Kim Kardashian: Kanye’s Trump support helped free Alice Johnson
Kim Kardashian says her husband, Kanye West’s, support of President Trump helped free Alice Marie Johnson from prison. After almost 22 years her first-time nonviolent drug sentence was commuted by Trump.
Kim Kardashian said she had to learn to let go in her marriage to Kanye West.
“I think being with a man like Kanye, you have to learn how to be a little bit not-so-independent,” the E! reality star said on the latest episode of the "Alec Baldwin Show." “I’ve always been so independent and working, and [had a] schedule, and when you get married and have a husband with a career and kids, your independence … you have to let it go. I had to learn that being with a man like Kanye.”
The mother-of-three also addressed her husband's outspoken character and some of his most recent stints like joining president Donald Trump at the White House to his infamous TMZ Live rant where he opened up about his support of Trump and shared controversial remarks about slavery.
“I let him have his own views and opinions, even if they’re different than mine," she told Baldwin.
The rapper, who most recently made headlines after changing his name to "Ye," has always been a staunch supporter of his wife, despite their different opinions when it comes to politics. The artist-turned-fashion designer has retweeted and reposted several recent articles and images of Kardashian to his Twitter feed, showing support for her KKW Beauty makeup line and praising her recent success of freeing Alice Johnson, the 63-year-old woman who was sentenced to life in prison for cocaine trafficking. He has since deleted his Twitter account.
Recently the famous couple appeared together on a trip to Uganda where they presented President Yoweri Museveni with a pair of white sneakers.
"I welcome American entertainment stars Kanye West and @KimKardashian to Uganda," the president tweeted following his meeting with the couple. "I held fruitful discussions with the duo on how to promote Uganda's tourism and the arts. I thank Kanye for the gift of white sneakers. Enjoy your time in Uganda. It is the true Pearl of Africa."
At the beginning of the month, West revealed that he will travel to Africa to record his ninth album.
“I started incorporating sounds that you never heard before and pushing and having concepts that people don’t talk about,” West said, according to Rolling Stone. “We have concepts talking about body-shaming and women being looked down upon for how many people they slept with. It’s just a full Ye album and those five albums I dropped earlier were like superhero rehabilitation and now the alien Ye is fully back in mode… We’re going to Africa in two weeks to record. I felt this energy when I was in Chicago. I felt the roots. We have to go to what is known as Africa.”
In support for her husband, following his announcement, the 38-year-old reality star took to Twitter to share the album's release date of Nov. 23.
"Nov 23 Black Friday YANDHI," Kardashian wrote. "TRUST ME it is worth the wait."
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