Kenan Thompson Recollects Kanye’s Trump Rant On ‘SNL’

Kanye West made a number of headlines final yr after he reportedly went on an unaired rant about Donald Trump following a efficiency on Saturday Night time Reside. Now, we’re studying simply how uncomfortable that made individuals within the constructing round him really feel.

Longtime SNL solid member Kenan Thompson lately sat down with Sizzling 97’s Ebro within the Morning and described what the second was like.

“Do you recall the Kanye West evening?” the actor/comic was requested. “Completely,” he replied.

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“It’s a second within the present the place it’s like, generally they’ll do a final track over the great evening credit or no matter,” Thompson continued. “So, you recognize… U2 did it, McCartney did it, and so they really like go to the opposite stage and get with they band and do an entire efficiency. Once I noticed that he was standing on the common stage I used to be like, ‘Oh, he’s simply gonna take a second and have a second mainly.’”

“It turned extraordinarily uncomfortable extraordinarily rapidly,” he added. “I used to be additionally drained as hell, it’s an extended day.”

Kanye famously wore a MAGA hat throughout his efficiency and later claimed he was “bullied” into not sporting the notorious headwear whereas backstage on the present. Thompson says that whereas he felt dangerous for West, he denied that others verbally abused him over the hat. He additionally doesn’t fairly perceive ‘Ye’s love for the president.

“I’m not attempting to overly promote any individual that’s getting impeached, however every man’s prerogative I assume,” he stated.

Watch the total interview beneath.