John Legend opens up about his tense relationship with Kanye West

John Legend is discussing his present friendship with Kanye West, a longtime buddy.

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The rapper has been making news lately for his rants on his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson, and other topics.

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Going back to his past disputes, when West ran for president, Legend openly declared his support for Joe Biden rather than Kanye.

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According to People, Legend brought up a previous interview in which he explained that the reason his friendship with West soured was due to their divergent political views.

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As he already clarified the real meaning of his comment, Legend is now rephrasing it.

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The singer maintained, "Yeah, what it got described as was, we stopped being friends because he supported [Donald] Trump, which was a mischaracterization of what I said."

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He added, "That was kind of the Rupert Murdoch version of the story — it was all over the New York Post and Fox News."

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Legend then clarified, "What I was saying was that he was very upset with me that I didn't support him running for President, and that was the real impetus for us having a strain in our friendship."

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He added, "I don't know what will happen in the future, but he was very upset with me that I didn't support him and I supported Joe Biden. It's up to him whether he can get past that."

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Legend also added that though he does not believe that political preferences should be end-all-be-all in a friendshi

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