TV host Piers Morgan has slammed Kanye West for storming out of a live interview.
Teasing the interview before it dropped in full on his Piers Morgan Uncensored YouTube channel, Morgan wrote on X: "Ye did walk out, after two minutes.. because he's a sniveling little coward who didn't want me to ask him why he's become a vile Hitler-loving Nazi-slathering anti-Semite. Happy to continue the interview when/if you grow a pair @kanyewest."
Barely a minute into the interview, the two got into a heated exchange that included a tense discussion of West’s social media followers. It came as they discussed the rapper's controversial past and some of his recent comments that prompted his ban from streaming platform Twitch.
At one point, West compared himself to John Lennon and Michael Jackson and accused the media of "putting out hate" about him when "there's so much love in the art I put out." Morgan, appearing baffled, paused before asking West what he was talking about.
"Now you are not taking accountability or responsibility," West said, upset that Morgan shorted his number of X followers by a million. "No sir, this is what you get for now we can, we can circle back when you can count."
West then took his earpiece out and walked out of the camera shot, leaving his friend Sneako who was sitting nearby and Morgan in silence.
"That's it for Ye," Sneako responded moments later when Morgan asked where West went. "But it was nice to meet you Piers."
West was live from Spain with Sneako, for the chat with Morgan on his Uncensored show which airs on his YouTube channel. When Morgan started by asking how West was doing, the rapper immediately got defensive about being addressed by his name.
“I’m doin’ good. I don’t use the term ‘West,’ you know, the whole drop the slave name idea?” West said.
Morgan responded: “OK, so we just call you Ye, yeah?”
Ye did walk out, after two minutes.. because he’s a snivelling little coward who didn’t want me to ask him why he’s become a vile Hitler-loving Nazi-slathering anti-Semite.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 6, 2025
Happy to continue the interview when/if you grow a pair @kanyewest https://t.co/9WcKsB1MNW
West agreed. After attempting to exchange pleasantries and asking West how he was doing, the rapper cut Morgan off and started ranting.
“I already disagree it's not in contrast to 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,” West said before being cut off by Morgan.
“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…” Morgan began before being halted by West.
“Wait, now, look, right now you're not going to take inches off my d***, bro. Like, how many followers do I have?” West interrupted.
We’ll circle back when he is ready to answer questions about why he loves Hitler and hates Jews. https://t.co/6k8AbxWa4q
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 6, 2025
A brief back-and-forth ensued before Morgan said: “I'm told it's 33 million now. So congratulations, you're slightly bigger following than I thought.”
That’s when West went on his final rant and stormed out.
Morgan blasted the rapper on his X profile, calling him a “big baby” and slamming him for walking off.
“We’ll circle back when he is ready to answer questions about why he loves Hitler and hates Jews,” Morgan said in one tweet.
He followed that with another repost of a clip from the interview and the caption: “A massive d***.”
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