Kanye West stormed out of a dramatic interview with Piers Morgan after just two minutes of questioning, with the broadcaster branding the rapper ‘a big baby’ over his behaviour.
After making headlines with a string of social media tirades, Kanye sat down to speak with Piers for his YouTube show Uncensored, but Piers confirmed on X that the interview ‘did not go well.’
Sharing a snap from the interview, Piers wrote: ‘So, I interviewed Kanye West again today. As I expected, given what I’ve said about him recently, it didn’t last long or go well. This was him right before he stomped off like a big baby.’
What happened between Piers Morgan and Kanye West?
During the interview, Kanye first took umbrage at Piers using the surname West in his opening scene-setting intro, correcting the broadcaster – who clearly addressed him as ‘Ye’ in his first question – he said: ‘I don’t use the term West, you know, the whole drop the slave name idea?’
‘Ok, so we just call you Ye, yeah?’ Piers replied, and he responded: ‘Yes sir.’
Piers then asked Kanye, who was joined by social media star Sneako, how his life had been recently, with Kanye noting the background, and where he was record the interview.
He said: ‘You see that view?… Judge it on the view on the answer how my life is, judge me by the view.’
Piers responded: ‘The view is Majorca, I’ve been there. It’s a beautiful place, and for all intents and purposes, you seem very relaxed and happy.
‘That is in direct contrast to your public image at the moment, over the last couple of years, led by your ferocious… [he begins to interrupt] Well, hang on. Let me finish the question…’
Ye hit back: ‘But I already disagree, it’s not in contrast, there’s so many people and artists that are championing the idea of someone being able to just express who they really are, and have been able to go through the war of being attacked by the banks, being attacked, you know, by the banks – that’s the best way to put it!
‘Being attacked by the banks, and to still be here with this view is, you know, that’s the win. So I think that’s, I’m in contrast to your contrast.’
Piers then attempted to finish his question, saying: ‘OK, but the point I was gonna make is that, I watch what you put out on X – you’ve got 32 million followers, so you’re one of the most followed people…’
Ye retorted: ‘Now, look, right now you’re not going to take inches off my dick, bro. Like, how many followers do I have?’
When Piers asked how many the correct number was, Ye said the journalist had a staff of people who could look up the figure. Piers replied: ‘I’m told it’s 33 million now. So congratulations, you’re slightly bigger following than I thought…’
Kanye, who is now grated said: ‘Your information is correct…I’m a gift, bro. I mean, why do all you people in media act like you haven’t played my songs at your weddings or graduations or at funerals, and when your child was born, you know, you take somebody that’s living like a [John] Lennon, a Michael Jackson, and you just take all this time to, like that nuance right there, it’s idiotic.
‘It just shows the hate that you put out for people that put love. There’s so much love in the art I put out.’
A baffled Piers added: ‘…What are you talking about? I haven’t said anything?’
Ye concluded: ‘Now you are not taking accountability or responsibility… No sir, this is what you get for now we can, we can circle back when you can count.’
Taking off his mic, he then stormed off the set, leaving the interview in little more than two minutes.
A baffled Sneako, who has recently faced bans on certain platforms, said: ‘That’s it for Ye. Nice to meet you, Piers.’
Why Piers Morgan Interviewed Kanye West?
Defending having him on the show, Piers said: ‘The reason I wanted to get him on was because I don’t think anyone holds him to account for anything he does on X, and in fact, he deliberately breaches all of X’s rules, and yet he does it with impunity and is allowed to do it, whereas millions of other accounts get suspended for far less offences.
‘So I was going to ask him directly, why I mentioned his X following, I was going to ask him about what he puts on X and why he does this? Why he continually attacks Jewish people, why he continually celebrates Adolf Hitler?’
