The Kardashians have been left ‘shocked beyond words’ after Kanye West revealed that he and his wife Kim considered having an abortion when she was pregnant with their first child North West.
The 43-year-old rapper made the comments during a rambling speech at his first presidential rally at North Charleston’s Exquis Event Center in South Carolina on Sunday.
He revealed that he and his 39-year-old wife Kim had considered aborting their daughter North, who is now seven, before he got a ‘message from God’.
However, his unscripted speech, which came two weeks after he announced his unlikely bid for president, has since left his wife and her family upset and alarmed, according to TMZ.
Sources told the news site that members of the family have been left ‘shocked beyond words’ by the Grammy-award winner’s personal revelation and feel he is in ‘desperate need of professional help’ for what they claim is a bipolar episode.
Family and friends close to Kanye have also been left upset because they feel the music artist is becoming a ‘distraction to what is a very important election’.
During his rally speech on Sunday, the rapper appeared to acknowledge that his comments would be met with a negative reaction by his family. He explained that if his wife were to divorce him after making the comments, he would still be thankful that she had North.
Kanye West took to the stage during a campaign rally at North Charleston’s Exquis Event Center in South Carolina on Sunday to reveal that he and his wife Kim Kardashian had considered aborting their daughter
Kanye West pictured with wife Kim Kardashian and their children North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm, in a photo posted on Father’s Day on June 21, 2020
‘Even if my wife were to divorce me after this speech, she brought North into this world, when I did not want to,’ he said.
Those close to the rapper say they are also concerned that he is ‘tanking some of his business’ with his recent speeches and could ignite boycotts.
Kanye has been open about his struggle with bipolar disorder and, in 2016, he spent time in hospital after a ‘psychiatric emergency’ that forced him to cancel 21 concert dates.
During his rally speech, Kanye, who was dressed in a bullet-proof vest with 2020 shaved into his hair, shared that in 2013 Kim ‘had the pills in her hand’ to have an abortion before he was inspired by God to have the child.
‘My girlfriend called me screaming, crying. I’m a rapper. And she said I’m pregnant. She was crying,’ he said.
Kanye said he was weighing up what to do, when he received what he interpreted as a sign from God while he was working on his laptop in Paris.
‘My screen went black and white. And God said, if you f*** with my vision I f*** with yours,’ he yelled. ‘And I called my girlfriend and said we’re going to have this child.
‘Even if my wife were to divorce me after this speech, she brought North into this world, when I did not want to.’
The rapper went on to break down in tears as he shouted: ‘She had the pills in her hand! I almost killed my daughter!’
Kanye also revealed that his father wanted to abort him but his mother Donda ‘saved his life’.
‘My mom saved my life. My dad wanted to abort me. My mom saved my life. There would have been no Kanye West because my dad was too busy,’ he said.
Kanye spent much of the rally discussing abortion, and announced that he wanted women to be given money by the government for bearing children, to discourage abortion.
During his first presidential campaign the star discussed abortion and said his father wanted to abort him
Attendees at the rally wore face masks, but removed them to go on stage and question West
‘Abortion should be legal but the option of maximum increase should be available,’ he said.
‘Everybody who has a baby gets a million dollars or something.’
The Bound 2 singer went explain that he wanted all mothers to be free from the worries of child care before pointing out that Steve Jobs was adopted.
‘Steve Jobs was adopted,’ he said. ‘It takes a village to raise a child. No matter how much money you have. Society is set up for single women to not have a village.
‘So I moved to a small town, in Cody, Wyoming.’
The rapper’s wife Kim gave birth to the couple’s first child together, North, on June 15, 2013.
She also shares sons Saint, 4, Psalm, 1, and two-year-old daughter Chicago with the musician, who she married in 2014.
Following Kanye’s rally speech, Real Housewives of Potomac star Candiace Dillard blasted the Kardashians and claimed they did not care for the rapper’s wellbeing
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Following Kanye’s rally speech, Real Housewives of Potomac star Candiace Dillard blasted the Kardashians and claimed they did not care for the rapper’s wellbeing.
In an Instagram post Dillard said: ‘If my husband was out in the public eye having a manic episode because that is what this is. Having a mental breakdowns because that is what is happening and making a complete mockery of our political system, I would be gearing up to enter him into a conservatorship.
‘Kanye West needs to be committed temporarily. He is not well and that fact that his family the people that he leans on and depends on to take care of him are allowing him to be out in the world, allowing him to make a compete a** of himself. He is making a complete fool of himself.’
She added: ‘Where are you? Where is anyone in that family? Because at the point where he is breaking down crying, screaming like a child at a campaign rally. If I’m your wife I’m going to get you and we’re going to get you some help.
‘You are not here for him. This man is crying out and you are not here for him. I’m done with all of them.’
The frustrated reality star later urged viewers to not let the rapper’s display deter them from voting for ‘viable candidates’ in the election.
‘Please don’t allow this to deter you from voting for viable candidates who actually have the experience and the marbles and the mental stability to be able to do the job that needs to be done to get out country back to a place that makes sense,’ Dillard said.
Kanye shocks crowd by saying Harriet Tubman didn’t free slaves as lengthy monologue covers abortion and religion to international trade and licensing deals
Kanye shocked the crowd and drew condemnation during his speech when he claimed that anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman did not free slaves but ‘just had the slaves go work for other white people’.
‘Harriet Tubman never actually freed the slaves, she just had the slaves go work for other white people,’ he said.
Kanye shocked the crowd and drew condemnation when he claimed that anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman did not free slaves but ‘just had the slaves go work for other white people’
One person was heard saying: ‘Yo, we’re leaving right now,’ while another crowd member groaned: ‘Come on, man.’
Tubman is one of the most respected figures of 19th century America.
An African American who escaped slavery, she helped enslaved Black men and women travel north to freedom and fought for the Union during the Civil War. She later became a supporter of women’s suffrage.
In remarks that lasted just over an hour, he denounced abortion, swore, called on random members to speak and sometimes seemed to be putting forward policy proposals on the fly.
His rambling monologue also touched on topics from abortion and religion to international trade and licensing deals.
‘I don’t give a f*** if I win the presidency or not,’ he declared.
‘There are homeless people in front of the Gucci store. I care about these things. And I am in service of God.’
‘Politics, America, Trump, Biden, nor Kanye West can free us,’ he told the crowd.
‘The only thing that can free us is obeying the rules that were given to us as a promised land.’
He also said he wished to meet with George Soros to discuss building houses, and with Mark Zuckerberg to talk about improving internet connectivity in Africa.
At times, West demanded ‘absolute silence and absolute order’ – and even asked audience members to point out anyone they heard talking – scolded the crowd for clapping at one point, and had another audience member ejected for an unclear reason.
He got into a heated exchange with a young woman named Georgia who he invited onto the stage to speak – although her comments were mostly inaudible.
He said that he was concerned about gun violence, but supported gun ownership.
‘When other countries come in, and you have no weapons, what do you think will happen?’ he asked. ‘You’re enslaved. Guns don’t kill people; people kill people.’
West also discussed racism in the United States, proclaiming that he wanted to be on the board of both Adidas and Gap – for whom he designs clothes.
He referenced his own wealth several times, noting, to laughter: ‘As I said to a fellow billionaire…’, and then trailing off.
West said that, all too often, black culture was exploited by white-owned companies.
‘I am sick of this black iconography being used by white corporations, for us to look up to and say this is us,’ he said.
The event, which was livestreamed on YouTube and carried on local television stations, did little to clarify whether West is genuinely attempting to win the presidency.
He has left voters confused over whether his campaign is genuine or a publicity stunt to help sell albums or merchandise.
He announced his unlikely bid for president on July 4.
West missed the deadline to qualify for the ballot in several states, and it was unclear if he was willing or able to collect enough signatures required to qualify in others.
Last week, he qualified to appear on Oklahoma´s presidential ballot, the first state where he met the requirements before the filing deadline.
West needed to collect 10,000 signatures by noon on Monday to appear on the South Carolina ballot, according to state law.
The entertainer tweeted out a list of locations around the Charleston area where petitions could be signed.