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Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Nardine Saad

John Legend: Kanye's Trump support, White House run 'became too much' for friendship

Grammy and Oscar winner John Legend says he and Kanye West have made amends after their public falling-out but that they're not as close as they once were.

That's due to the firebrand artist, who legally changed his name to Ye, supporting former President Donald Trump and then making his own White House run in the 2020 election, Legend said on CNN's podcast "The Axe Files With David Axelrod."

"We aren't friends as much as we used to be because I honestly think because we publicly disagreed on his running for office and supporting Trump. I think it became too much for us to sustain our friendship honestly," said Legend, whose real name is John Stephens.

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