Why Kanye West Once Thought It Would Be ‘Uncool’ To Marry Kim Kardashian
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have, against all odds, become one of the most successful couples in entertainment. They have withstood numerous scandals and controversies and welcomed four children, building a family that is happy, healthy, and thriving.
It seems unlikely that there was once a time when West had second thoughts about marrying Kardashian. But according to a recent interview, he thought, at one time, that it would damage his image to tie the knot with the famous reality star.
Keep reading to learn about their relationship, how long they have been married, and what Kanye West recently said about their marriage.
How long have Kim Kardashian and Kanye West known each other?
Long before Keeping Up with the Kardashians premiered on television, Kardashian met aspiring musician West. In a later interview, Kardashian opened up about the first time that she met West, admitting that it was in 2002 or 2003, on the set of a music video that West was making with Brandy.
Kardashian revealed that West didn’t exactly know how to pronounce her last name but that they remained friends in the years that followed that initial meeting. West even made some appearances on early episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
In 2012, after Kardashian’s ill-fated marriage to Kris Humphries had already dissolved, West and Kardashian reconnected. They discovered that they had a lot in common and started dating. While many thought that the relationship could be a rebound or a short-lived fling, they stuck it out and got engaged in late 2013, after welcoming their first daughter: North West.
How long has Kanye West been married?
Following West’s elaborate proposal to Kardashian in October 2013, all thoughts turned to how the couple would ultimately tie the knot. Befitting their superstar status, West and Kardashian planned a fairytale wedding in Florence, Italy.
Their wedding ceremony in May 2014 was not filmed for the family’s reality show, unlike Kardashian’s previous wedding. This perhaps indicated that this was a couple who understood the importance of privacy.
In the five years since their wedding, West and Kardashian have welcomed three more children in addition to their daughter North. They have proven to be each other’s biggest supporters, and no matter what hot water West manages to land himself in, he can always count on his wife to support and defend his right to think and do as he wants.
What did Kanye West say recently about his marriage?
In late October, West made an appearance on James Corden’s Late Late Show, and in addition to leading some fans in a rousing rendition of “Airpool Karaoke,” West talked about his marriage to Kardashian. He explained that after experiencing “five beautiful years of marriage” with Kardashian, he believes that “marriage years are different than human years.” West explained that, to him, every year of normal human time is like “100 marriage years” so that instead of being married five years, he feels as though he’s been married for “500 years.”
He also revealed that initially, he thought that he would lose some of his status as a cultural icon if he was to marry Kardashian, stating that he believed he would be viewed as “uncool.” West said that he ultimately changed his mind, and then Corden chimed in, saying that: “everybody thought it would be cool to marry Kim Kardashian.”
West also couldn’t lose the opportunity to take a dig at Kardashian’s ex, Kris Humphries, following up Corden’s statement with “not Kris Humphries.”
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Azealia Banks Allegedly Thinks Andrew Yang is a Chinese Spy in Deleted Instagram Story
Rapper Azealia Banks went after Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang in her Instagram Stories and accused him of being a Chinese spy.
In the now-deleted post, the 28-year-old artist from Harlem, New York said she is “strongly against Andrew Yang.”
“Call me xenophobic if you wish, but he is to China what random Russian-American civilian spies are to Putin,” she said, adding she’s not ready for the “United States of China.”
“This country has yet to issue a final apology for slavery to African Americans. I’ll be damned if China takes control of this country before my black ass gets the piece of this American pie I’m owed.”
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Krispy Kreme demands college student stop acting as a doughnut mule
Jayson Gonzalez is a college senior just
trying to make a buck. He’s worked at Starbucks. He’s made candles. He’s
sold iPhone cases. Like any good Gen Z kid, he’s tried developing an
app. But earlier this year, he hit on a scheme that actually made him
some real money: importing Krispy Kremes from Iowa to the Twin Cities.
It was going well until Krispy Kreme ruined the whole thing.
Krispy Kreme arrived in Minnesota in 2002 with great fanfare and departed quietly six years later. The state is not completely bereft of doughnuts, but Minnesotans still have a soft spot for Krispy Kremes. Earlier this year on a trip to Iowa with a youth soccer team that he coaches—another of his gigs—Gonzalez spotted a Krispy Kreme store. He posted a message on Facebook Marketplace asking if anybody in the Twin Cities would like him to bring them back some Krispies. He got more than 300 replies from people willing to pay twice the market price for doughnuts. Thus a business was born.
A reporter for the Twin Cities Pioneer Press accompanied Gonzalez on his 19th run and produced a charming story about the operation. Gonzalez would take orders via a dedicated Facebook page (Krispy Kreme Run Minnesota, 3,341 followers) during the week and then get up at 2 a.m. on Saturday for the four-hour drive down to Iowa. He’d established a friendly relationship with Mary Paredes, the manager of the Krispy Kreme in Clive, Iowa, who admired his entrepreneurial spirit and would have the doughnuts ready when he arrived. His order was usually 100 boxes, as many as his Ford Focus could hold. On the way home, he would make eight scheduled stops, usually in Target parking lots. He put a Krispy Kreme bag on the roof of his car to alert buyers of his presence.
“His customers range from all walks of life,” Deanna Weniger wrote in the Pioneer Press, “from pregnant women with doughnut cravings to Tesla-driving businessmen to police officers. One surprised man stopped his car in the middle of the street, threw open his door and yelled, ‘Are those Krispy Kremes?’”
Gonzalez charged between $17 and $20 per dozen, which was about twice the retail price, but, at least according to Weniger’s article, customers were happy to pay, not only because they missed Krispy Kremes, but also because they wanted to help Gonzalez pay his way through Metropolitan State University, where he’s a senior studying accounting.
Being a doughnut mule was exhausting, but profitable: Gonzalez said that he could earn more from one run than he did from 80 hours behind the counter at Starbucks.
But then Krispy Kreme got wind of the whole story and instead of being impressed with Gonzalez’s drive and initiative (not to mention the weekly sale of 1,200 doughnuts in one location), the company ordered him to shut down his operation. He posted an update last Thursday and elaborated to Weniger: “I know they told one of the big managers in Nebraska directly, and he called me. He said corporate told him to ‘cease’ and ‘desist.’” His customers responded with outrage and advice.
The story might not be over yet, though. Earlier today, Gonzalez posted a video on Facebook informing his followers that he was planning to “wait and see” what Krispy Kreme had to say and that there might be some “work-arounds.” Like Minnesota weather, he said, everything is unpredictable.
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Customers at Buffalo Wild Wings in Naperville says staff tried to reseat them over skin color
Several employees of a Buffalo Wild Wings in Naperville were fired after a group of mostly African-American people said they were asked to change tables because of their skin color.
How Quitting Weed Helped Doja Cat Step Up Her Songwriting
“I’m actually reflecting on who I am as a person.”
After going viral last year with “MOOO!,” rapper Doja Cat earned her first Billboard Hot 100 hit this summer with “Juicy.” In anticipation of her upcoming sophomore album, Hot Pink, she sat down for a Los Angeles Times interview in which she spoke about stepping up her songwriting after quitting weed.
Doja admitted to being “super high all the time” while recording her last album, 2018’s Amala. “I thought it’d be cool to be that person smoking so much weed, that it was the only way to be respected,” she explained. “Then I realized ‘Oh, yeah, I can just be myself.’ I’m making so much more music now.”
For Hot Pink, Doja took a completely different approach that allowed her to write more meaningful, introspective music:
When I stopped and did this album, I’ve never been more concise and clear and levelheaded. People will love me and hate me for it: ‘Why doesn’t she sound like she doesn’t know what she’s talking about anymore?’ I used to write stuff where it didn’t matter. Now there are things I believe in, that get me excited and piss me off. I’m actually reflecting on who I am as a person.
As the LA Times points out, however, the project doesn’t shed the creativity and humor that propelled the LA native’s viral rise. On her most recent single, “Rules,” Doja name-drops Bob Dylan and Paris Hilton while calling herself a reptilian:
Bobs on me like Dylan, blondes on me like Hilton
Wendys on me like Williams, shouting, digging
Look at me like I’m alien
Bitch, I’m fucking reptilian
Meanwhile, another single titled “Bottom Bitch” samples the classic blink-182 hit, “What’s My Age Again?,” as Doja imagines herself as a pimp.
Hot Pink arrives next Friday, November 7. Doja co-produced most of the album with her longtime collaborator Yeti Beats, with additional contributions from Ben Billions and Salaam Remi.
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Woman wanted for climbing into Bronx Zoo lion exhibit: ‘I am the lion now’
Watch the video below starting at the :16 mark
Myah Autry said her decision to climb a fence and head into the lion’s den was a “spiritual” experience.
A woman who is wanted by police for trespassing after climbing into the lion enclosure at the Bronx Zoo told reporters in a bizarre interview that she wasn’t afraid to approach the wild animal.
“I fear nobody. No animal, no human, no one. So no, I wasn’t fearing of the lion because the lion loved me. That’s why he came to me and I let the lion know: Lion, I love you,” Myah Autry said press after a court appearance on Thursday for a shoplifting charge in Kearny, New Jersey.
When Autry left the courthouse she greeted the reporters with a bow, according to NBC New York. “Shalom,” she said.
In a 15-minute interview, Autry said her decision to climb a fence and head into the lion’s den was a “spiritual” experience.
“I am the lion now. Can’t you tell? Have you ever heard of reincarnation? Do your history young man!” she instructed a reporter. Then she complimented his eyes and smile.
“Do your history, it’s called reincarnation. I am the lion now,” she repeated.
Autry was caught on video in late September standing in front of the lion in the African lion exhibit. Videos show she broke into a dance and waved at the creature, which stood nearly motionless, staring at her.
The Bronx Zoo confirmed the woman had breached a barrier and said there was a concrete trench between Autry and the lion.
Autry is wanted on a trespassing charge by the New York City Police Department, which said she also entered a fenced giraffe enclosure on the same day.
Autry would not address her shoplifting charge on Thursday, but said she would eventually turn herself in on the trespassing charge, adding, “I do know the law.”
“I love the NYPD. Hi, NYPD,” she said into a camera.
She also addressed the lion once more.
“I love you lion, hope they treating you right in the zoo. Know Myah love you. I didn’t mean to mistreat you or nothing,” Autry said. “I seen how you came to me. We connected.”
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Video History of Apryl Jones and Omarion, ft. Moniece Slaughter and Lil Fizz
I recently realized that Ti has been speaking on April and Omarion’s relationship for a while now. Let’s see where things started going south for these two…
Apryl Jones RESPONDS To Bow Wow For Celebrating Her & Omarion’s Breakup
About three years ago Apryl and Omarion called it quits. April was quick to quiet the rumors and let everyone know that she did not cheat on him and that he did not cheat on her, “sometimes people just go their separate ways”. Of course Bow Wow, never one to waste an opportunity to be messy, took to Instagram to congratulate Omarion on his new found freedom. Looking back on this, what did Bow Wow know?
A few months later Apryl was berated on social media for partying and uploading her onto Snapchat.
Apryl Jones Finally CLAPSBACK about her twerking at The Game’s house~ I’m Not A Thot!
A year later Apryl and Wiz Khalifa were publicly flirting on Instagram. Soon after Apryl publicly outed Omarion for not spending time with their two toddlers.
Apryl Jones BLASTS Omarion~”you don’t see your kids, stop fronting for IG!”
Almost a year later Moniece kept alleging on Love and Hip Hop that her children’s father, Lil Fizz, somehow ended up with his own bandmate’s ex-girlfriend Apryl Jones. Many accused Moniece of being a jealous ‘babymama’ or just plain crazy. Either way, she turned out to be right about these two.
B2K’s Lil Fizz & Apryl Jones Respond To Moniece’s Dating Accusations+full breakdown & receipts!
Moniece had some choice words when Lil Fizz and Apryl finally confirmed the relationship.
Moniece Slaughter & Omarion React To Lil Fizz And Apryl Jones Admitting That They’re Now DATING
A few days later, Apryl went on a bizarre rant on IG live, talking about all the industry men that she was connected to.
The REAL Reason Apryl Jones admitted to smashing The Game & Selling A$$ to 20 Nikkas
Moniece Responds To Apryl Jones saying Lil Fizz deserves her c00ch ?
Recently, Apryl and Lil Fizz expressed their ‘love’ for each other. Many on social media feel like Omarion dodged a bullet by separating with Apryl.
Apryl Jones Says Fizz Has The “Best Peen EVER”+Joe Budden & His NEW Girl Praise Omarion’s Silence
Omarion and Apryl are now more. Now we wait and see what else Lil Fizz and Apryl have for us.
Amanda Seales: ‘I’m Expected To Make White People Uncomfortable’
On this week’s episode of “The Last Laugh,” Amanda Seales opens up about tensions among the “Insecure” cast, confronting Caitlyn Jenner, and her new book.
Amanda Seales already knows what the title of her next stand-up special is going to be: “I’m Not for Everyone.”
The comedian, best known for playing Tiffany DuBois on HBO’s Insecure, opened her first hour-long special for that network, titled I Be Knowin’, by calling out all of the people her comedy wasn’t for, a list that included “racists, rapists, sexists, misogynists, narcissists, folks that are calling the cops on blacks folks for just living our lives” and, of course, Trump voters.
The night before our interview for this week’s episode of The Last Laugh podcast, Seales had encountered a heckler who seemed to fit many of those descriptions during the International Myeloma Foundation’s annual comedy celebration at the Beverly Hilton hotel.
“Whenever I’m in those situations, I’m expected to make white people uncomfortable,” Seales tells me. “I’m the only black person on the bill. It was a bunch of straight white guys and Caroline Rhea, so I was just playing my role.”
At one point during her set, when Seales was making jokes about the difference between white women and women who “happen to be white,” an older gentleman in the audience yelled out, “I love white women!”
Seales reveals that she got a DM later in the night from a black woman who was sitting at his table. She wrote, “Thank you for being the voice in the room because oftentimes I am the only black person in the room and I don’t feel like I get to have that voice.” The woman said she knew the heckler was “racist” because when she sat down at the table, he asked her, “Are you here from a prison release program?”
When I respond with shock, Seales tells me, “White people, you don’t understand what other white people are saying to us!”
A self-described “truth-teller,” Seales imparts pearls of wisdom like this, acquired over an eclectic career that includes stints on Nickelodeon, MTV and Def Poetry (as her alter-ego Amanda Diva) in her new book Small Doses: Potent Truths for Everyday Use, which codifies on paper what she shares with listeners of her popular podcast—also called Small Doses—on a weekly basis.
Like with her stand-up, Seales’ target audience is fellow black women who are trying to make their way in a world primarily run by white men. “I know for me, I would have appreciated this type of book,” Seales says of her early days in show business, “because it would have given me a little more peace in the process.” As an artist, she spent so much time asking herself questions like, “Will people like this? How do I get people to like this? Am I enough?”
She may know she’s “not for everyone,” but she’s no longer willing to compromise.
Highlights from our conversation are below and you can listen to the whole thing right now by subscribing to The Last Laugh on Apple Podcasts, the Himalaya app or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Juul Shipped One Million Contaminated Pods, Says Former Exec
“Half our customers are drunk and vaping like mo-fos, who the fuck is going to notice the quality of our pods,” the former CEO allegedly said.
SAN FRANCISCO — A former Juul executive is alleging in a lawsuit that the fast-growing startup shipped out 1 million contaminated e-cigarette pods earlier this year — but did not tell customers or issue a recall.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by Siddharth Breja, a former senior vice president of global finance who worked at the San Francisco–based company from May 2018 to March 2019. In the lawsuit — filed in US District Court for the Northern District of California on the same day that Juul confirmed its plans to lay off about 500 people — Breja claims he was retaliated against for raising concerns about the contaminated shipment.
In another instance, Breja says he was worried when the company, in February 2019, wanted to resell pods that were at that point almost one year old. He protested their resale and urged the company to at least include an expiration or “best by” date, or a date of manufacture, on the packaging.
The lawsuit claims that then-CEO Kevin Burns shot down that idea, saying, “Half our customers are drunk and vaping like mo-fos, who the fuck is going to notice the quality of our pods.”
Burns, who was replaced by Altria executive K.C. Crosthwaite in September, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Mr. Breja became aware of very concerning actions at the company, and he performed his duty to shareholders and to the board by reporting these issues internally,” Harmeet Dhillon, an attorney for Breja, told BuzzFeed News when reached for comment. “In exchange for doing that, he was inappropriately terminated. This is very concerning, particularly since some of the issues he raised concerned matters of public safety.”
A Juul spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Juul is fighting off a firestorm from government agencies, public health advocates, and clinicians, who blame the e-cigarette giant for addicting millions of teens to nicotine. A nationwide lung injury outbreak, now standing at 1,604 cases and 34 deaths, is being investigated by public health agencies, which have primarily linked the illnesses to vaping black-market THC. But the connection to nicotine-containing devices, such as Juul, has not been fully ruled out, either.
Breja alleges that on March 12, in an executive team meeting, he learned that some batches of mint e-liquid had been found to be contaminated. Approximately 250,000 mint refill kits, the equivalent of one million pods, were manufactured with the contaminated e-liquid, shipped to retailers, and sold to customers.
Breja was concerned about the public’s safety, the lawsuit alleges, especially in the wake of consumers recently having reported seizures after Juuling.
And he was asked to charge the supplier of the e-liquid, Alternative Ingredients, Inc., for $7 million for the contaminated batches. (That company did not immediately return a request for comment.) Breja was concerned by “this hypocritical approach of not informing the customers about the contamination on one hand (claiming it was not a serious issue) and charging the supplier for it on the other hand,” according to the lawsuit.
That same day, Breja “protested Juul’s refusal to issue a product recall for the contaminated pods, or at a minimum issue a public health and safety notice to consumers.” Tim Danaher, the chief finance officer at the time, reportedly “questioned his financial acumen,” since these suggestions would lead to billions of dollars in lost sales and hurt Juul’s then–$38 billion valuation, according to the lawsuit.
Danaher, whose departure was announced by the company on Tuesday, allegedly told Breja that he should remember his loyalty to Juul. (Danaher did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
According to the lawsuit, Breja was terminated on March 21, just over a week after he raised concerns about the contaminated pods. He was told it was because he had misrepresented himself as the chief financial officer at Uber. Breja says that he never made that claim, but had accurately stated that he was the chief financial officer of a division of Uber. Juul’s claim is “preposterous” and “intentionally invented” to hurt Breja’s reputation and employment prospects, the lawsuit alleges.
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