Kanye West has claimed director Quentin Tarantino stole the idea for the film Django Unchained from him, when he originally pitched the concept to the filmmaker for one of his music videos.
While appearing on Piers Morgan Uncensored earlier this week, the pair discussed Kanye’s controversial take regarding the Jewish community as well as his former relationship with reality star Kim Kardashian.
But the conversation took an unlikely turn when Flashing Lights rapper Kanye told the presenter that his idea was stolen from Quentin who directed the 2012 film.
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Kanye said: “Tarantino can write a movie about slavery where – actually him and Jamie [Foxx], they got the idea from me because the idea for Django I pitched to Jamie Foxx and Quentin Tarantino as the video for Gold Digger.
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“And then Tarantino turned it into a film,” he explained.
The smash hit film Django Unchained follows the story of a freed slave who joins forces with a bounty hunter to rescue his wife, who has been enslaved by heartless plantation owner.
Later on in the interview, Kanye, 45, addressed his previous anti-Semitic comments about “going death con 3 on Jewish people”, which lead him to be receive a Twitter ban.
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The musician was also booted off Instagram for saying: “Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me.”
Although he originally stood by his remarks, during his interview with Piers, Kanye admitted that his comments were racist.
When challenged about his comments, Kanye said: “Yeah obviously, that’s why I said it. Yes, I fought fire with fire, I’m not here to get hosed down, it’s a different type of freedom fighter.”
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He later added: “You know I will say I’m sorry for the people that I hurt with the ‘defcon’, the confusion that I caused.”
“I feel like I caused hurt and confusion and I’m sorry for the families of the people that had nothing to do with the trauma that I had been through, and I used my platform where you say hurt people.”
Daily Star has contacted a representative for Quentin Tarantino for a comment.
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