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Kim Kardashian's Instagram posts have been flooded with comments from furious Taylor Swift fans following the singer's Time Magazine interview.
The 33-year-old pop superstar added yet another accolade to her already impressive year as she was named the magazine's 2023 'Person of the Year' on Wednesday (December 6).
During her interview with the publication, the 'Anti Hero' hitmaker opened up about the scandalous 2016 phone call leak between her and Kim Kardashian's former husband, Kanye West.
To refresh everyone's memories, back in 2016, West released an album called The Life of Pablo, which featured a song called 'Famous'. In this track, he refers to his altercation with Swift with vulgar lyrics, saying: "For all my Southside n***as that know me best, I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? I made that b**** famous".
The feud between Swift and West began in 2009 after the rapper jumped on stage during her speech at the 2009 MTV VMA Awards. Credit: Kevin Mazur / GettyThe SKIMS mogul - who posted footage of the call on social media - made it look like the 'Cruel Summer' star gave West consent to sing about her with obscene lyrics but Swift denied this in a social media statement, saying: "Being falsely painted as a liar when I was never given the full story or played any part of the song is a character assassination," per Teen Vogue.
Despite defending herself, Swift was widely slammed online and branded a liar, with both "snake", with #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty quickly trending on social media.
However, in 2020, a release of the entire phone conversation was leaked and showed that the original video had been edited down - proving the Grammy-winning musician's claims to be true.
Still, Kardashian took to social media at the time to share her belief that Swift was lying, tweeting in part, "@taylorswift13 has chosen to reignite an old exchange."
"I didn't feel the need to comment a few days ago, and I'm actually really embarrassed and mortified to be doing it right now, but because she continues to speak on it, I feel I'm left without a choice but to respond because she is actually lying," she added.
If you haven't seen the full and unedited call yet, check it out below:
The 'Karma' artist revisited the incident in an interview with Time Magazine and blasted at Kardashian for "framing" her with an "illegally recorded phone call" and sharing it on social media to paint her as a liar.
"That took me down psychologically to a place I've never been before," Swift told the outlet, adding that moved to a foreign country after the incident.
"I didn't leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid to get on phone calls. I pushed away most people in my life because I didn't trust anyone anymore. I went down really, really hard," she said.
At that time, she felt the scandal to be the end of her music career, sharing: "Make no mistake - my career was taken away from me."
Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian in 2015 - one year before the phone call leak. Credit: John Shearer / GettyAfter the publication, the mother-of-four's Instagram page was flooded with comments from angry Swifties.
One user wrote: "For someone [whose] Dad was a lawyer and [you're] trying to become a lawyer, you’d think that maybe you’d make sure you weren’t committing a crime by recording the phone call??"
Another said: "Kim what you did to Tay affected her mental state. Your words & actions have consequences [for] others. Make this right & you will get more respect."
A third added: "I love you but we need a real apology for Tay Tay. She deserves it. You said y’all moved on but nope. She haven’t."
Others simply put the snake emoji all over Kardashian's posts - which references Swift's song 'Look What You Made Me Do,' from her rebellious 2017 album, Reputation.
Credit: InstagramIn the years that followed, Swift's career and popularity grew - while many of her adversaries have suffered major setbacks, including the 'Gold Digger' rapper.
The billionaire is currently on the international leg of her successful Eras Tour.
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September 13, 2009 remains one of the most monumental days from that calendar year.
The venue is the Radio City Music Hall in New York, the occasion: the VMAs. Taylor Swift takes to the stage to collect her Best Female Video award for the song You Belong With Me. Taylor begins her speech, and while it seems that everyone's happy for her, one person does not agree with her win.
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It was the one memorable moment of that year's VMA Awards, it spawned a thousand memes, and Kanye West's now infamous interruption of Taylor appeared to be the trigger behind a beef that spanned many years, finally coming to a head when Kanye released the music video for Famous, from his 2016 album The Life Of Pablo.
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That music video, and one particular line from the song, started a feud between Swift and West (with Kim Kardashian acting as a less-than-impartial referee) that only seemed to die down in recent times. But could Taylor Swift's social media activity indicate that she's not quite over the whole Taylor Swift/Kanye West beef?
Fans seemed to think so, but before we pass judgement too quickly, let's take a look at the evidence, shall we? Since the aforementioned video for Famous came out, Taylor Swift has publicly stayed silent on the issue, but her fans have been extremely vocal in blasting Kanye for effectively posting what's been perceived by some as revenge porn in a video that's generated over 36 million views.
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Since then, both sides appeared to move on, but take a look at this Twitter thread from @cleanupcrw, the original tweet simply saying: Unpopular Opinion: Kanye Edition. It was a pro-Kanye thread, talking up the merits of the musician's music, such as this reply from @valeriegauvain:
"How tf is this an unpopular opinion. He’s the greatest producer and artist of all time. Everyone had to actually admit this if they don’t want to."
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Okay, so there's the scene for you: it's a bit of a thread championing the merits of Kanye West, but there was one Swifty out there eager to crash the party, with this tweet from @sagittariusnake cutting in to reiterate how Taylor Swift fans feel about Kanye.
"The famous music video was straight up revenge porn. not to mention putting abuse victims next to their abusers and celebrating sexual assaulters. it was disgusting and he doesn’t get enough crap for it."
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That, seemingly, was all it took. Before long, that tweet was screenshotted and posted to Instagram by the user @sparkstfly, who added: "It’s so weird to see how Kanye got away with putting realistic depictions of naked celebrities in his video."
Her post managed to rack up nearly 3,000 likes, but guess who's one of those likes?
That's right - has Taylor started this whole beef up again, or was it a simple slip of the finger? We'll never know (Taylor has since 'Swiftly' unliked the post), but that didn't stop people from going ballistic.
"OH MY GOD TAYLOR REALLY DID LIKE THIS I CAME HERE TO CHECK," squealed @http.maris, while @sparkstfly herself said: "Guys I’m shaking Taylor really did snap with this her mind I love her so much I love her omg."
But the question we're all asking - is the beef back on? - is yet to be answered.
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Kanye West has taken to Instagram to post a bizarre rant in which he comments on how "helpful" he was to Taylor Swift's career.
For some context about the West and Swift feud, the roots stretch back to 2009, when Swift, then just 19 years old, was embroiled in a controversy at the MTV Video Music Awards as the rapper jumped up on stage and stole the spotlight when she was about to begin her speech.
This ignited some bad feelings between the fans of the two musicians, and let's just say they haven't been able to see eye to eye since.
For instance, West's 2016 track 'Famous' ignited a firestorm with the lyrics: "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that b***h famous."
This sparked a highly publicized feud between Swift, West, and his former wife Kim Kardashian. The feud escalated into legal battles and public fallout, exacerbated by a leaked video recorded by Kardashian, which purported to show Swift consenting to the use of her name in the track.
In a track another titled 'Carnival', West makes explicit references to Swift, with lyrics that some have deemed derogatory and objectifying.
"Why she say she sucked my d**k? (Ha) Then she say she ain't sucked my d**k (Ha). She gon' take it up the a** (Ha), like a ventriloquist (Ha)," he raps, before adding: "I made six Taylor Swift (Ha), Since I had the Rollie on the wrist (Ha), I'm the new Jesus, bitch (Ha), I turn water to crist (Ha)."
Despite these pretty wild lyrics, West now seems to think that he is the one who is responsible for Swift's meteoric rise into stardom.
The rapper recently took to Instagram where he posted a bizarre rant, but one part specifically focuses on Swift.
Part of the post reads: "REMEMBER I WAS ON TAYLOR’S SIDE WHEN SCOOTER BOUGHT HER MASTERS BEHIND HER BACK. SHE AND BEYONCÉ ARE BIG INSPIRATIONS TO ALL MUSICIANS WE ALWAYS SAY HOW BOTH SELL OUT TOURS AND MOVIES."
West continued: "ALSO, I’M SURE I’VE BEEN FAR MORE HELPFUL TO TAYLOR SWIFT’S CAREER THAN HARMFUL. TO ALL TAYLOR SWIFT FANS I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY UUUM IM NOT YOUR FRIEND EITHER THOUGH LOL."
He also touched on the recent rumors that Swift got him kicked out of the Super Bowl, by saying that he just wanted to walk around and enjoy the day with his wife, Bianca Censori.
Swift is yet to respond to these remarks, though it's highly doubtful that she will.