Oh dear god: Some takeaways from Kanye's latest interview
We must admit something, dear reader: When it comes to the never-ending saga of Kanye West, we are at a crossroads. Honestly, we’d love nothing more than to quietly chuckle to ourselves at the intentional antics of someone who announces a presidential bid in the same fashion that Michael Scott once “declared bankruptcy.” However, ignoring a particularly distressing interview from an entertainer apparently isn’t an option for an entertainment blog. So, here we are.
The performer recently spoke with Randall Lane of Forbes about, presumably, his interest in the White House, which he unceremoniously reiterated via Twitter on July 4 when he announced his intention to run for president in the 2020 election. We say “presumably” because the lengthy conversation takes a number of hairpin turns and gets occasionally muddled by disjointed observations and, at one point, a freestyle verse in lieu of an actual response. To be fair, there are genuinely informative tidbits here, like his criticisms of the binary political system (mainly the Democrats) and him withdrawing his support for Trump (for the most part). However, you have to wade through a lot of fairly confounding statements to get to the clearer moments.
We’re going to indulge in just a little bit of naiveté and hope that this round-up of some of the more head-scratching highlights from West’s chat with Forbes serves as our final word on his odd, unofficial attempt at gaining unfettered power. It’s looking unlikely, but we can dream, can’t we? In the meantime, you’ll want to read Lane’s full interview to get a more detailed picture. Here are five of the more, uh, enlightening moments.
West believes that a COVID-19 vaccine would symbolize “the mark of the beast”
“They want to put chips inside of us, they want to do all kinds of things, to make it where we can’t cross the gates of heaven. I’m sorry when I say they, the humans that have the Devil inside them.” Kanye shared this view after revealing that he was sick with coronavirus in February.