Kanye West has told Tucker Carlson he was “bullied by Hollywood” and had his life and career “threatened” by a “mob” of “liberal Nazis” because he supported President Donald Trump.
The music star sat down with Carlson for a wide-ranging interview on Thursday.
The rapper discussed how he is constantly targeted by the legacy media.
He also doubled down on his decision to wear a “White Lives Matter” shirt along with Candace Owens at his Paris fashion show on Monday.
“My so-called friends, slash handlers around me told me, like, if I said that I like Trump, that my career will be over, that my life would be over,” West told Carlson.
“They said stuff like people get killed for wearing a hat like that.
“They threatened my life.
“They put my life, they basically said that I would be killed for wearing the [MAGA] hat.
“I had someone call me last night and said, ‘Anybody wearing a White Lives Matter shirt is going to be green-lit,’ and that means that they’re going to beat them up if they wear it.
“I’m like, you know, green light me then.”
“Hollywood bullied me into biting my tongue about my support for Trump,” he added.
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Kanye West on Tucker: “There’s a group mob. It’s like liberal Nazis, that will go up and attack you pic.twitter.com/kSilQvdnIq
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Kayne West: “I never actually told people that I like Trump when he was running because I was bullied by Hollywood” pic.twitter.com/fFyQsJsaFU
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Kayne West on Tucker: ” Come man Trump is the shit, what do you mean he has his own buildings” pic.twitter.com/39kPB6Lf3Y
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West also spoke about his pro-life views.
PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT:
CARLSON: So you just came from Paris Fashion Week, you just landed and the lanyard is still on from it and there’s a photograph on it, what is that?
WEST: It’s a photograph of a baby’s ultrasound.
CARLSON: You designed that? Why, what does that mean?
WEST: It just represents life. I’m pro-life.
CARLSON: So you wear it as a badge, what kind of response do you get? And amen, I agree.
WEST: I don’t care about people’s response as I care about the fact that there is more black babies being aborted than born in New York City at this point.
50% of black death in America is abortion. I don’t care about people’s responses, I perform for an audience of one and that is God.
He addressed the obesity crisis by noting that overweight celebrities are celebrated despite the health risks.
“When Lizzo loses 10 pounds and announces it, the bots – that’s a term for – it’s like telemarketer callers, like on Instagram, they attack her for losing weight because the media wants to put out a perception that being overweight is the new goal, when it’s actually unhealthy.
“Let’s get aside from the fact whether it’s fashion and vogue, which it’s not – or if someone thinks it’s attractive, to each his own.
“It’s actually clinically unhealthy.
“And for people to promote that, it’s demonic.”
