John Legend got candid about his current friendship status with Kanye West. The singer revealed differences in their political ideals, Kanye's support for former US President Donald Trump and his own presidential campaign in 2020 were the reasons behind their strained relationship. Legend said in a sit-down on The Axe Files podcast, "We aren't friends as much as we used to be,".
The 43-year-old went shared, via People "I honestly think because we publicly disagreed on his running for office, his supporting Trump. I think it became too much for us to sustain our friendship." Legend and West had previously been close and even collaborated on several records together. The rapper has produced songs for Legend and both have also done featuring for each other on songs like 2005's Number One and 2008's It's Over.
Meanwhile, Legend also thinks that West was "not happy about" Legend not supporting and standing behind him after he announced that he was running for president in the 2020 elections. The singer added, "He was upset that I didn't support his run for the presidency of the United States of America — for understandable reasons." He continued, "I wasn't alone in that, but, you know, he was not happy about that. And we really haven't been close since then."
However, this is not the first time Legend has opened up about his friendship with Kanye West. Previously, in 2020, Legend told the UK's The Sunday Times that the rift was not because of their political differences.
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