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| Kanye West's pro-Trump remarks prompt boos in SNL studio | Kanye West's pro-Trump remarks prompt boos in SNL studio |
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| Kanye West followed his appearance on the 44th Saturday Night Live season premiere with rambling pro-Trump remarks that prompted boos in the studio. | Kanye West followed his appearance on the 44th Saturday Night Live season premiere with rambling pro-Trump remarks that prompted boos in the studio. |
| Wearing a red Make America Great Again cap, West followed a performance of Ghost Town by addressing the audience. | Wearing a red Make America Great Again cap, West followed a performance of Ghost Town by addressing the audience. |
| The remarks were not broadcast but in footage shot by the comedian Chris Rock and posted to social media, West said: “The blacks want always Democrats … you know it’s like the plan they did, to take the fathers out the home and put them on welfare… does anybody know about that? That’s a Democratic plan. | The remarks were not broadcast but in footage shot by the comedian Chris Rock and posted to social media, West said: “The blacks want always Democrats … you know it’s like the plan they did, to take the fathers out the home and put them on welfare… does anybody know about that? That’s a Democratic plan. |
| “There’s so many times I talk to, like, a white person about this and they say, ‘How could you like Trump? He’s racist.’ Well, uh, if I was concerned about racism I would’ve moved out of America a long time ago.” | “There’s so many times I talk to, like, a white person about this and they say, ‘How could you like Trump? He’s racist.’ Well, uh, if I was concerned about racism I would’ve moved out of America a long time ago.” |
| He added: “Now you got a situation where we need to have a dialogue, and not a diatribe.” | He added: “Now you got a situation where we need to have a dialogue, and not a diatribe.” |
| West was a late replacement as an SNL guest after the singer Ariana Grande dropped out, reportedly for “emotional reasons” after the death of her former boyfriend, Mac Miller. | West was a late replacement as an SNL guest after the singer Ariana Grande dropped out, reportedly for “emotional reasons” after the death of her former boyfriend, Mac Miller. |
| Before the show, the rapper announced a name change on Twitter, saying he was now “the being formally known as Kanye West. I am YE”. | Before the show, the rapper announced a name change on Twitter, saying he was now “the being formally known as Kanye West. I am YE”. |
| During SNL, which was hosted by the actor Adam Driver, West performed his song I Love It while dressed as a Perrier bottle. | During SNL, which was hosted by the actor Adam Driver, West performed his song I Love It while dressed as a Perrier bottle. |
| On Sunday morning, the rapper claimed to have been invited back. “Had so much fun at SNL,” he wrote on Twitter. “Lorne [Michaels, SNL’s creator] agreed that I would host before the year is out. Need to set a date. Gonna be sooooooooo lit.” | On Sunday morning, the rapper claimed to have been invited back. “Had so much fun at SNL,” he wrote on Twitter. “Lorne [Michaels, SNL’s creator] agreed that I would host before the year is out. Need to set a date. Gonna be sooooooooo lit.” |
| The president also weighed in, tweeting that though “like many, I don’t watch Saturday Night Live”, and though he found the show “no longer funny” and “just a political ad for the Dems”, he had heard West, “who put on a MAGA hat after the show (despite being told ‘no’), was great”. | |
| “He’s leading the charge!” Trump wrote. | |
| The billionaire hosted SNL in November 2015, almost exactly a year before his shock election victory over Hillary Clinton. | |
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