Kanye West put in a typically memorable performance when he granted a rare talk show appearance to speak to Ellen Degeneres on Thursday (May 19th), turning it what many have described as a real-life version of one of his legendary Twitter outbursts.
During the episode, he discussed family life, the possibility of having more children, and his ideas for changing the world – of course. Everybody remembers the incident back in February, soon after the release of his seventh album The Life of Pablo, when the 38 year old rapper reached out to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for financial resources to help him realise his ideas, which attracted ridicule on social media.
Kanye West with his wife Kim at the Met Gala 2016
“I feel that if I had more resources, I could help more people,” West said, elaborating on what caused him to do this. “I have ideas that can make the human race’s existence within our hundred years better.”
Asked by Ellen whether he feels that his wife Kim Kardashian ought to have final say on whether his tweets get published, he replied with a smile “absolutely not”.
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Later on in his impassioned speech, Kanye compared his life to Will Smith’s movie The Pursuit of Happyness, and spoke about how he wants himself to be seen in history and bemoaning the lack of influential figures out there. “Picasso is dead,” he said, adding, “Steve Jobs is dead. Walt Disney is dead. Name somebody living that you can mention in the same breath as them.”
On a slightly lighter note, he played a game of ‘Five Second Rule’ with Ellen, and also spoke about his family. He and Kim welcomed their second child Saint five months ago, and Kanye was asked about whether his wife wanted any more children.
“Let’s see what happens,” West said. “I’ll tell you what’s gonna happen – nothing,” Ellen said, reminding him that Kim has long said she was done with being pregnant after the second time around.
Just for good measure, West remained unapologetic for remaining as unfiltered in front of the camera as he is on Twitter. “I’m sorry daytime television,” he said, “I’m sorry for the realness.”
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