Nineteen days after hisOval Office meetingwithDonald Trump,Kanye Westis “distancing” from politics.
After months ofpublicly supportingthe president, the rapper, 41, tweeted about a possible hiatus from voicing a pro-MAGA rhetoric.
“My eyes are now wide open and now realize I’ve been used to spread messages I don’t believe in,” Westwroteon Tuesday. “I am distancing myself from politics and completely focusing on being creative.”
In another tweet, the husband ofKim KardashianWest said: “I would like to thank my family, loved ones, and community for supporting my ACTUAL beliefs and my vision for a better world.”
However, West addressed his association with “Blexit” in atweeton Tuesday. “I introduced Candace to the person who made the logo and they didn’t want their name on it so she used mine. I never wanted any association with Blexit. I have nothing to do with it,” he said.
West has been vocal about hissupport for Trumpfor years, but especially in recent months.
The father of three — who has beendiagnosed with bipolar disorderand recently revealed he is“off medication”— had a bizarreWhite House meeting with the president,ranted during his Sept. 29Saturday Night Liveappearancewhile wearing a MAGA hat,and controversially claimed“slavery is a choice.”
President Donald Trump hugs Kanye West during a visit to the White House in October 2018.Oliver Contreras - Pool/Getty
Earlier this month, a source close to West told PEOPLE that the Grammy winner’s political mindset was unwavering.
“He lovesDonald Trump; he is convinced that Trump is going to change America for the better and thinks that he’s already done an amazing job,” the source said. “He talks about Trump all the time; he watches the news and finds times when Trump is being treated unfairly, and he talks about them all the time.”
Wife Kardashian West recently said in aninterviewwith Alec Baldwin that “I let [Kanye] be who he wants to be. … I let him have his own views and opinions, even if they’re different from mine,” adding, “[We] definitely have conversations if I don’t understand something in private and talk about that.”
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Further describing her change of heart, Jenner wrote: “I cannot support anyone who is working against our community. I do not support Trump. I must learn from my mistakes and move forward.”
source: people.com
