easy methods to persuade somebody when it feels such as you’re talking in a wholly completely different language.”

Rattling. Very considerate, as all the time from him. And sadly very troublesome to reply.

You may learn the complete New Yorker interview HERE.

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