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“I’m going to nip this in the budright now,” Kardashian West, 38, tweeted on Monday. “Kanye was speaking about his own experience of everyone quick to say they were canceling him because of differences in opinion & not being perfect.”
“The analogies were in context to his own experiences, not defending anyone else,” she added.
In a separate Tweet she added, “I want to make it very clear,he is not condoning anyone’s actionsor unacceptable disgusting behavior. My husband’s words are being taken out of context due to timing.”
West went on to seemingly reference the upcoming documentary about Jackson,Leaving Neverland, which is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The film centers on two boys who alleged Jackson sexually abused them.
“We can enjoy all their music all we want,” West remarked during the clip, before adding, “If we’re gonna tear down artists, let’s go ahead and take [Leonardo] da Vinci out the Lourve. Let’s take down all the art.”
The documentary features wide-ranging interviews withKelly’s family members, former friends and colleagues, but most notably, women who claim that for decades the hit-making singer and producer used his power and influence to sexually and physically abuse them and others.
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West has worked with Kelly in the past, collaborating on track “To the World” in 2012.
Reflecting on the controversy surrounding hisperformance at Glastonburythe previous year, West told BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac, “It put me back in the position of when I was in high school and I got fired from my job, or when I played my music for R. Kelly and he told me he was going to sign me.”
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On Saturday night,TMZ reportedthat Montana told the outlet, “All the greats went down like that,” adding, “Let somebody enjoy their legacy. Whatever happened, happened, man.”
TMZ said that Montana also invoked Jackson, who has also been accused of sexual abuse, in his statement.
Montana went on to add an addendum on Twitter,writing, “Let me be clear. My heart is with the victims.”
“I never thought the people I looked up to as a kid, who sang and danced and gave me hope to become a superstar would become drug addicts, child molestors [sic] and rapists. I am hoping we as a culture create better leaders. We need them,” he added.
R. Kelly’s lawyerhas denied the allegationsmade in Lifetime’s documentary. In an interview with theAssociated Presson Friday, Chicago-based attorney Steve Greenberg called the documentary “disgusting” and claimed that producers told “disgruntled” women incriminating things to say about Kelly off camera in an effort to incriminate the Grammy winner.
Producers of the film, however, denied these allegations. “We are enormously proud of the series. The powerful stories from the women in the documentary speak for themselves,” they previously said in a statement to PEOPLE. “Their honesty and candor has resonated with millions of viewers.”
If you or someone you know think they are being abused, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) now for anonymous, confidential help, available 24/7.
source: people.com
