Celebrity Scoop – 07/20/2020

KANYE WEST SAYS HARRIET TUBMAN NEVER ‘FREED THE SLAVES’ – (07/20/2020)

Kanye West held his first presidential rally in South Carolina yesterday (July 19th) and he made some remarks about Harriet Tubman that people were shocked about.  According to Rap-Up, during the rally, Kanye said that Tubman didn’t really free slaves. 

He told the crowd, “Harriet Tubman never actually freed the slaves. She just had the slaves go work for other white people.” Some people actually gasped in disbelief and walked out after he made those remarks. 

KANYE SPEAKS ON ABORTION

Meanwhile, Ye got emotional when he started talking about his stance on abortion. He teared up and said, “My mom saved my life. My dad wanted to abort me. My mom saved my life. There would’ve been no Kanye West because my dad was too busy.” He added, “I almost killed my daughter.”

Kanye continued, “In the Bible it says, ‘Thou shall not kill.’ I remember my girlfriend [now wife, Kim Kardashian] called me screaming and crying … she said, ‘I’m pregnant’ … She said she was a pregnant and for one month, and two months, and three months we talked about her not having this child. She had the pills in her hand.”

He said that he and Kim were “in the [Paris] apartment where my wife was actually robbed” when “the screen went black and white and God said, ‘If you f— with my vision, I’m gonna f— with yours. And I called my wife, and she said, ‘We’re gonna have this baby.’ I said, ‘We’re gonna have this child.’”

He added, “Even if my wife were to divorce me after this speech, she brought North into the world.”

After the rally, people on social media showed some concern for Kanye’s mental health.

NICK CANNON’S DAYTIME TALK SHOW PUSHED BACK TO 2021 – (07/20/2020)

Amid his recent “anti-semitic” remarks,  Nick Cannon‘s daytime talk show that was originally scheduled to premiere in October is now being pushed back to Fall 2021. Shortly after the news was announced on Friday (July 17th), Nick took to Twitter with some alarming tweets, saying, “I hurt an entire community and it pained me to my core, I thought it couldn’t get any worse. Then I watched my own community turn on me and call me a sell-out for apologizing. Goodnight. Enjoy Earth.” He later added, “Y’all can have this planet. I’m out!” 

In other news, on Sunday (July 19th), Nick Cannon announced that his close friend and artist, rapper Ryan Bowers had committed suicide. He wrote, “Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse… 2020 is definitely the most f*cked up year I’ve ever witnessed! After waking up & barely rising from my own dark contemplation of continuing my physical existence on this planet, this powerful warrior actually had the balls to do it. I’ve said it once and I will say it again, this was the strongest dude I’ve ever met!”

Nick then went on to explain how Ryan was shot by a San Diego Police officers and was in a coma fort months. He came out of a coma within months and wa back to work on his album. 

Nick continued, ” Once again my brother you have put this world in perspective for me. You would do that quite often because I never understood how someone who was experiencing sooo much pain could still laugh and smile through it all. We almost made it little bro! But I guess even flying Super Heros have to land eventually. But I am certain that your energy will never die and your Spirit is eternal, so I ask you still to forgive me for letting you down Warrior. I can’t help but think if I wasnt so engulfed in my own bullsh*t I could’ve been there for you when you finally took your life after several attempts… F*ck this place!! #CantWin #ForLosing🙏

TOXIC ELLEN? One current and 10 former employees are claiming that Ellen DeGeneres creates a “toxic” environment on her eponymous show. They told BuzzFeed that her “be kind” message “only happens when the cameras are on.” Executive producers Ed Glavin, Mary Connelly and Andy Lassnerresponded to the allegations in a joint statement to the website, saying, “Over the course of nearly two decades, 3,000 episodes and employing over 1,000 staff members, we have strived to create an open, safe and inclusive work environment. We are truly heartbroken and sorry to learn that even one person in our production family has had a negative experience. It’s not who we are and not who we strive to be, and not the mission Ellen has set for us. For the record, the day-to-day responsibility of the Ellen show is completely on us. We take all of this very seriously and we realize, as many in the world are learning, that we need to do better, are committed to do better and we will do better.”

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