Why Kim risked jail to release recording of Kanye’s phone call with under-fire singer
Kim is sick and tired of people calling her husband an idiot and wanted to expose Taylor as a 'liar and a fake'
THE most bitter feud in showbiz exploded on Monday when the private phone call between KANYE WEST and TAYLOR SWIFT emerged online.
The recording proved that the rapper DID ask Taylor for approval to release his controversial song Famous, yet it does not prove he asked her directly about the words “that bitch”.
Now I can reveal the untold story behind why Kanye and wife KIM KARDASHIAN finally decided to leak the audio, risking a prison sentence in the process.
Sources close to the couple have confirmed it was Kim who decided to take the heat in order to expose Taylor, who she views as “a liar and a fake”.
An insider revealed: “Kim got tired of people asking about it.
“She has been sitting on the recording for ages but became so sick of Taylor’s game and people calling her husband an idiot.
“For her, the cat is out of the bag and everyone knows Taylor is a liar.
“Now people are realising what her and Kanye have known all along, Taylor is a fake.”
The war between Taylor and Kanye erupted in 2009 when the rapper interrupted her acceptance speech at the MTV VMAs.
But it escalated in February when he released song Famous about Taylor, which included the line: “I made that bitch famous.”
Taylor immediately denied Kanye’s claims that he sought her approval for the song first.
Many then believed she took aim at him during this year’s Grammys by saying: “There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.”
Now I’m told her Grammys speech really hurt Kanye.
A source added: “Kanye isn’t angry.
“All along he has been saying he spoke to her and reached out, he wanted to make sure she was OK about it.”
But it was a statement released by Taylor — in which she claimed the rapper did not call her for approval and that she warned him about releasing a song with a misogynistic message — that really riled Kim and Kanye.
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A source close to the couple said: “They just thought, ‘How dare you lie and put out this statement? We have it on tape!’
“The tape shows she has no issue with the lyric.
“Now she’s splitting hairs and saying, ‘I didn’t know he said the word bitch’.
“Kanye wanted to make sure she was comfortable.
“What other rapper would ever call anyone for approval?
“Taylor is not calling any of her ex-boyfriends to say she is writing a song about them.
“Did she call JOHN MAYER or HARRY STYLES when she wrote songs about them?”
Yesterday I revealed that Taylor is planning legal action against Kim and Kanye for taping their call without consent, which carries a prison sentence of up to three years in California.
Many question why the call was recorded anyway but Kanye is adamant it is par for the course.
My source added: “It was documented because Kanye films everything.
“When he is making an album he documents the process from A to B.”
This is a really difficult position for Taylor — a mega-talented megastar who I’ve always loved when I’ve met her.
Taking on Kim and Kanye is no mean feat.
She was trying to keep him happy on the phone, as most of us probably would.
Luckily she has plenty of support.
The #IStandWithTaylor hashtag trended worldwide today while her music video director Joseph Kahn stuck up for her too.
If all else fails, Taylor still has her squad for back-up.
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