Jimmy Kimmel addressed his first “rap feud” on his late-night talk show Thursday after Kanye West went on yet another Twitter rampage.
Kimmel opened his show telling the audience he received a “very angry phone call” from West earlier in the evening. Kimmel said that West was pissed over a comedy bit on the show where a child re-enacted a recent interview that Kanye gave to the BBC.
According to Kimmel, West told him he had two choices and the first was to publicly apologize for the skit.
“And that was really the only choice. The other choice he gave was ‘your life is going to be much better if I apologize,’ and then he started tweeting today,” Kimmel said.
Kimmel showed his audience the tweets that West posted from his official Twitter account. The majority of the all-caps Twitter rant are too profane to be posted here, but here’s a small sampling of West’s verbal assault. In one tweet, West referenced Kimmel’s former comedian girlfriend.
SARAH SILVERMAN IS A THOUSAND TIMES FUNNIER THAN YOU AND THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS IT!!! – KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 27, 2013
YOU CAN’T PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES. YOUR FACE LOOKS CRAZY… IS THAT FUNNY?… OR IF I HAD A KID SAY IT WOULD IT BE FUNNY??? – KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 27, 2013
JIMMY KIMMEL IS OUT OF LINE TO TRY AND SPOOF IN ANY WAY THE FIRST PIECE OF HONEST MEDIA IN YEARS – KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 27, 2013
After the show, Kimmel responded to West, sarcastically tweeting ,
“I swear, @kanyewest one more of these I WILL unfollow you #warning #Goshdarnit.”
Kimmel cautioned that the war of words is not a prank like his recent ” twerking girl fail” video that went viral earlier this month.
