In 2005, when notoriously outspoken rapperKanye Westshocked the world by uttering the phrase,“George Bush does not care about black people” during anNBC telethonfor Hurricane Katrina, West’s co-host Mike Meyers, and the rest of the world, couldn’t believe what they were hearing. (Meyer’s face is still classic even after watching this countless times). Now, five years later, the target of that outburst, former President George W. Bush, has finally responded. In an NBC interview with Matt Lauer, Bush called West’s comments“the most disgusting moment of my presidency.” Considering the catastrophic events that occurred during W’s time in the Oval Office, this seems a little exaggerated, but we’ll let Bush speak for himself.“”I didn’t appreciate it then,”I don’t appreciate it now,” Bush said of West’s verbal attack.“It’s one thing to say,‘I don’t appreciate the way he’s handled his business.’ It’s another thing to say,‘This man’s a racist.’“I resent it, it’s not true, and it was one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency.”
Naturally, West had to get in his two cents regarding Bush’s comments. In aradio interviewtoday with Houston’s 97.9 The Box, West responded to Bush’s interview—however, it seems any beef West once had with W have since evaporated. In fact, the rapper says he can now connect to the former President thanks to the public scorn he received following hisTaylor Swiftdebacle at last year’s VMAs.
“Well I definitely can understand the way he feels—to be accused of being a racist in any way,” West said of Bush.“Because the same thing happened to me, you know, where I got accused of being racist. And with both situations, it was basically a lack of compassion that America saw in that situation. With him it was a lack of compassion, with him not rushing—you know, him taking the time time to rush down to New Orleans. With me, it was a lack of compassion of cutting someone off in their moment. But nonetheless I think we’re all quick to pull the race card in America. And now, I’m more open. And the poetic justice that I feel, to have went through the same thing that he went, and now I really more connect with him on a humanitarian level… because the next morning, when he felt that, I felt the same thing.”
West went on to further discuss the way in which he’s grown as a person.“I do think I changed a lot,” West said.“I’m just understanding that it’s not about me, it’s not about just what my opinion is all the time.“I became a better person, I needed that time off. Because a lot of times when people become celebrities, the moment when you don’t have to do your own dishes anymore, you don’t have that responsibility anymore, a lot of times you lose a level of humanity,” he explained.“It’s a growing process. I feel like a brand-new artist. I feel like respect is something that’s hard to earn and easy to lose, and I feel like I’m on that path to getting all that back right now.”
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