'SNL' alum Chris Redd recalled his encounters with Kanye West when he appeared on the show: 'He just came in there with a chip on his shoulder, ready to talk shit.'
dress rehearsal stage for the first run through of his unaired pro-Trump rant in September 2018.podcast, the comedian recalled his encounters with West when he appeared on the show as musical guest on an episode hosted by Adam Driver. “He came in there wanting to shoot everybody — verbally — and I just felt that was disrespectful, because we’re all grown adults,” Redd said. “And now all of us don’t like you. He just came in there with a chip on his shoulder, ready to talk shit.
After performing “Ghost Town,” West launched directly into a MAGA rant while wearing the infamous red hat. That portion of his performance didn’t air, but Chris Rock captured a portion of the moment on Instagram. While the audience booed, the rapper continued his spiel, saying: “There’s so many times I talk to, like, a white person about this and they say, ‘How could you like Trump? He’s racist.’ Well, uh, if I was concerned about racism I would’ve moved out of America a long time ago.
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