The rap superstar has officially called it quits with his fiancee, fashion designer Alexis Phifer.
Sources close to Kanye say that he was the one who broke it off, saying “I just don’t think it is going to work out anymore.” He even asked for his ring back! Ouch!
The pair have been dating on and off since 2002. They got engaged in the fall of 2006.
Poor Kanye West.
Just a week after losing his beloved mother, the controversial rapper returned to the stage for a show in Paris, France, where he got emotional on stage.
Nearing the end of the more than 60-minute performance, with the riff of “Hey Mama” beginning, West attempted to introduce the tribute to a sold-out crowd at Le Zénith in Paris, saying “this song is for my mother….” and could get no further.
“He just cracked,” one attendee tells PEOPLE, “He was at the end of his concert and had just started to dedicate the song and then he just lost it completely.”
Lots of love to you, Kanye!
The video of the breakdown is below.
We haven’t been covering the Kanye-West’s-mom-died story around here, because when non-famous relatives of famous people die, I tend to think it shouldn’t be sensationalized, but, okay, when you die getting plastic surgery, you’re fair game.
Kanye West’s publicist announced that his 58-year-old mother died “as the result of complications from a cosmetic surgical procedure.”
Just like Cher Horowitz’s mom!
It’s not worth it, people!
And now we have video (and PLENTY of audio) supporting this little temper tantrum.
Honestly, Kanye, after how well you behaved yourself last year, I am shocked — absolutely shocked – that you didn’t win anything this year. I would fully expect MTV to bend to your immature rants and empty threats. That’s definitely how people win awards.
“That’s two years in a row, man … give a black man a chance. I’m trying hard man, I have the … number one record, man.”
Kanye West, after yet another VMA snub. West says he’ll never return to MTV.
Have you ever seen The Second Civil War? You haven’t? It’s a 1997 comedy about an immigration issue that spirals into a second U.S. Civil War. It’s funny — you should watch it. (You should get high first.) The point is, there’s a very important scene in this movie: two news anchors are reporting live on camera on the in-progress Civil War. The man says “And, in other news,” and then the woman turns to him and screams “You wanker! There is no other news!” It’s been a running joke among my friends and I since, well, 1997. But it’s ever so fitting, now, as the celeb gossip world begins to wade through the emotional hangover that inevitably follows any Britney Spears Divorce Day. What else could possibly be of any import? I hear murmurings of some political elections that happened yesterday, and it’s possible they even took place in the U.S., but who cares? Britney Spears filed for divorce.
Alas, I have a job to do, and all the other celebs are all alive and well and going about their non-Britney-Spears-divorce business, so here goes:
Anna Nicole sold the video of her C-section. Check out the (very graphic) trailer. [Defamer]
Kanye West didn’t mean to be such a jackass at the MTV Europe VMAs. He was just drunk. So it’s totally okay. [HGW]
Apparently Rosario Dawson and Jason Lewis have been dating for two years. Don’t waste too many brain cells on that, because they split up. [Pop on the Pop]
R&B star Mya suffers a panic attack and is taken to the hospital after eating a marijuana cookie. [CelebSlam]
Oh, right, that election. [CNN]
Oh thank heavens. Aaron Carter and Jack Osbourne are feuding. And here I was worried it was going to be another slow news week. [AllieIsWired]
Heather Locklear and David Spade left Mr. Chow’s in the same car, so, as a responsible journalist, I must assume they are dating again. [SplashNews]
YouTube quickly pulled the video of the Kanye West tirade at the MTV Europe VMAs, but Google doesn’t own iFilm yet. Boo-yah. [iFilm]
Daniel Craig is getting rave reviews as the new 007, but it seems he has a bit of a potty mouth. This link also has the long version of the Casino Royale trailer. [The Bosh]
If you weren’t fortunate enough to attend Shanna Moakler’s Las Vegas divorce party in person, you can experience all the emotional health and maturity in these pictures. I hope you get a good, hearty laugh out of them, like I’m sure her children will. [ICYDK]
Don’t stock up on Vaseline just yet — it’s only a rumor thus far — but there is, allegedly, a Scarlett Johansson sex tape in existence, and someone is trying to sell it. [Eluid]
Paris and Nicole pose for their very first pictures as a reunited couple. Nicole’s dyed her hair dark brown — it actually looks nice — and, I could be dreaming, but, based on several pictures I’ve seen of her from this weekend, it looks like she may actually be putting on some weight. Way to go, Nicole! [Rappy's]
