Kanye West did not have a good night on October 9, 2021. Kim Kardashian hosted Saturday Night Live on that date, sharing her first public kiss with now-boyfriend Pete Davidson in a sketch and skewering West in her no-holds-barred monologue. More than six months later, Kardashian confirmed that West “walked out on SNL mid-monologue” during The Kardashians’ Wednesday night episode.
“I haven’t talked to him since,” Kim told Khloe Kardashian of West’s disapproval, via Us Weekly. “He is upset at the fact that I used he word ‘divorced’— so he wished I said the word ‘filed for divorce.’ And he was upset that I also said he was ‘a rapper.’ He said, ‘I am so much more than a rapper. I can’t believe you said rapper.’” West, who was played by Chris Redd in a sketch called “The People’s Kourt” that night, didn’t make an appearance on the broadcast.
In her monologue, which was written with guidance from comedy giants such as Amy Schumer and Dave Chapelle’ Kardashian began by complimenting West. “I married the best rapper of all time. Not only that, he’s the richest Black man in America: A talented, legit genius who gave me four incredible kids,” she said. “So when I divorced him, you have to know it came down to just one thing: his personality. I know that sounds mean, but people keep telling me that comedy comes from truth. And if there’s one thing I always strive to be, it’s genuine.”
Kardashian, who filed a divorce from her third husband last February, said on The Kardashians that she only had good intentions when hosting. “I never want to offend anyone, and I never want to hurt anyone but also that is what this monologue was for. It was to make a joke,” the reality star explained. “I made fun of myself, my mom and of everything that is personal to me. It is all fun and games and apparently, it wasn’t to him.”
She then noted times when West went off-script or publicly hurt her. “I have sat there through so many speeches and things that have not been the most comfortable for me,” Kardashian said. “But that was my partner, and I stood by him. I would never embarrass him and walk out. He is so used to getting exactly what he wants—I have never seen anything like it. Good for him, but it is not going to happen here.”
