John Legend addressed Kanye West’s latest weird insults about his physique scent and mirrored on their fractured friendship.

John Legend opened up about Kanye West mocking his scent and sweaters, calling your entire state of affairs “sad.”

The Grammy-winning singer addressed West’s weird jab—”They stated he smells like mashed potatoes”—throughout an look on Hot 97’s “Ebro in the Morning” earlier this week.

“He was very obsessed with me wearing sweaters,” Legend stated. “And he said I smell like mashed potatoes. What kind of potatoes? Cheesy, garlic?”

He continued, insisting he wasn’t offended, including, “All of it makes me sad, though. All of it does.”

West didn’t cease on the mashed potatoes remark. He additionally took photographs at Legend’s style selections and referred to him as a “sissy” throughout the identical interview earlier this yr.

Legend, who was as soon as one among West’s closest collaborators, stated he wasn’t personally harm by the insults however is troubled by what West has change into.

“It never affects me personally, but just the whole story is sad,” he defined. “Seeing this guy praise Hitler, seeing this guy be like this force of hate and just vitriol and nastiness.”

Reflecting on his legacy, Legend stated, “All the things that he’s done to make the world more beautiful and more interesting and then for him to be this now is sad. It’s just sad.”

John Legend Says Kanye West Has Gone “Completely Left”

The two artists had been as soon as tightly linked. Legend was one of many first signees to West’s GOOD Music label in 2004 and contributed vocals and songwriting to a number of of West’s early albums. Their artistic chemistry helped form the sound of early 2000s Hip-Hop and R&B.

However, their relationship deteriorated over West’s political opinions and descent into controversy.

“He was full of so much energy and creativity and optimism,” Legend recalled. “We really believed we were starting a new movement in music — and we were — and being a part of that was inspiring, it was truly inspiring. That’s why it’s sad now… Even though he’s gone, like, completely left now, I’m so glad that we did what we did together.”

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