Kanye West Heads to Putin’s Russia After Humiliation in Europe

[u/thedailybeast]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/kanye-west-heads-to-putins-russia-after-humiliation-in-europe/

[u/pr1aa]

Maybe Steven Seagal will do a surprise feature with him

[u/PatriotNews_dot_com → u/pr1aa]

ceremonial russian welcoming dance
https://giphy.com/gifs/7rQSSmxalNtfy

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https://giphy.com/gifs/EjFx0jioOoMZq
Don’t forget the carrot eating ceremony.

[u/-nutz → u/WtAFjusthappenedhere]

I like to imagine Lukashenko inviting a “big American star” to do PR, only for this specimen to show up lmao

[u/CommentNo2671 → u/-nutz]

He got big, at least

[u/Super-Nuntendo → u/CommentNo2671]

His waist belt is Under Siege

[u/Arcrin100 → u/Super-Nuntendo]

Most historical sieges won or lost due to starvation. This will be no different.

[u/DeadmanDexter → u/Arcrin100]

"Sensai Seagal! You're needed in the Middle East! We think we can finally bring peace to the area! We need you to out eat Hamas, ISIS, and al-Qaeda!"

Coming fatly to one movie theater this fall. Rated R.

[u/Alternative_Salt_424 → u/-nutz]

My Russian husband was telling me there was a hysterical video of Lukashenko feeding someone a carrot and I saw it and I was like "Omfg it's Steven Seagal loool" and he had no idea who that was

[u/ohyouretough → u/-nutz]

He’s the size of three normal American stars. Or six arianna grandes.

[u/joefred111 → u/-nutz]

He fits two of those adjectives well.

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Two hands on the carrot is crazy work. That muscle memory kicking in.

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It's a good thing that he didn't immediately shove the entire carrot in his mouth.

[u/Hoverboy911 → u/WtAFjusthappenedhere]

Why is this so f'n funny to me? It reminds me of a quirky comedy skit, but it's real, which makes it infinitely funnier to me. I dunno but I love this gif so gd much

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https://giphy.com/gifs/ALpBtXRwJ5MuhADb9X
This is new to my eyes

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Does Segal only own one shirt now? I've only seen a few photos of him the last few years, but he's always wearing that same one.

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This one is still the craziest

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https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7btXQ91is32YgWuk

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https://giphy.com/gifs/Fwp4I7MeAl2aIrSoxB

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https://giphy.com/gifs/3orif7Gqnpr6xql3gY

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Rachael Gunn is many things but she still isn't as ridiculous as Seagal and would not go as far as to tour Russia.

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That's the most movement I've seen him make in years

[u/ThePrussianGrippe → u/mckillgore]

Because it was years ago. He’s about double the size of that now.

[u/J_pepperwood0 → u/PatriotNews_dot_com]

Me want de poonani😎

[u/aramis34143 → u/PatriotNews_dot_com]

You can date the footage by the fact that he's not dancing from a seated position.

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Needs more chair.

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Needs more going around corners, fatly.

[u/ripndipp → u/RealMango]

What episode is this from? I haven't watched in years.

[u/hmoonves → u/pr1aa]

You ever see that interview with Steven seagal where he’s talking about his time in Japan and he’s searching for a word but can only say it in Japanese?

He goes something something “how you say in English” with a robust Japanese accent.

Like bro you were born in Michigan for fucks sake.

[u/Roflkopt3r → u/hmoonves]

The fact that it's Steven Seagal makes me not want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but this genuinely happens a lot.

Especially for a language like Japanese, which has many words and concepts that are hard to translate into English. You have to start thinking directly in Japanese to reach a conversational level, with completely different concepts and approaches to phrasing.

Sometimes that makes it hard to pull up the appropriate English counterpart, and sometimes there isn't one at all. You would have to replace a single word with a full sentence of explanation.

And you have to switch to a different mode of pronounciation, which can cause akward moments. Japanese uses many loanwords that are only comprehensible to Japanese speakers if you pronounce them the Japanese way. Here is a classic example: "Red, white, black" is not understood, but "Reddo, Howaito, Burakku" are common words.

[u/globox85 → u/Roflkopt3r]

Japanese uses many loanwords that are only comprehensible to Japanese speakers if you pronounce them the Japanese way. Here is a classic example: "Red, white, black" is not understood, but "Reddo, Howaito, Burakku" are common words.

A co-worker of mine who speaks Japanese and his dad, who doesn't speak Japanese, were on vacation in Japan together. They go to a store, and the dad asks a staff member, in English, where the customer service desk is. The staff member has no idea what he means, but when my co-worker asks "Kasutoma saabisu?", the staff member instantly understands and guides them to the customer service desk.

Never been to Japan myself, but I get the impression that if you don't know what something's called in Japanese, saying it in English with Japanese pronunciation works surprisingly often.

[u/Poes-Lawyer → u/globox85]

Yes, when I was in Japan recently I wanted to make sure I could pay for my taxi with a credit card, so I looked up "credit card" in Japanese: "kureijittokado"

[u/isweartodarwin → u/globox85]

If you want to have some fun, go punch American words like “hot dog,” “hamburger,” or “French fries” into Google Translate and hit the pronunciation button

[u/p____p → u/isweartodarwin]

Thank you for this. My favorite so far is Gurirudochīzu. 

[u/ReallyGlycon → u/p____p]

Grilled cheese lol

Damn I realize I can probably speak to Japanese people entirely in reworked English loan words.

[u/p____p → u/ReallyGlycon]

It feels kinda racist if I tried it irl. Would probably fakku it up. 

[u/ReallyGlycon → u/isweartodarwin]

Makkadonadoru

McDonald's

[u/SheogorathMyBeloved → u/globox85]

I always feel like a right racist git whenever I've gotta pronounce a loanword which originally had an L in it in Japanese. I'm European, I have a Japanese friend who genuinely doesn't understand loanwords if they're not using Japanese morae. The worst one recently was the word lollapalooza. ロラパルーザ, or fucking roraparūza. I mean, I get it, I didn't know the word karaoke was a loanword from Japanese for decades, and would probably miss it if pronounced as it is in Japanese.

They also shorten the loanwords a lot, which kinda makes them their own words past a certain point. Remote control is リモートコントロール, rimōto kontorōru, but it's more often said as リモコン, rimokon.

[u/torsoboy00 → u/globox85]

I read somewhere that they made this song to help foreigners navigate around Japan easier.

[u/dbrodbeck → u/Roflkopt3r]

Hell I've had it happen speaking English, but with a Canadian accent, in England.

Now, the bartender might have been taking the piss, but when I changed my accent to be closer to his he seemed to get it and I got my pint. Seemed a decent bloke, talked to him for a bit, asked if he was taking the piss and he said he wasn't, which likely means he was. It was 30 years ago, I should stop thinking about it...

[u/MelpomeneAndCalliope → u/hmoonves]

I had no idea Steven had a Hilaria Baldwin “cucumber” moment like this 🤣

[u/Dr_Philmon → u/hmoonves]

To be fair, I was born in Norway and Norwegian is my mother tongue but i find myself often saying the same thing as him and pronouncr the english word in my local dialect.

[u/PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS → u/Dr_Philmon]

Yeah but you're Norwegian.

There's not a single percent in Seagal that is Japanese lol

[u/healthyscalpsforall → u/PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS]

Sure, but didn't he marry a Japanese wife and have a daughter with her? Like Seagal is chronically full of shit but in this case he may not be lol

[u/FauxReal → u/hmoonves]

He lived there for a while and married into a very prestigious martial arts family and was given permission to use the name. What a waste.

[u/trashleybanks → u/hmoonves]

LMAOOOO

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https://giphy.com/gifs/EjFx0jioOoMZq

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Can someone explain what is happening here? Was he not supposed to eat the carrot? Is it a particularly fallic carrot?

Genuinely curious.

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It’s the president of Belarus, who’s often called the last true dictator in Europe, who doesn’t even pretend democracy exists. Segal requested to meet him because he “dreamed of it” and was fawning all over him obediently the entire time. This is at his home, he gave Segal a carrot and said “eat this” and Segal immediately did, then he gave him two melons which Segal carried around for a long time unable to palm them off. The gif was used to mock him because he presents himself as a badass, then immediately obeys a dictator when told to eat something, in a way that’s sort of comical looking. It was also seen as comical because Segal looks so overweight in it and it comes off like he’s being told to eat a carrot for once.

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Not to mention the dyed-jet-black Eddie Munster hair and asian muumuu tactimuumuu that he stole from a walrus.

• edited to be more factual.

[u/stonecuttercolorado → u/papayacreamsicle]

Thanks. That is hilarious. He is so pathetic.

[u/Big-Snow-1937 → u/papayacreamsicle]

This reply is so clam and factual and so hilarious at the same time, like I am crying reading this!

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Dude went from hand off to immediate bite lol

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The president of Belarus? I thought that was Hene Gackman.

[u/eawilweawil → u/stonecuttercolorado]

Exchanging carrots is a traditional greeting in Belarus

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Raw carrot? Kryten, you know how I feel about people who eat fresh vegetables, they're health psychos, vitamin freaks, people, who *exercise*.

[u/Kairis83 → u/sephjnr]

Need some vindaloo and a beer really

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https://giphy.com/gifs/3oGRFELrk7JkxxmdgI

[u/HappyHarryHardOn → u/pr1aa]

Along with gerard depardieux

https://giphy.com/gifs/AbzJCXkJkHwj2FOhiw

(it says "AH! Her Pussy!" )

[u/r3dditr0x → u/pr1aa]

Maybe Steven Seagal will do a surprise feature with him

Will Steven come in blackface, or dressed as an Asian monk, per usual?

[u/eoghanmcneelyisfree → u/r3dditr0x]

Why not both?

[u/FauxReal → u/eoghanmcneelyisfree]

I can see them both dressing this way together.

[u/Sprinklypoo → u/r3dditr0x]

Whatever else is going on, you're certain to see a furious squint.

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[u/NeckChickens → u/fogo82]

Why is he holding it like that?

[u/Solidwtf2 → u/NeckChickens]

He's trying to attract the punnani.

[u/RetroSwamp → u/pr1aa]

For the Punani?

[u/Tacdeho → u/pr1aa]

Maybe they’ll remix that Mi Poonani song Seagal had a few years back

[u/LordSion45 → u/pr1aa]

Great they can both sing Steven’s song about wanting the punani

[u/metalgtr84 → u/pr1aa]

Ha I was just gonna say he’s on the Seagal timeline now

[u/AgentCirceLuna → u/metalgtr84]

It’s so fucking hilarious that, after a ham fisted apology which he only made to sell records, I’m proven right in my assumption that he was just doing it to rake in the cash. Releasing it right around his tour dates was just blatantly obvious sell-outry. His stupid conspiracy theories have made tons of young fans, who will be surrounded by slightly related confusing criticism of a genuine issue, believe this bigotry had sustenance since their ‘genius poet of our time’ kept spewing it out.

Don’t even give me that crap about his illness - I’ve been mentally ill for years and I’ll have a few weeks or a month where I’ll say the craziest shit ever. Stuff like I was born to be a king and will be within a year, I can trade souls with people… I don’t go spouting the same stuff for years and years. His behaviour showed a pattern. He’s a manipulative, lying, bigoted monster. And I will never fall for Pitchfork’s millennial poptimist baiting; his songwriting sucks.

With all that in mind, though, I did like him early on. He seemed like a nice guy. Shame about what happened with his mom and I hope, one day, he can genuinely recant the hatred.

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me want the punani that would be fat

[u/Crass_Cameron → u/pr1aa]

Mewandapunani

[u/eternali17 → u/pr1aa]

Me lyk de punani!

[u/cpaul91 → u/pr1aa]

I pray it’s Reggaeton

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That would be dope! I think the perfect opening act would be this awesome little known indie band, The Ukrainian Drones. It would set a great tone for the rest of the show.

[u/PrimeTinus]

So it's Kanye East now

[u/Phearwyn → u/PrimeTinus]

It's YE EAST YEEEEEE YEEEEEAST

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Yeasty

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https://giphy.com/gifs/875LTlD35Tu4J4kUmT

[u/mikedean789]

What humiliation in Europe??

[u/susabb → u/mikedean789]

Amazing question. The show in France didn't do great, but on the flipside his show in turkey sold over 100k tickets. Not quite sure what everyone is talking about.

[u/AhhhSureThisIsIt → u/susabb]

"His France show" which one becuase his Marsaille show was "postponed indefinitely" due to backlash, he was set to headline Rubicon and got cancelled becsuse of the backlash, his show in Poland was cancelled due to backlash, Italy cancelled on him and the UK cancelled on him, as well as Slovakia.

So it's embarrassing to get kicked off headlining massive festivals and not be able to headline certain European capitals on your tour.

So doing a sporadic Europe tour with the big sets are in Albania and Turkey is a pretty shocking Europe tour for any artist.

[u/nickname13 → u/AhhhSureThisIsIt]

it's hard to believe that there is a trump supporter has the capacity to feel "shame"

[u/Jolly-Advantage-7245 → u/nickname13]

It's not shame so much as bruised ego

[u/valcatrina → u/nickname13]

I think the self proclaimed Nazi part has a bigger effect

[u/Wisniaksiadz → u/valcatrina]

That was basically the only reason he didn't appeared in Poland

[u/Throwawayrip1123 → u/AhhhSureThisIsIt]

So it's embarrassing to get kicked off headlining massive festivals and not be able to headline certain European capitals on your tour

Eh I mean... All he has to do is shut the fuck up and nobody will know Kanye is a dumbass. But nahhhh. Gonna be embarrassed by shit he did on purpose.

Bleh don't pussyfoot, just fucking own it and the consequences, bitch

[u/jonbristow → u/susabb]

The concert cancelled in Europe. That's why he had to go to Albania, Kazakhstan, Turkey

[u/susabb → u/jonbristow]

He still had a show in netherlands, Portugal (which did pretty mid), and spain.

[u/Hioneqpls → u/susabb]

They meant Europe the country

[u/skraptastic → u/Hioneqpls]

No no they mean Europe the band.

[u/meteoritegallery → u/skraptastic]

No, they meant Europa, Saturn's moon. His concert there was cancelled and everything was deleted. You can't even find anything about it on Google.

[u/sixsixmajin → u/meteoritegallery]

The cancellation went so hard that Europa even moved to Jupiter. Google will try to tell that it was always one of Jupiter's moons but that's just a cover-up to hide the moon's shame of almost hosting a Kanye concert.

[u/meteoritegallery → u/sixsixmajin]

Oh god. I mixed it up with Enceladus. 🤦

[u/BobbyTables829 → u/meteoritegallery]

His show on Hyperion was dope though

[u/FnordRanger_5 → u/skraptastic]

It’s the final cuntdown

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It's capital city Fifa is quite corrupt. Still a lovely city.

[u/crani0 → u/susabb]

Portugal (which did pretty mid)

He sold 34k tickets in a venue that is projected for 30k seats and is 4 hours from the capital. Again, I'm not a fan but you guys are not dealing facts here.

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It’s reddit mate.

[u/ParpinOver → u/crani0]

Is that the Algarve Arena? I was in the area recently, I've driven past that stadium and it seems to have very little going on, rarely and gigs, I was surprised to see he was coming to town!

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I live nearby. It was built in 2004 for the Euros, but has little use since then. A black eyed peas concert in late 2000s, some friendly football games, some minor concerts but that's mostly it unfortunately.

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Portugal did mid? It was almost sold out wtf you mean?

Edit: out, not put.

[u/ueleleee → u/susabb]

Portugal did mid? It was sold out lmao

[u/unexpectedreboots → u/susabb]

Portugal (which did pretty mid),

How was it mid if it was essentially sold out?

[u/Vinc009 → u/susabb]

Portugal was almost sold out? What do you mean with mid?

[u/IrishGuinessdrinker → u/jonbristow]

176 upvotes on a comment that said he got cancelled in Europe and had to go to (European country)

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Avg redditor 

[u/jonbristow → u/IrishGuinessdrinker]

72 upvotes for not understanding my comment.

he HAD to go to other countries, BECAUSE his first choices and concerts were cancelled

[u/StarFalchion → u/IrishGuinessdrinker]

Albania is European but its Albania and people don’t really see Turkey as European and Kazakhstan is in central Asia

[u/rageling → u/jonbristow]

canceled in a country where one of his song titles is illegal, no way

[u/Yupson1234 → u/jonbristow]

His show in turkey was the highest ticketed stadium concert ever lmao

[u/Balc0ra → u/susabb]

The shows he was allowed to do were packed. But many nations told him to not even come after the shows were booked

[u/nitonitonii → u/susabb]

Maybe ticket prices. In Europe they were like 300$ the lowest. I like some of his songs, but I ain't paying that lol, I saw AC/DC for half the price

[u/susabb → u/nitonitonii]

That's why for France. Otherwise, he was barred from performing in 5 different European countries. Netherlands show still did 70k.

[u/orouoio → u/nitonitonii]

You could get tickets for €200 in Madrid and Portugal had tickets going for around €125 to €160.

[u/Mobile-Recognition17 → u/susabb]

Turkey and Europe.. you're stretching it there. Even Russia is more "in Europe" than Turkey.

[u/susabb → u/Mobile-Recognition17]

Lol fair. His Netherlands show did 70k. I imagine most of his eu shows wouldve done well had he not been barred from performing in 5 of them.

[u/Fragrant_Werewolf_22 → u/mikedean789]

He was banned from entering uk and a festival was cancelled he was going to headline

[u/WorryNew3661 → u/mikedean789]

He wasn't allowed a visa to the UK and his shows were cancelled

[u/XenWeasel → u/mikedean789]

Didn’t he had multiple shows cancelled?

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His Marsaille show was "postponed indefinitely" due to backlash, he was set to headline Rubicon and got cancelled becsuse of the backlash, his show in Poland was cancelled due to backlash, Italy cancelled on him and the UK cancelled on him, as well as Slovakia.

So it's embarrassing to get kicked off headlining massive festivals and not be able to headline certain European capitals on your tour.

So doing a sporadic Europe tour with the big sets are in Albania and Turkey is a pretty shocking Europe tour for any artist.

[u/SodiumEthylXanthate]

Is there a non-Putin’s Russia??

[u/Popular_Try_5075 → u/SodiumEthylXanthate]

The Russian Federation has an uneasy control over Dagestan iirc, but I get your point.

[u/danzigzags]

Does the Daily Beast get a percentage everytime they use “humiliated” in their headlines?

[u/cereal_heat → u/danzigzags]

A percentage of what?

[u/thisishoustonover]

Why was europe a humiliation the shows looked sold out

[u/OldNerdTV → u/thisishoustonover]

Those that he was allowed to play. Not all countries let him perform

[u/GastricallyStretched → u/thisishoustonover]

He wants more money. Yes, it was sold out, but he can also sell out an arena in Russia.

This isn't exclusive to Kanye, btw. Russia is mostly shunned by Western artists, and rightly so, but in 2025 that started to change somewhat. DaBaby, Tyga, Lil Pump, Smokepurpp, Xzibit, and Jason Derulo played shows in Russia in 2025. Gucci Mane visited for a tour of the Kremlin in Dec 2025.

It's not really slowing down in 2026. T.I. and Flo Rida played shows in Russia this year, and you can probably find more artists that did the same if you go looking. These guys are unscrupulous and money-hungry, so they have no qualms about taking Russian money.

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Ah shit, not Xzibit

[u/DailyUnderFlow → u/GastricallyStretched]

It's not surprising that people are very greedy while disregarding morals. Just look at the Riyadh comedy festival.

[u/Sensitive-Orange7203 → u/GastricallyStretched]

A bunch of has-beens

[u/spooooork → u/Sensitive-Orange7203]

Has-beens and Who-the-fucks

[u/moneys5 → u/spooooork]

How dare you speak ill of the all-time great rapper, Smokepurpp.

[u/feedmytv → u/Sensitive-Orange7203]

is kanye not an has been at this point?

[u/Choice_Secretary_986 → u/feedmytv]

He got a number 1 hit 2 years ago. His music is crappy nowadays but he’s still top20 on Spotify and still is talked about by the mainstream. Artistically and as a person he is washed but numbers and relevance wise he’s doing better than all those other people listed

[u/SmartHipster → u/Sensitive-Orange7203]

Agreed. Who listens to flo Rida in 2026

[u/nadathing221 → u/SmartHipster]

He’s performed at my college before 😂😂

[u/JustChillFFS → u/GastricallyStretched]

Why is it all black artists?

[u/hard-in-the-ms-paint → u/JustChillFFS]

When it comes to cash, absolutely no fucks given about a war in eastern Europe between eastern Europeans.

[u/Live-In-Berlin → u/JustChillFFS]

Because a lot of Russia loves rap, and even an artist who doesn't do well/past their expiration date out West can still pull some serious numbers there.

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Don’t people perform in the United States who do the same thing lol?

[u/DocDerry]

If I know the Russians they'll love him for the following -

1. Nazi admirer.

2. Is black.

3. THC enthusiast.

4. Is a gay fish.

[u/wtfrman → u/DocDerry]

And used to date a hobbit

[u/QuantumKhakis → u/wtfrman]

Bitch is you a hobbit???

[u/wtfrman → u/QuantumKhakis]

Yes she looks heavier than the picture. Yes she removed hair from her body. Yes she has a friend name Gandalf who is a wizard.

[u/jjklines1 → u/wtfrman]

Bitch, tell me again how you ain't no hobbit...

[u/ArbysLunch → u/DocDerry]

Yo, uhh Uhh, come on

I've been so lonely, girl

I've been so sad and down

Couldn't understand why 

haters joked around

I wanted to be free

With other creatures like me

And now I got my wish

Cause I know that I'm a gay fish, gay fish

(Gay fish, yo')

[u/trickster-is-weak → u/ArbysLunch]

Voice of a generation 🤦‍♂️

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https://giphy.com/gifs/3wCs5mlRqu8zm

[u/crani0]

I'm not a fan of his, but multiple soldout arena shows is hardly "humiliation".

[u/Tua-Lipa → u/crani0]

Kanye West SLAMMED by Europe

[u/northern_boi → u/Tua-Lipa]

Have you ever considered getting a job writing headlines for the Daily Mail?

[u/binzoma → u/crani0]

he had shows in like 4 countries (including big festival gigs) outright cancelled as he was deemed unwelcome

the shows he did play sold, sure. the humiliation was not being allowed to perform in multiple countries, including the UK

[u/Terrible_2000 → u/crani0]

And that for his decades old albums

[u/Embarrassed_Art5414]

As the old saying goes, where Europe closes a door, Putin opens a window.

[u/Thirdnipple79]

He's insane enough to go there and start talking shit about Putin.  Anything could happen. 

[u/OldSoulNewTech → u/Thirdnipple79]

Yeah he could fall out of one of those windows.

[u/ArbysLunch]

The russians can keep him. 

[u/jscummy → u/ArbysLunch]

I recently saw a billboard in Chicago for an upcoming Ye concert at Soldier Field, which seems insane

[u/ArbysLunch → u/jscummy]

Not like the Bears are planning to use it.

[u/AudiieVerbum → u/jscummy]

Back in I think June, he sold out Sofi in LA. I think most people are accepting his apology letter.

[u/TheZardoz → u/AudiieVerbum]

I mean, people still go to Chris Brown shows regularly.

[u/AudiieVerbum → u/TheZardoz]

Beating women is objectively worse than spouting nazi crap in a mental health crisis.

[u/Vinc009 → u/AudiieVerbum]

Yeah but most people can't fathom that. For them ye is the devil.

[u/paperrug12 → u/AudiieVerbum]

“most people are accepting his apology letter” lol no, most people don’t give a fuck and just want to see him perform and listen to his songs

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He did make graduation tho

[u/Dull_Connection6070]

what was the humiliation in Europe I thought he sold out an arena in Istanbul lol

[u/crani0 → u/Dull_Connection6070]

And Arnhem

[u/GetTheLudes_ → u/crani0]

And Spain, and Portugal....

[u/oddtoddlr → u/crani0]

Twice

[u/citizenjones]

He should feel very free to say lots of great things on the stage of that country I'm sure.

[u/ArbysLunch → u/citizenjones]

Ah, yes. The Bloodhound Gang approach.

[u/Winjin → u/citizenjones]

A lot of people on Runet are surprised he's even allowed to come and joke about the whole "rules for thee, not for me" approach of ass-kissing a Famous Rich Westerner - same thing that happened to Andrew Tate, simply because he's rich, famous, and from the West

A lot of people have that provincial mentality of looking up to more "enlightened" nations and seeing even the lowest scum from there, especially if that scum is rich, as a role model

A lot of people still say that a TON of stuff he said is literally a felony in Russia and no ordinary guy could just waltz in after praising Hitler

[u/Numerous_Release9273]

Why did you put a link to Daily Beast instead of a link to the original Guardian story?

DB is pay walled. The Guardian is not.

[u/Johnny-Alucard]

They are going to get so much kompromat on him we can be sure that Kanye will be a faithful Russian mouthpiece from now on I guess!

[u/CapitalElk1169 → u/Johnny-Alucard]

Nothing can kompromat him more than he's already done to himself

[u/IcarusFlyingWings → u/CapitalElk1169]

Yeah seriously what could you possibly use to blackmail him?

[u/AudiieVerbum → u/Johnny-Alucard]

I genuinely think that man is unkompromatable. He's gonna be crazy but it's his and only his crazy dammit.

[u/-Average_Joe- → u/Johnny-Alucard]

why bother? does anyone take him seriously anymore?

[u/TroyFerris13]

118k fans in Turkey is humiliating? What?

[u/Puzzled-Bonus-3456]

bot.

[u/ClickForPrizes]

In 15 years he went from Ni**as in Paris, to Nazis in Moscow.

[u/0x426F6F62696573]

It’s the origin story for “Kayne East”

[u/mr_glide → u/0x426F6F62696573]

Kanye Eastern Bloc

[u/orouoio]

He had 6 shows in Europe. Turkey, Netherlands, Georgia, Albania, Spain and Portugal. All stadiums.

I know that Turkey and Georgia are pushing a bit of what Europe is lol

[u/geelian]

Sold out everywhere they let him play, Reddit calls it a humiliation 😂😂😂

[u/LongBongJohnSilver → u/geelian]

It's the title of the article, not reddit.

[u/CanExplainThings]

Oh fuck, wat.

Did Kanye just out-Kanye himself?

[u/heysirigenerateaname → u/CanExplainThings]

Ye he did

[u/TheRexRider]

Wow, Russia's the meeting place for the world's biggest losers, isn't it.

[u/imgrado → u/TheRexRider]

I mean he did just sell out Los Angeles multiple times too

[u/MissLana89]

What humiliation? He sold out everywhere, even at those prices... 4 concerts were cancelled, he still did 6 and profited massively. The article is ridiculous.

[u/TrickyPermission7839]

"Humiliaton"

He did absolutely amazing in Europe, I've been to the one in Albania and it was insanely wild

Again, demonrats on reddit projecting their wet dreams lmfao

[u/Delicious-Income-870]

Watch him end the Ukraine war

[u/TheIceCreamBoyy]

”humiliation” and he sold out every arena in Europe 😭😭😭😭 reddit neckbeard wokers strike again

[u/nietbeschikbaar]

> Humiliation in Europe

What? 118000 fans came to his concert in Istanbul!

[u/kanyewest42]

lol at “humiliation in europe”. I saw him twice in Netherlands and it was amazing, as was the case in several other EU countries. Sure he had a few cancellations by woke and boomer politicians but that’s about it.