John Legend spells out the details of his falling out with Kanye West in interview with New Yorker

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John Legend shed light on his falling out with former friend Kanye West in a new interview with the New Yorker.The 43-year-old EGOT winner got candid in the conversation, which he called his 'favorite interview in a while.'He told Michael Schulman they ultimately severed ties because he backed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2020 presidential election instead of the rapper, who ran as an independent.

Speaking out: John Legend shed light on his falling out with former friend Kanye West in a new interview with the New YorkerSpeaking more generally, the singer-songwriter noted, 'I don’t feel like politics should be everything in your relationships, and your relationships with people shouldn’t only be determined by who they voted for.'He continued, 'But I do believe that certain things you believe in are indicators of your character, and obviously that will affect your friendships.' The U-Penn graduate doubled down on his belief that politics aren't the end-all, be-all of his relationships: 'I don’t want to live a life that’s so consumed by politics that it’s the sole determinant of who can be my friend and who can’t.''But values matter and character matters and moral compass matters,' he admitted.

Former friends: He told Michael Schulman the ex-buddies ultimately severed ties because he backed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2020 presidential election instead of the rapper, who ran as an independent Media spotlight: The 43-year-old EGOT winner got candid in the conversation, which he called his 'favorite interview in a while'The father-of-three explained, 'I don’t know what will happen [with Kanye] in the future, but he was very upset with me that I didn’t support him and I supported Joe Biden.