Post-election, Kanye West seemed to have some kind of nervous breakdown, although the official story is still that he was just really tired and needed a good rest. My theory is that he stopped taking his meds, plus he got really stressed out dealing with Kim Kardashian’s Paris robbery. Kim was his rock, and when she fell apart, he had nothing to hold onto. In any case, his alleged nervous breakdown manifested itself in some strange ways. Kanye made bold proclamations during his last few concerts, claiming that Donald Trump is a political genius, and if Kanye had decided to vote, he would have voted for Trump. Kanye also tweeted about Trump, and he ended up flying to New York to meet with Trump at Trump Tower. It was all pretty awful. I was actually wondering if we would hear anything more about Yeezy’s Trump affection now that Blob McTurd is Making Fascism Great Again. As it turns out, Yeezy has some regrets.
Kanye West has scrubbed his Twitter account of all things Trump, and it’s because he’s super unhappy with the president’s performance over his first 2 weeks in office. Kanye had tweeted about Trump in a positive light after the election. In December, the day he met with Trump in NYC, he wrote, “I feel it is important to have a direct line of communication with our future President if we truly want change.”
Kanye also wrote about issues on which he felt he could influence Trump, writing, “These issues include bullying, supporting teachers, modernizing curriculums, and violence in Chicago.”
Kanye’s decision to remove the tweets were all his. The “Muslim ban” and other actions were the catalyst for his decision.
Does anyone else wonder if Yeezy sort of represents a certain demographic niche within the “Trump coalition”? It’s not even about race or money – although Kanye certainly has the entitlement and privilege of a white guy – it’s about a certain demographic of people who willfully chose ignorance. There was a sizeable group of people who listened to some or most of the deplorable sh-t Trump said during the campaign and they thought, “Oh, he doesn’t mean it, he’s so presidential and baller.” And they’re SHOCKED that he did mean it. #YeezyRegrets. If that hashtag ever becomes a thing, it really will go on for a while. Yeezy has a lot to regret.
Oh, and Kim Kardashian is making noise about how Kanye should get the Super Bowl Half-time gig for 2018. Yeah… probably not?
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I will definitely not forget it, even if he pretends this never happened.
People will give it a pass because it’s Kanye and because he is a man… but I really really hope he flops in his music, his clothes or shoes or whatever he does, etc.
I only wish him well in his health and his family, but career related, he can dissappear for all I care
I won’t forget it either. Trump and his band of goblins told us exactly what they were going to do for weeks, months, and years before they took office. Nothing that’s happened in the last few weeks has been a surprise, at all. Anyone who’s JUST now unhappy with Trump and his folks is way late to the game, and did willfully choose ignorance. Kanye is a sh!thead. Not sorry.
There are just so many people that I know that supported Trump and said exactly that: “Oh, he’ll shake things up! He won’t actually build a wall/ban Muslims/rollback reproductive rights.”
AND HERE HE IS DOING EXACTLY THAT. Anyone who was that “oh Trump would never really” person can go straight to hell, do not pass go. *anger drips out of my pores like sweat*
That’s what he’s aiming at, he was probably told that people weren’t going to buy his stuff if he kept supporting Trump so openly. And now that his bank account is hurting he’s suddenly shocked by how bad Trump is and hoping people forget about the time he supported a racist, misogynist, maniac.
He knew who Trump was before getting elected, we all did, but now he’s trying to save his image, nothing else.
I don’t like Kanye West but for some reason, I actually don’t believe that his taking back his support of Donald Trump is just about being worried about losing money from fans (but that’s definitely a big part of his motivation). There really were a lot of foolish people who took the “Oh, he doesn’t really mean any of it, he’s just trying to shake things up and win the election by being controversial, Muslims , immigrants, and reproductive rights will be totally fine” approach to Donald Trump. Plus his explanation for supporting Trump was really all over the place and out of touch (and odd, since he donated money to Hillary). That still doesn’t make his celebrity endorsement of Trump (who’s obsessed with other public figures’ opinions of himself) okay though. He deserves any shame or humiliation he’s feeling right now.
I’m with you on that. Of all the things he’s done, this is the one I will not forget.How could he justify supporting him in the first place.no no no.I say this as a POC.
Kanye has done many unforgiveable things, his Famous video for one but I honestly think we should cut him some slack here. He turned on his Gods Jay Z and Beyonce during that period. That man was very clearly unwell. He ended up in a psychiatric hold fgs. Now, its quite possible that in his sane mind he would still have thought the same things but I dont know that for certain because he was sick. I just think his case is different from people like Steve Harvey and Chrissette Michelle who were of sound mind when they allowed themselves to be used as optics.
I feel the same way.
Thanks, Ramona. I came here to say the same thing.
But he went to visit trump after he was out of treatment, no? I defended him over trump when he was still in treatment, but the visit after….
Lena,
If has bipolar disorder, which i think he does, it’s not as easy as “he was out of treatment”. It takes time to get back to normal. My sister in law has bipolar and she has said some pretty insane things in the past. I can’t imagine how hard it would be to have to be going through a manic phase in the public eye.
Yes, I actually hope that scrubbing those tweets means Kanye is in a better place now. I know a few people struggling with mental health issues and I know that when their meds need changing or dosages need to be changed things can get ugly quickly. My sister sometimes says the most outrageous things, I just try to be compassionate, it’s hard enough as it is for her.
Oh, I definitely will not forget. I’ve blocked, and discontinued friendships with anybody that has voted for him. I want nothing to do with those people.
Nobody will forget it. Just like nobody will forget his Taylor Swift incident
Steve Bannon was rump’s campaign manager, and that told us EVERYTHING. I have zero excuses for anyone who “took trump lightly”. The only excuse was ignorance, and the only apology is enlightenment, change and Resistance. I am in deep remorse today. That anti-tool betsy devos is our secretary of education because Pence broke the all nighter democratic resistance just TODAY. She is literally “anti public school”. Ok. Let’s say THIS generation was bamboozled and sheltered- now the next generation is F*KED. Kanye needs to wake up that trump is framing a white man’s autocracy designed to DIS-EMPOWER POC and the poor. We need people like Kanye to say they were vulnerable and duped.
You know it says a lot when crazy Kanye doesn’t like you anymore…
That’s a good thing. Who really wants Kanye on their team?
LMFAO!
This entire crazy train is not going to run out of steam anytime soon. I want to just sell my television, radio and computer and just hole up with Audible and work on perfecting my baking for the next four years. But I can’t…have to keep fighting, talking, tweeting, posting, writing, calling, persuading and bitching. And crying. Lots of crying.
I listened to one of his speeches yesterday. I hate his pu$$y voice so much.
His voice is the worst. Especially when he is trying to sound sincere. He ends up sounding creepy.
Right? His voice is just so smug, affected and weirdly, revoltingly childlike. I can’t listen to it for very long.
I hate his voice too, and do everything I can to avoid hearing it. I think it may even be worse than Sarah Palin’s, which says a lot.
His voice sounds like a thug in a B-movie portrayed by a bad actor.
I’m actually happy it tweets because it’s voice and face are hell fury on earth. I can study and keep those hypocritical written messages, but his image and sound give me chilling nightmares.
I thought the same, then my brother was like “And when you come out, the world might already be under a system that controls everything, a la 1984 style”.
So yeah, better to stay here and fight.
You’re right 🙁
I know, I feel exactly the same way.
Just what I was thinking — a perfect example of the ignorance of the average Trump supporter. Kanye can go suck eggs with the rest of them.
I agree. I haven’t missed Kanye or Kim the slightest bit since they’ve been on a media hiatus and wish it would be permanent.
It still amazes me the whole thing didn’t stop with comments like rapists, mocking the disabled, grabbing women.
That being said, f-off Kanye. He is just as bad as trump, with rants and targeting people, stalking and yes, mocking the disabled.
they both can GTH.
Didn’t Trump talk about a ban or something similar targeting Muslims during the election campaign. Yet Kanye still went to visit the man after he was elected? So it is okay for Kanye to be silent about such talk before but now that it has come to pass, now he is disgusted?
What a joke
“Blob McTurd is Making Fascism Great Again.”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I’d like this embroidered on a pillow please.
HA! I’d buy that pillow, then plaster pix of it ALL OVER my Facebook!!
I t made me chortle, too. Someone needs to make a meme of this, pronto! I might even have a go…
Kanye is mentally ill, and has been so for years. He’s lauded by the media as a genius for his music and indulged in whatever he does – crappy “fashion” line, anyone? Why is anyone surprised by anything he says or does? It would be nice if he or someone close to him would get serious about addressing his mental health, but it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.
+1
What Donna said.
Going to agree with Donna up to a point but say from experience. If you have someone in your life with mental illness who doesn’t want help/to take their medications/manage their illness they won’t do it until they are ready. I am no Kardashian apologist but I’ve actually lived through this with a few different people. And none of them were huge stars with an unlimited amount of trouble to get into.
Agree with that, Luca. I think it’s unfair to put all the responsibility on his loved one’s shoulders. I have someone in my life with bipolar disorder, he was sectioned for it, lost his gf and lost his job/reputation and is still refusing to take his meds. What can you do about it? Particularly when they are still suffering from symptoms of an episode, it’s hard to reason with them because their views are contorted.
Believe me, Luca and Morala, I understand firsthand the difficulties of dealing with someone with mental illness. My former best friend is a horror when she’s off her meds. She takes them till she just starts to feel better, then announces she “better” and now it’s “time for me to get really clean.” By the time she does this, she’s already stopped her meds and is full blown manic. It’s a vicious, vicious cycle that has gone on for over 30 years. Her children will have nothing to do with her, nor will her siblings. I’m certainly not suggesting Kim is in any way able to get Kanye to do anything. He will have to want to do it himself. It’s just in that hothouse kiss-assy world they inhabit, will he ever truly be able to do so?
I find it difficult to judge Kanye over his comments recently, since he’s been very unwell. With the tough image rap artists go for, he would never have gone to hospital like that unless it was serious. Could be that medicines and therapy have made him more stable and reasonable now. I hope so.
Poor Kanye. If only there was a way realize to how terrible Trump was BEFORE he got elected……
I can’t get over how self interested people are. Like so singularly self interested, they completely overlook the larger picture. Someone told me a lot of Albertans were pro-Trump because he would approve the Keystone pipeline and this would get them work.
Um, hold that thought. You’re like West Virginians longing for the good old days of black lung. Does it ever occur to you that the entire presidency should not be decided on the basis of your individual livelihood…in ANOTHER COUNTRY?? Like maybe redirect your attention to the fact that apparently you’re only employable by Americans and not your own national economy. There is a bigger picture here and your individual interests don’t even translate to national ones let alone American ones.
Strikes me that Kanye was stuck in the same pit of “Trump will fix the issue I care about” and then realizing hey, probably not, and Trump will introduce 99 more problems so there’s that.
Also: “Kanye also wrote about issues on which he felt he could influence Trump…” It appears to have finally dawned on Mr West that tRump has no interest in (listening to) issues he’s interested in, much less being influenced by them. That would’ve hurt West.
Preach!
Make no mistake: he wasn’t given a seat and wasn’t invited at the inauguration..it’s his ego. he wanted to be “The Voice” and channel his own thoughts. He is no spokesperson but he thins he is the second coming of Jesus and Co.. it has nothing to do with Trump and his Muslim ban. The Muslim ban was one of Trump rhetoric since day one. hardly news. there goes down their “longtime friendship” i suppose
+1 ITA
+2
I suspect you are right. He’s angry he wasn’t at the Inauguration or that horrific Black History Month “breakfast” …
And he’ll never play SuperBowl. He’s not healthy enough and his music wouldn’t work for much of the fan base. Sorry Kimmy …. yet another party you won’t be attending. Pout.
Forgot about that. That’s probably one of the other big reasons.
Maybe this is a sign of recovery for Yeezy (wishful thinking). Kanye a few years ago would have been amazing for a halftime show but now he’s to unpredictable which is a pity
I guess someone has hurt feelings about not being asked to play at the Inauguration concert.
He should have just been patient-45 would have trotted him out at some point when he needed to show how many black people he knows, and god knows Kanye’s standards don’t seem to be very high. In fact, I’m pretty sure the second the orange splot makes the call, Yeezy will announce it in all caps in every possible social media outlet and run to the White House for his photo op.
This needs one giant ‘I told you so’ banner. What a stupid ass*hole! I don’t have any sympathy for him, Trump just did what he promised to do.. so what change and regret is Kanye talking about? Stfu.
yes yes yes. All the “yeses” to you.
How hard is it to understand that he suffers from an illness?
No, I understand and I really wish him well. But as much as that illness influenced his words/actions I suspect he really thought Trump would have favored him in some way. He didn’t and he’s also being bashed from people left to right, so there comes Kanye’s ‘regret’. Convenient, isn’t it?
I’ve been holding that banner in the face of my parents! At least Kanye is admitting supporting Trump was a mistake. Some are still on Trumps side
Kim’s husband flip flops on a lot of issues because he’s an attention whore.
Kanye will never be the Super Bowl halftime act he’s too unpredictable it’s too high of a chance that instead of performing his hits that he will go off into a long rant. The NFL nor its sponsors want that.
Kim needs to realize his career as a megastar is over. If he gets treatment, fans will miss the crazy spark that has come to define him. If he doesn’t get treatment, no one will insure him. No insurance, no tour. #Goodbye #TakeYourWifeAndHerFamWithYou
Exactly and unless they also pay Snoop to do commentary it would be like watching a crazy person spouting nonsense on the corner.
Too late.
I found the following the other day and my very first thought was: FINALLY some of the Deplorables have begun to see the light! My most sincere apologies if this link has been posted before:
https://twitter.com/Trump_Regrets?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
“issues include bullying, supporting teachers, modernizing curriculums, and violence in Chicago.”
Is Kanye known for being involved in those issues?
It also sounds kind of ridiculous that he wanted to influence a change in those areas without knowing anything about them. I’m sure there are already several associations that conduct research and work hard everyday to make a difference.
If I had to guess I would say Kanye has bipolar disorder and went a bit manic for awhile. Keeping swings in check can be hard, even with good docs and meds, but end up in high-stress situations (like the robbery) and your brain chemistry is almost guaranteed to be hard to regulate.
Yeah, I can’t hate on Kanye because I believe he is genuinely mentally ill. I have begun to wonder about Trump too. I may have posted this before but I’ve had relatives with early onset dementia and a lot about Trump pings for me. Granted, I do think he’s been a life-long narcissist as well.
+1 here with ya. Something strange mentally going on w/DT.
“it’s about a certain demographic of people who willfully chose ignorance. There was a sizeable group of people who listened to some or most of the deplorable sh-t Trump said during the campaign and they thought, “Oh, he doesn’t mean it, he’s so presidential and baller.” And they’re SHOCKED that he did mean it.” This. As talented and creative Kanye is with his music, he lacks in common sense. And of course, he’s immensely privileged, even if he believes otherwise.
Kanye and trump are just two sides of the same coin..both controlled by ego and self-importance. I think he went to the dark gold tower because that’s where the spotlight was, not for any ’cause’.
I think the guy was hoping to make money off this somehow but it didn’t work. I don’t think they’re as rich as their lifestyle suggests.
He’s mad he didn’t get to sing at the inauguration or an invite to the black meeting with all of the other black trumpettes to talk about that up-and-comer Frederick Douglas.
Blob McTurd? 😂 I die!
This is the same dude that said “President Bush hates black people” but he was supporting Bannon and Trump. Kanye is a talentless narcissist. I can’t even fathom why he has fans. His music is mediocre at best.
guess he finally got his meds adjusted
Too little too late moron… he can delete his twitts but we’ll not forget it… Kanye is 💀 To me.
I’d forgive if I felt he’d learned anything. Sadly, while I think this low-level ***ning is coming from a desire to be accepted by the establishment and by an escalating degree (I don’t know if fame is fuelling it) of self-loathing. Until he looks at that he’s going to be stuck in an ever-deteriorating mental health loop.
So yes, he’s both talented AND mentally vulnerable, but for the reasons mentioned he’s going to be his own worst enemy – alienating everyone who cares about him until he can look at his real issues. To my mind they’re only getting more and more pronounced, atm.
I have to say I’m really disappointed in Kanye.
He’s always branded himself as an intelligent rapper that reads, and has perspective on things. And I believe his music has always demontrated a great depth. It’s not just music, it’s a message, it’s the sampling of great artists..
But come on. Anyone that has opened and read their history books know who Trump is and what he is bringing. This is just so damaging to his image.
I’ve always been the greatest Kanye apologist. I’ve seen him live three times and always loved it. But today, I don’t think I would buy another concert ticket to see him.
Ignorance hurts. And even more from those that have the power to influence others.
Someone has created a Twitter Feed for Trump voter regrets in case anyone is interested. Some were funny.
https://twitter.com/trump_regrets?lang=en
I can’t believe how gullible all these people are.
EVERYBODY makes mistakes. I can give him a pass on this one.
Guess he had to pay taxes after all.
Dear Yeezy:
Please just STFU and stick to writing music and rapping and being a good husband and Dad to your beautiful children.
Oh, and don’t forget to take your meds.
Love,
Most Everyone on the entire Planet
What?!?!??? The psycho won’t support the psycho?? WTFE…..