John Legend Says Difference in Politics Led to Collapse of His Friendship With Kanye West
Singer John Legend opened up about why his friendship with rapper Kanye West fell apart. During an episode of The Axe Files on Thursday, host of the show and former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, David…
Singer John Legend opened up about why his friendship with rapper Kanye West fell apart.
During an episode of The Axe Files on Thursday, host of the show and former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, David Axelrod, asked Legend about his relationship with West.
“Because I know you’re friends still, but he’s, you know, his behavior and his Politics, I guess — his Politics are much different or have been much different than yours?” Axelrod said.
Legend responded, “Well, you know, we aren’t friends as much as we used to be because I honestly think because we publicly disagreed on his running for office, his supporting Trump, I think it became, uh, too much for us to sustain our friendship, honestly.”
He continued, “He was upset that I didn’t support his run for presidency of the United States of America for understandable reasons.”
Axelrod noted Legend was not “alone in that.”
Legend explained, “I wasn’t alone in that, but, you know, he was not happy about that. And we really haven’t been close since then.”
When asked what people do not understand about West, Legend replied, “Well, I think people get a lot about him. I think. He’s been very open with who he is and his struggles with mental health and he’s very real, honestly.”