John Legend Explains What REALLY Broke His Friendship With Kanye West -- And It Wasn't Just Trump!

Alexandra Rose is opening up about her social media interactions with her co-stars.

Todd Field’s Tár clearly struck a chord with the world premiere audience inside the Venice Film Festival’s Sala Grande tonight. The movie was given a standing ovation of more than six minutes, which was only halted when the film team filtered out.

EXCLUSIVE: After signing on to the highly-anticipated project earlier this year, Craig Gillespie has now lined up an all-star cast that features some faces that all too familiar to the director. Sources tell Deadline, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan and Pete Davidson are set to star in Black Bear Pictures Dumb Money, an adaptation of the Ben Mezrich’s The Antisocial Network with Gillespie directing. Rebecca Angelo & Lauren Schuker Blum are adapting with Ryder Picture Company’s Aaron Ryder, Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman and Gillespie producing.

A grand total of seven Saturday Night Live stars are exiting the comedy variety show this upcoming season.

Remember that couple who got caught apparently engaging in a little adult pleasure last week in the stands at an Oakland Athletics baseball game??

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After an uneven summer of new releases, we’re back in the fall season with two festivals either happening currently or right around the corner, with the Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival debuting some of the buzziest upcoming releases. Along with some of the festival carryover – both from current fests as well as fests such as Cannes and Sundance from earlier in the year – there’s plenty more to seek out arriving on the big screens.  The first of two “Pinocchio” adaptations premieres this month, along with two of the scariest movies you’re likely to see this year, alongside a documentary about the legendary singer David Bowie.

 star — whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage — shared an Instagram post about  star Jesse Meester, whom he hopes will help him get clemency.«Meet my amazing dear friend Jesse Meester, actor, model, and so much more,» Exotic captioned a shirtless picture of Meester. «You will see him around on my stuff more and more as he is going to help me get a voice to the White House for President [Joe] Biden to sign my pardon before November of this year.»«Show him some love,» he added.

Kanye West has shared a fake newspaper cover which claims Pete Davidson is dead. The 'Stronger' rapper has not directly addressed his ex-wife Kim Kardashian's recent split from the 'Saturday Night Live' star - who he made multiple jibes at via his social media accounts in the early months of the former couple's relationship - but has targeted the 28-year-old comic with a cruel hoax. The fake newspaper shared to his Instagram account had the headline: “Skete Davidson Dead at Age 28".

Kim Kardashian and her daughters are keeping the flashing lights on Kanye «Ye» West's brand. While they've been in the midst of a divorce for more than a year, the mom of four clearly still has her rapper ex's back.On Thursday, Kim shared snaps with their daughters, North, 9, and Chicago, 4, sporting bold, futuristic-style Yeezy sunglasses. Or as Kim captioned the post, «YR 3022 YEEZY SHDZ.»The youngsters confidently posed for the camera and snapped a few selfies with the shades on.

John Legend has admitted that his close friendship with Kanye West ended over the rapper’s controversial support of Donald Trump.The musicians were close pals for decades until the outspoken rapper started publicly backing the controversial former US president and subsequently running for president himself in 2020.The All Of Me singer, who quit Kanye’s record Label G.O.O.D Music last year after almost 20 years, told The Axe Files podcast: ‘Well, you know, we aren’t friends as much as we used to be because I honestly think because we publicly disagreed on his running for office, his supporting Trump.‘I think it became too much for us to sustain our friendship, honestly.’He also explained that while many fans and other celebrities did not support the Yeezy founder’s 2020 bid for the presidency, Kanye took his snub particularly badly.‘I wasn’t alone in that [the lack of support],’ he said. ‘But, you know, he was not happy about that.

Zack Sharf John Legend revealed on the most recent episode of “The Axe Files” podcast that he and Kanye West are no longer close friends after the two had a falling out over West’s politics. Speaking to host David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, Legend said he disagreed with West’s decisions to support Donald Trump and to run for office himself.“Let me ask you about your relationship with him,” Axelrod said (via Mediaite).

Kanye West's support of Donald Trump proved "too much" for his friendship with John Legend. The two musicians used to be close friends but the 'All of Me' hitmaker admitted his pal's public backing for the controversial former president, as well as the 'Stronger' rapper's own run for office means he has stepped away from his pal and they don't have the bond they used to. Speaking on 'The Axe Files' podcast, John said: “Well, you know, we aren’t friends as much as we used to be because I honestly think because we publicly disagreed on his running for office, his supporting Trump, I think it became too much for us to sustain our friendship, honestly.

John Legend has said that Donald Trump is the reason why he and Kanye West aren’t as close friends any more.The singer-songwriter said in a new interview that their political divisions proved to be too much to maintain their friendship as strongly following years of creative collaborations.Legend told The Axe Files podcast: “[Kanye and I] aren’t friends as much as we used to be. I honestly think because we publicly disagreed on his running for office, his supporting Trump, I think it became too much for us to sustain our friendship, honestly.”West was one of the producers on Legend’s 2004 debut album ‘Get Lifted’ and released the record on his own GOOD Music label.

John Legend recently revealed how Kanye West's vocal support for Donald Trump, and his subsequent run for office in 2020, drove a wedge in their friendship.«We aren’t friends as much as we used to be,» Legend said during an appearance on podcast with CNN's David Axelrod. «I honestly think because we publicly disagreed on his running for office, his supporting Trump. I think it became too much for us to sustain our friendship.»West raised eyebrows for his overt support of Trump during his controversial term as president — which included publicly rocking Trump's signature MAGA hat and meeting with Trump in the Oval Office.All of this did not sit well with Legend, who — along with his wife, Chrissy Teigen — were among the most outspoken celebrity critics of Trump.However, Legend said he believes it was West's run for president in 2020, and Legend's refusal to support said run, that was the final nail in the coffin for their decades-long friendship.«He was upset that I didn’t support his run for presidency of the United States of America — for understandable reasons,» Legend explained.

John Legend is opening up about his strained relationship with Kanye West.

Not seeing eye to eye. John Legend revealed that politics caused a rift in his friendship with Kanye West — leading them to drift apart. 

Politics have seemingly got in the way of John Legend and Kanye West’s friendship.

visiting him in the Oval Office.The rapper believed by trusting God he could lead American politics, furthermore announcing his 2020 presidential campaign on Twitter under the Birthday Party, according to the Hill.West didn’t appreciate the lack of support he received from loved ones while on the campaign trail.“He was upset that I didn’t support his run for presidency of the United States of America — for understandable reasons,” Legend said.The brotherhood was straining for him. “I think it became too much for us to sustain our friendship, honestly,” he said.“Like, he’s been pretty upfront with his opinions, his struggles, all the things that he’s dealing with.

Donald Trump and Tom Brady have a history. Apparently, Trump likes Brady so much, he would have loved if he had ended up marrying his daughter, Ivanka Trump. In an excerpt from Jared Kushner’s upcoming memoir, “Breaking History: A White House Memoir,” Kushner discussed the early days of his relationship with Ivanka, including an exchange he had with Donald Trump where Tom Brady’s name was brought up.Barron Trump joins his family at Ivana Trump’s funeral in New YorkIvanka, Melania, more Trump family members attend Ivana Trump’s funeral: PhotosThe excerpt was obtained by Forward and it discusses a moment when Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s relationship was becoming more serious.

Did Donald Trump do it all for a tax break?!?! Not that we would be surprised…