Their potatoes may be mashed, but their beef is not squashed.<\/p>\n
John Legend responded to former collaborator Kanye West\u2019s bizarre mashed potatoes diss while appearing on Hot 97\u2019s \u201cEbro in the Morning\u201d radio show<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was very obsessed with me wearing sweaters. He was very obsessed with the sweaters, and he said I smelled like mashed potatoes,\u201d Legend, 46, recalled as he wondered, \u201cWhat kind of potatoes? Cheesy, garlic?\u201d<\/p>\n John Legend responded to former collaborator Kanye West\u2019s bizarre mashed potatoes diss while appearing on Hot 97\u2019s \u201cEbro in the Morning\u201d radio show this week. Youtube\/hot97<\/p>\n \u201cHe was very obsessed with me wearing sweaters. He was very obsessed with the sweaters, and he said I smelled like mashed potatoes,\u201d Legend recalled. Youtube\/hot97<\/p>\n In a troubling March interview with DJ Akademiks<\/a>, West \u2014 who wore a Ku Klux Klan outfit, complete with the hate group\u2019s infamous pointed hood \u2014 ranted, \u201cLook at John Legend\u2019s old sissy ass. I ain\u2019t never do nothing wrong to that n\u2014a. I changed generations of his life. And he got on that f\u2014-t ass hot sweater. They said he smells like mashed potatoes.\u201d<\/p>\n When \u201cEbro in the Morning\u201d co-host Peter Rosenberg asked Legend whether any of the comments \u201coffended\u201d him or made him \u201csad,\u201d the singer-songwriter lamented that \u201call of it makes [him] sad. All of it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNot for me, though,\u201d he clarified, \u201cbecause obviously, I smell great.\u201d Rosenberg confirmed that Legend smells \u201cfantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat kind of potatoes? Cheesy, garlic?\u201d Legend wondered, later adding, \u201cObviously, I smell great.\u201d chrissyteigen\/Instagram<\/p>\n \u201cHe got on that f\u2014-t ass hot sweater. They said he smells like mashed potatoes,\u201d West ranted in a troubling March interview.<\/p>\n \u201cIt never affects me personally, but the whole story is sad,\u201d the R&B musician elaborated.<\/p>\n \u201cLike, seeing this guy praise Hitler<\/a>, seeing this guy be this force of hate and vitriol and nastiness<\/a>. Somebody who has made some of the great art of this century as an artist, as a performer, as a fashion designer. All the things that he\u2019s done to make the world more beautiful and more interesting and then for him to be this now is sad. It\u2019s just sad.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cAll of Me\u201d hitmaker insisted he \u201cnever saw this side of [West] that was obsessed with Hitler\u201d and that he \u201ctruly\u201d had \u201cno idea\u201d the rapper, 48, felt this way.<\/p>\n \u201cI have friends that I talk about politics with all the time; he was never one of them,\u201d Legend explained.<\/p>\n \u201cAll of it makes me sad. All of it,\u201d Legend said of West\u2019s comments. FilmMagic<\/p>\n \u201cIt never affects me personally, but the whole story is sad,\u201d the R&B musician elaborated. Getty Images<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cSo I never thought of him as a person that thought about who was president or any of these social and cultural issues. He just never talked about it in conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n Thinking back to the West he once knew, Legend let out fondly, \u201cWhat a time, what a time.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked to describe the \u201cold Kanye,\u201d with whom he collaborated on several tracks, the \u201cGreen Light\u201d chart-topper replied, \u201cHe was full of so much energy and creativity and optimism.\u201d<\/p>\n Thinking back to the West he once knew, Legend let out fondly, \u201cWhat a time, what a time.\u201d WireImage for Songwriter’s Hall of Fame<\/p>\n Legend shared that he and the rapper \u201creally believed [they] were starting a new movement in music,\u201d noting that \u201cbeing a part of that was inspiring,\u201d \u201cthrilling\u201d and \u201camazing.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n Legend shared that he and the fellow Grammy winner \u201creally believed [they] were starting a new movement in music,\u201d noting that \u201cbeing a part of that was inspiring\u201d and \u201cthrilling.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s sad now because we did amazing things together as a collective,\u201d he said, making sure to stress, \u201cI have no regrets because even though he\u2019s gone completely left now, I\u2019m so glad we did what we did together.\u201d<\/p>\n Reps for West did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Their potatoes may be mashed, but their beef is not squashed. 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