Gossip: Kanye West
A publicist hired to be Kanye West’s “media trainer” quit this week after three days on the job, said the New York Post.
A publicist hired to be Kanye West’s “media trainer” quit this week after three days on the job, said the New York Post.o Susie Arons f publicity firm Rubenstein Communications reportedly gave up after the rapper’s contentious interview with the Today show’s Matt Lauer. During the interview, a clearly flustered West objected when he was asked to comment on a clip of Lauer’s interview with former President George W. Bush, who had said he was deeply pained by West’s charges of racism after Hurricane Katrina. West also was visibly angered when asked about his interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards.
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