Kim Kardashian has defended husband Kanye West again after he appeared to take aim at criticisms against the likes of Michael Jackson and R Kelly. ‘They want art from the artist,’ said Kanye during a Sunday church service. ‘But, anytime they do anything erratic, they just gonna pull up the full documentaries on him, and then they’re going to come with the Michael documentary.’
The ‘Michael documentary’ is thought to be in reference to the upcoming film Leaving Neverland, which tells the stories of two boys wo alleged to have had long-running relationships with Jackson in the 1990s when they were seven and ten respectively. ‘But we can enjoy their music all we want,’ adds Kanye.
He then pauses and laughs: ‘I thought I wasn’t going to go there today. ‘If we’re gonna tear down artists, let’s go ahead and take da Vinci out the Lourve. Let’s take down all the art.’
Kim however took to Twitter on Monday morning to ‘nip this in the bud’ and insist that ‘Kanye was speaking about his own experience of everyone quick to say they are cancelling him because of differences in opinion & not being perfect’. ‘The analogies were in context to his own experiences, not defending anyone else.’ Leaving Neverland will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and will air later in 2019 on Channel 4 and HBO.
The Estate of Michael Jackson released a statement that read: ‘This is yet another lurid production in an outrageous and pathetic attempt to exploit and cash in on Michael Jackson. ‘This so-called “documentary” is just another rehash of dated and discredited allegations. It’s baffling why any credible filmmaker would involve himself with this project.’