Taylor Swift responds to Kim Kardashian’s phone call leak about Kanye West’s ‘Famous’

MANILA, Philippines – Taylor Swift has called out Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on what she says is “character assassination.”

After Kim released a video of Taylor telling Kanye she was supportive of a line in his song “Famous,” Taylor posted a statement on Instagram explaining why the song offended her. (READ: Kim Kardashian defends Kanye: Taylor Swift approved ‘Famous’ line)

In the phone conversation Kim posted, Kanye told Taylor about the line “For all my Southside n*ggas that know me best / I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex.” (READ: Kim Kardashian releases Taylor Swift, Kanye West’s phone call about ‘Famous’ line)

Kanye did not mention the next line in the song, “Why? I made that b*tch famous.”

Taylor said that while she was supportive of Kanye and his song when he called her, she only heard that one line.

She wrote: “Where is the video of Kanye telling me he was going to call me ‘that b-tch’ in his song? It doesn’t exist because it never happened. You don’t get to control someone’s emotional response to being called ‘that b*tch’ in front of the entire world. Of course I wanted to like the song. I wanted to believe Kanye when he told me that I would love the song. I wanted us to have a friendly relationship. He promised to play the song for me, but he never did.”

‘Character assassination’

After the song was previewed on Tidal in February, a statement from Taylor’s rep was released, saying: “Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single ‘Famous’ on her Twitter account. She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyric, ‘I made that b*tch famous,'” (WATCH: Did Taylor Swift throw shade at Kanye West in her Grammy acceptance speech?)

Soon after, Kanye took to Twitter to explain that he did not throw shade at Taylor and that she gave him permission for the lines about her in the song.

“I called Taylor and had a hour long convo with her about the line and she thought it was funny and gave her blessings,” he said, later adding, “‘B*tch’ is an endearing term in hip hop like the word ‘n*gga.'”

In her reaction to their leaked phone conversation, Taylor said she didn’t appreciate being made to look like she lied about her reaction to “Famous.”

“Being falsely painted as a liar when I was never given the full story or played any part of the song is character assassination. I would very much like to be excluded form this narrative, one that I have never been asked to be a part of, since 2009.”

In 2009, Kanye interrupted Taylor’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) acceptance speech for Best Female Video. Since the incident, Taylor and Kanye have been on good terms, until “Famous” was released.

Taylor also implied in her Instagram caption that she didn’t know that her and Kanye’s conversation was being recorded.

That moment when Kanye West secretly records your phone call, then Kim posts it on the Internet.

A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Jul 17, 2016 at 9:14pm PDT

– Rappler.com