IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Kanye West axes Piers Morgan interview after two minutes
The Runaway rapper "stomped off like a big baby" when asked about his online following, after Piers mistakenly declared him to have 32 million followers on X. 'So, I interviewed Kanye West again today," Piers wrote alongside an image of Kanye in front of the Mediterranean Sea. 'It didn't last long or go well. This was him right before he stomped off like a big baby.' The pair had already got off to a rocky start after Piers greeted Kanye for his YouTube series Uncensored and asked the embattled star how his life was.
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