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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