Kanye West did not have a ârelationshipâ with so-called âtransgender performerâ Amanda Lepore, despite unfounded speculation. A rep for the rapper exclusively tells Gossip Cop the rumors are âfalse.â
MediaTakeOut is exclaiming on Friday, âMTO SHOCK EXPLOSIVE: Transgender Performer Is SUGGESTING⊠[She] Had A âS*XUALâ RELATIONSHIP⊠With Kanye West!!!!â But this isnât an âMTOâ original, despite what the headline leads readers to believe. The site swiped it from the New York Post. The webloid writes, âA transgender performer named Amanda Lepore is DROPPING [A] BOMBSHELL in her new book. According to the NY Postâs Page Six â the T-girl is suggesting that she used to date Kanye West.â
The online outlet then directly copies and pastes from the paper, which wrote, âAfter transgender New York nightlife fixture Amanda Lepore dished in her new memoir, Doll Parts, about a relationship with an unnamed rapper, sources have speculated the hip-hop maven in question could be Kanye West.â The New York Post in turn quotes from a New York Times profile: âMs. Lepore describes having an assignation with a famous rapper whose songs often play in the clubs she frequents. Soon after, she writes, he got married, and âI couldnât help but think that his wife had a similar body type to me.ââ
The New York Post then asserted, âThat sparked buzz that the unnamed rapper was West â now married to curvy reality queen Kim Kardashian.â And MediaFakeOut ran with it. The site regurgitated the possibility, but purposefully failed to include the rest of the original article, which included a denial of the rumor. The paper wrote, âBut rap fans may have to keep guessing. A pal of Kanyeâs shot down any such rumors by telling us: âThat is not within the realm of possibility.â Lepore did not get back to us to confirm or deny the identity of the rapper of her alleged âassignation.'â
MTO intentionally excluded that portion from its own story and purposefully chose not to investigate whether the speculation was true because it just wanted to run a salacious, sensational story, regardless of accuracy. Gossip Cop, however, did investigate and confirmed that the aforementioned denial is correct. West and Lapore are linked by gossip, not reality. âItâs totally false,â the rapperâs rep tells Gossip Cop. But perhaps it was wrong of GC to think MediaFakeOut wouldâve taken the high road and practice real journalism here. After all, this is the same outlet West famously called âso f**kinâ full of s**t.â
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