Just when you think the world couldn’t possibly get any crazier right now, extended video
footage of the infamous phone call between Kanye West and Taylor Swift has gone viral
on Twitter... four years later.
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Now let’s get into this hot tea about THAT phonecall between Taylor Swift and Kanye West.
And good thing we’re all social distancing and hanging at home right now because all
this news about the Taylor Swift/Kanye West feud is a lot to get through.
So if you aren’t already... sit down, get comfortable, and grab yourself a cup of piping
hot tea.
And I don't know about you guys, but when I pictured this past weekend, I thought I
would be relaxing and watching movies, not getting sucked back into the Taylor/Kanye
decade long feud… but hey here we are!
So let’s rewind for a minute to make sure everyone is up to speed.
Think back to four years ago, when Kanye released his song "Famous."
After the song came out, Taylor said that she was upset that Kanye called her a "bitch"
in it.
But both Kim Kardashian and Kanye West said that Taylor approved the song before it was
released.
It was a lot of he said/she said and the world became divided.
Some were either on Team Taylor or Team Kimye.
And don’t forget, the feud between Kanye and Taylor started way before the song “Famous”
came out.
It began back in 2009 when Kanye infamously interrupted Taylor during her acceptance speech
at the VMA’s for winning Best Female Video Award.
However; they seemingly got back to a better place until 2016, when “Famous” came out.
Kim ended up sharing a few short clips from Taylor and Kanye's phone call about the song
on Snapchat and after that, most people assumed that Kim and Kanye were telling the truth.
This is, until this weekend when more of that phone call was leaked on Twitter.
The
video shows a whole lot more than what was just in Kim’s snaps.
And honestly, its a little heartbreaking to listen to Taylor earlier in the call because
you can actually feel how uncomfortable she is before Kanye shares what the lyrics are.
And even Kanye could feel how uncomfortable she was….
OK now to get to the really important parts of this phone call.
In the video, Kanye then propositions Taylor with the line he is thinking about which actually
isn’t the exact line from the song.
But before he shares the line with Taylor, we hear Kanye kind of ‘buttering’ Taylor
up by telling her how much his wife really loves the line now (even though she wasn’t
sure about it at first) and how cool others think the line is.
Kanye then shares this:
So as we just heard there, the line Kanye shared with Taylor was QUOTE "I Feel like
Taylor Swift might owe me sex," but nowhere there did Kanye mention the lyrics that we
know Taylor was most upset about and the ones she never approved which were QUOTE "Why?
I made that b*tch famous."
And while Taylor at first that she needs to think about it:
Taylor doesn’t seem to oppose the “I Feel like Taylor Swift might owe me sex” lyric,
she does say quote, "I'm glad it's not mean, I thought it was going to be like, 'that stupid
dumb bitch.'"
Which I think is a very important part of the conversation because it clearly shows
how Taylor feels about being referred to as a quote “bitch” and it's pretty obvious
from what she said in that context that she would have had a different reaction should
that word have been used in the lyrics.
Later in the call, Kanye does actually mention to Taylor the line that did make the final
song, being QUOTE “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex” - again missing the
“bitch” part.
However, Kanye says his wife Kim had more of an issue with that line.
The clip ends with Taylor talking mid sentence about which of those 2 lines might be used,
we hear this.
So it's clear from the clips shared online that the very controversial line about Taylor
“I made that bitch famous” wasn’t mentioned or shared with Taylor.
We should also add that during that phone call, Kanye also propositioned Taylor with
having her actually tweet out and release the song to her audience.
Taylor again wasn’t comfortable with this and explained to Kanye why.
One thing that is important to note, that while many people claim that this proves that
Kim and Kayne lied about getting Taylor's approval for the whole song, the clip doesn't
show the ENTIRE conversation.
However, the fact that Kim shares heavily edited clips of the conversation in the past,
and didn’t actually include everything we heard here today, does lead us and fans to
believe that Kim and Kanye were trying to hide the truth and further supports everything
Taylor said to defend her innocence at the time was true.
To refresh your memory, in response to Kims Snapchats of the phonecall supposedly exposing
Taylor at the time, Taylor shared this statement where she said QUOTE:
“Where is the video of Kanye telling me he was going to call me “that bitch” in
his song?
It doesn't exist because it never happened...While I wanted to be supportive of Kanye on the
phone call, you cannot ‘approve’ a song you haven’t heard.”
So as for any other parts of the conversation that happened between Taylor and Kanye, at
this stage we will never know.
But from what we have heard now from the longer leaked conversation, it backs up everything
Taylor has said about it to date.
It also appears that what Kim posted from the very same conversation in 2016 was edited.
Regardless of what Kim made it look like, it had nothing to do with the line "I made
that bitch famous."
So as you can imagine, Swifties have not held back.
They nearly broke the internet after all these new developments and feel like Taylor finally
got the justice she’s been waiting for.
#KanyeWestIsOverParty was trending as was #TaylorWasTellingTheTruth
One fan wrote quote, “She's clearly uncomfortable AF with him saying she owes him sex and tells
him she will think about it and let him know if she's okay with it.
And ALSO tells him that she wouldn't like if he'd called her a bitch.
And he never once mentions "i made that bitch famous" line to her”
Another wrote quote, “He didn’t just “fail” to mention it.
He DELIBERATELY didn’t do so.
EXPOSÉ OF THE DECADE.
#TaylorSwiftWasRight”
Another shared this photoshop piece and said quote, “Kanye West must apologize to Taylor
Swift.
A solemn apology.
It's been four years now, and what a psychological toll it has taken on Taylor Swift.
You are a kind couple.
damn it” and then they put a bunch of rat emojis.
And this fan added quote, “#TaylorToldTheTruth We knew from the very beginning and saw through
their BS.
So glad the rest of the world knows now too and won’t be able to ever again hold this
against her”
And there were thousands and thousands of more tweets like that.
While both Taylor and Kanye have remained pretty quiet about this over the weekend,
Taylor has subtly liked some Tumblr posts that are very telling about how she's feeling.
The first one is this one that says quote, "And that is how you let Karma take care of
itself,"
The next one is a "Taylor told the truth moodboard" with this series of photos.
And another one says, "WHO WAS TELLING THE TRUTH THE ENTIRE TIME???”
So while she hasn’t said anything directly, it looks like Taylor's not too upset about
this video leaking.
Taylor’s fans have been asking Kim to apologize in the comments and apparently according to
fans, Kim is deleting comments about Taylor.
Kim subtly like a tweet that said, “the video showed nothing new.
We all knew that.
I’m so confused right now.”
To which some people commented: “He he, nothing new?
Are you deaf or blind？I don't care about but why does she have to edit the video?
Why let her release the full recording without playing it? and Taylor finally said three
times think about it means not agree! can not understand the human language?”
And another person wrote: “The fuck?? it showed the unedited version before it was
chopped up and manipulated to make Taylor look bad.
It showed how Kimye illegally recorded Taylor with the intent of editing and using her own
voice against her.
That video showed everyone proof of the real truth.”
Amid all the drama going down, Kim did actually take to Instagram to share something, but
nothing to do with Taylor.
It was a throwback pic of her and Saint.
People then called Kim out in the comments saying, “Kim just apologize, we all know
the truth already.
Deleting the comments won't work girl.”
Another said quote, “Yow @kimkardashian why are you deleting comments..You and your
husband needs to APOLOGIZE to @taylorswift .”
And another wrote quote, “Hey don’t delete the comments.
You’re a LAWYER.
Ok?”
So there you have it.
That’s all the tea and don’t worry, we’ll keep you updated if new details about this
arise.
But I want to know what you guys think.
Did the leaked video change your mind about the situation?
And do you think Taylor is glad the video leaked?
Get to talking down in the comments below.
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Thanks so much for watching, I’m Sussan Mourad and I’ll catch you next time.