Don Lemon lets loose on Kanye West after rapper claims former CNN host started rumor that got him 'kicked out of the Grammys'

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon and rapper Kanye West person got into a warfare of words implicit the arguable events of Sunday night's 2025 Grammys ceremony. 

What started arsenic a jaw-dropping reddish carpet stunt by West's wife, Bianca Censori, has present spiraled into a bitter societal media feud, with accusations of misinformation, radical slurs, and fiery clapbacks flying betwixt the two.

The play began erstwhile West and his woman arrived astatine the Grammys successful a infinitesimal of axenic spectacle. 

Censori, known for her boundary-pushing manner choices, was draped successful a plush fur overgarment - lone to dramatically shed the garment connected the reddish carpet, revealing a wholly sheer nude mesh bodysuit that near perfectly thing to the imagination.

Stunned onlookers questioned whether the mates had adjacent been invited to the lawsuit successful the archetypal place. 

West, who had been nominated for Best Rap Song, stood nearby, portion photographers captured the jaw-dropping infinitesimal of near-total nudity from Censori.

Don Lemon past reported helium had heard the mates had been forcibly removed from the lawsuit by police, with immoderate outlets suggesting the Recording Academy had nary prime but to intervene aft the stunt. But wrong hours conflicting accounts emerged.

As the speculation ran wild, Lemon, who was covering the Grammys from the reddish carpet and aboriginal wrong the arena, weighed in.

'Here's what I'm hearing. I'm proceeding that Kanye wanted to bash the reddish carpet, but helium wasn't invited,' Lemon said.

'That's what I'm proceeding from folks present astatine the Grammys. And past helium left. Maybe helium was escorted out. That's what folks are saying. I'm not sure. Maybe helium conscionable wanted to bash the carpet, but helium decidedly has gone.'

His comments instantly fueled the fire, with galore assuming Lemon was confirming the removal of West and Censori from the event. 

However, hours later, TMZ reported that West was really an invited impermanent and had not been forcibly removed, straight contradicting the rumors.

West, ne'er 1 to fto an accusation slide, zeroed successful connected Lemon arsenic the root of the misinformation and responded successful his signature unfiltered style. 

Taking to societal media, the rapper posted an aged photograph of Lemon and wrote: 'This the goofball that started the rumor that maine and my woman got kicked retired the Grammies. 3 decades of innovating euphony and they [sic] ever KOONS similar this.'

Clearly amused by West's onslaught that contained a word deemed to beryllium violative betwixt achromatic people, Lemon fto loose, instantly hitting backmost with a blistering Instagram video. 

In the clip, Lemon could beryllium seen laughing arsenic helium mocked West's sanction alteration and governmental affiliations earlier unleashing his savage rebuttal.

'Kanye, Ye, Yay, immoderate your sanction is. I did not commencement a rumor astir you being kicked retired of the Grammys. I really corrected it. I saw idiosyncratic connected your squad who asked maine to close it due to the fact that it had been reported everywhere. So archetypal of all, get your s*** straight.'

He then called retired West for referring to him with a radical slur, accusing the rapper of hypocrisy implicit his well-documented enactment for Donald Trump.

'And you, of each people, calling maine a coon! Negro! That 'Make America Great Again' chapeau indispensable beryllium excessively choky connected your head,' Lemon said.  

The rapper has besides rapper present deed retired astatine outrage to the stunt arsenic helium dismissed the Grammys ceremonial arsenic 'boring' and called his wife's outfit 'art'.

'People person called this a stunt but to Ye this is his art,' a root told The Sun.

'He turned up, made headlines astir the satellite and left. No 1 told him what to bash and adjacent if they had, helium wouldn't person listened.

'Ye ever planned to bash the reddish carpet and permission — he'd ne'er beryllium done the Grammys due to the fact that it's truthful dull and boring.'

The stunt is said to person mislaid West a $20 cardinal woody to play in Japan, according to sources successful Tokyo.

West, 47, had signed up to bash 2 shows astatine the Tokyo Dome successful May, but pursuing the bare stunt his investors person taken fright.

West and Censori near the lawsuit soon aft the reddish carpet walk, and were pictured getting into a waiting limo.

Following the Grammys Censori besides made a melodramatic instrumentality to Instagram successful the aftermath of her shocking reddish carpet moment. 

After antecedently deactivating her relationship amid rumors of marital troubles, Censori resurfaced with a bid of behind-the-scenes Polaroids of her nude look.