Lana Del Rey, Chris Evans Slam Kanye West for his Support of Trump
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Kanye West’s MAGA hat-wearing heel turn reached even stranger heights this weekend, as he used the buzz around his lackluster SNL performance to make the case for supporting President Trump by … suggesting we get rid of the 13th Amendment?
this represents good and America becoming whole again. We will no longer outsource to other countries. We build factories here in America and create jobs. We will provide jobs for all who are free from prisons as we abolish the 13th amendment. Message sent with love pic.twitter.com/a15WqI8zgu
— ye (@kanyewest) September 30, 2018
not abolish but. let’s amend the 13th amendment
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— ye (@kanyewest) September 30, 2018
With these latest antics, plenty of long-time Kanye fans have had it with his long-exhausting, now-completely unbearable behavior, and it looks like Chris Evans and Lana Del Rey aren’t holding back anymore, either.
Captain America star Evans took to Twitter on Sunday, blasting Kanye’s uninformed, ahistorical support of Trump, much of which has made fans draw parallels between Kanye’s behavior and that of the president himself.
There’s nothing more maddening than debating someone who doesn’t know history, doesn’t read books, and frames their myopia as virtue. The level of unapologetic conjecture I’ve encountered lately isn’t just frustrating, it’s retrogressive, unprecedented and absolutely terrifying. https://t.co/4jCFwB4T5U
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) September 30, 2018
Some artists close to Kanye also made their best efforts to reach out to him about his support of Trump, although at this point, it looks like he’s in too deep to change his mind on such matters.
Del Rey, who performed at West’s wedding to Kim Kardashian in 2014, explicitly made the Kanye-Trump comparison in a comment on West’s Instagram.
Lana Del Rey, who performed at Kanye and Kim’s wedding, left this comment on Kanye’s Instagram post of his MAGA hat. pic.twitter.com/GAJx0ZRrHD
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) September 30, 2018
Del Rey calls West out on his Trumpian “delusions of grandeur, extreme issues with narcissismnone of which would be a talking point if we weren’t speaking about the man leading our country.”
Despite her concern, Del Rey acknowledges that it’s a “message sent with concern that will never be addressed.”
Swizz Beatz, one of West’s former collaborators, turned to music in order to voice his frustrations, posting a song on Instagram that simply goes, “Fuck the MAGA hat.”
Trump himself, though, showed his support for friend Kanye regarding his performance on SNL, a failing, low-rated program that Trump by no means watches or cares about.
Like many, I don’t watch Saturday Night Live (even though I past hosted it) – no longer funny, no talent or charm. It is just a political ad for the Dems. Word is that Kanye West, who put on a MAGA hat after the show (despite being told “no”), was great. He’s leading the charge!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2018
Kanye’s unwavering support of Trump might be what finally does it for fans who’ve long had to put up with his insufferable behavior. Yandhi, the album that was supposedly coming after his SNL performance, the one that was supposed to finally make things right, also didn’t come out as promised, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if fans have given up waiting for it.