Ye, formally known as Kanye West, has slammed the people around Kim Kardashian for making his ex-wife “put her ass out” in magazines.
The rapper appeared on the Fox News show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” show yesterday to defend himself after receiving backlash for wearing and promoting a “White Lives Matter” shirt during a fashion show for his Yeezy brand.
During the interview, Ye compared Kardashian, who filed for divorce from him last year, to his mother Donda by saying she also had “liberal” people around her controlling her.
“My dad is the most brilliant person that I know and we actually have a strained relationship because I was taken from him because my mom was an actress so she was a liberal,” Ye said. “My dad would see certain things and say, ‘We should do it this way, we should do it that way,’ and the people around my mom pulled her away.”
“Much like Kim is a Christian, but she has people who want her to go to Interview magazine and put her ass out while she’s a 40-something-year-old multi-billionaire with four Black children,” he continued. “This is how fashion wants to present her.”
Though recently divorced, Kardashian and West are co-parents to four children. TheStewartofNY/Getty Images.
In the past, Ye appeared to be supportive of his ex-wife’s modeling career. In 2015, he defended it during an interview on “The Breakfast Club” radio show saying: “She could get naked if she wants to. It’s not illegal.”Kardashian and Ye currently share custody over their four children — North, 9, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 3. There has been tension between the couple over the past year after the “Power” rapper began to criticize Kardashian’s boyfriend at the time, Pete Davidson, and her parenting.
Last month, Ye apologized to Kardashian during an interview with ABC News anchor Linsey Davis, for causing “any stress” for her.
“This is the mother of my children, and I apologize for any stress that I have caused, even in my frustration because God calls me to be stronger,” Ye said. “But also, ain’t nobody else finna be causing no stress either. I need this person to be least stressed, and of best sound mind, and as calm as possible to be able to raise those children.”
However, this week he made further social media attacks against the Kardashian family after his former sister-in-law Khloé Kardashian called him out on Instagram for bringing up private family business to deflect from negative media attention again.
“YOU ARE LYING AND ARE LIARS YALL BASICALLY KIDNAPPED CHICAGO ON HER BIRTHDAY SO SHE COULD REMEMBER HER FATHER NOT BEING THERE,” he wrote in all caps in response.
Ye was referring to his daughter Chicago’s 4th birthday, which the Kardashians celebrated in January 2022 at a joint party with Chicago’s cousin Stormi Webster, Kylie Jenner’s daughter with Travis Scott. Ye previously claimed that Kardashian and his former in-laws kept him from seeing his daughter on her birthday and that he “wasn’t allowed” to know the location of the event. He did eventually get the details and attended the party.