Kanye West to appear on Kris Jenner’s TV show
Kim Kardashian walks inside Armenian St. James Cathedral in Jerusalem with husband Kanye West, their daughter,
The celebrity couple baptized 22-month-old daughter North at a 12th century Armenian Apostolic church in Jerusalem.
(Mahmoud Illean / AP)
Kim Kardashian holds daughter
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West visit the genocide memorial, which commemorates the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, in Yerevan, Armenia.
(Karen Minasyan / AFP / Getty Images)The fashion-forward couple attends the fall-winter 2015-16 ready-to-wear collection by Vuitton during Paris Fashion Week.
(Etienne Laurent / EPA)The rapper makes a face at photographers as the couple sits in the front row at Givenchy’s ready-to-wear collection collection during Paris Fashion Week.
(Jacques Brinon / AP)Singer Beyonce, Kardashian, her daughter North and Vogue editor Anna Wintour attend West’s Adidas Originals x Kanye West “Yeezy Season 1†fashion show during New York Fashion Week Fall 2015 on Feb. 12, 2015.
(Dimitrios Kambouris, /Getty Images for adidas)It’s no secret that Kanye West has a love/hate (strong emphasis on “hateâ€) relationship with the press.
The outspoken rapper has turned his battle with paparazzi into a sport, rarely speaks to the media and turned his back on the traditional promo circuit when it came to his recently released -- and rather polarizing -- album, “Yeezus.â€
So what does a now press-shy superstar do when you have a baby with a media personality whose family has made a living off of being in front of the cameras? Apparently, grin and bear it when your future mother-in-law comes calling for her daytime talker, “Kris.â€
West agreed to sit down with Kris Jenner to cap off the trial run of her talk show, which airs weekdays on select Fox stations, including Fox 11 in Los Angeles at 3 p.m.
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The hour-long interview, which was taped Monday, according to Entertainment Weekly, will cover West’s high-profile relationship with Jenner’s daughter Kim Kardashian and, of course, their 2-month-old baby girl, North.
West’s love for the Kardashian/Jenner clan runs even deeper than ratings can cash in on, as the rapper likely had a hand in recruiting a surprise performance from Drake and Big Sean for the sweet 16 birthday bash of Kardashian’s little sister, Kylie Jenner, on Saturday.
Kris Jenner’s six-week trial summer run wraps Friday with her sit-down with West.
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Gerrick D. Kennedy is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. He covered music and pop culture from 2009 to 2019. In 2012, Kennedy was named Emerging Journalist of the Year by the National Assn. of Black Journalists and in 2014 the Advocate featured him in its annual 40 Under 40 list. He is also the author of “Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap.â€