Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Kanye West Compares Himself to 12 Years a Slave
Plus, words from NeNe Leakes and Lupe Fiasco.
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Kanye West compares himself to 12 Years a Slave: - “For me, I felt like the main character [Solomon Northup] in what I’m dealing with, even as a mega-popular-rich-celebrity-f***-you-who-do-you-think-you-are-to-complain-about-anything situation that I’m in." Photo: Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP)
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NeNe Leakes on her recent health scare: - "After some routine tests I was diagnosed with blood clots in my lung. I’m told this happened to me because of the constant traveling around the country that I do for my job."(Photo: Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com)
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Lupe Fiasco on his new song “Crack”: - "People are like, 'Yo, how could you make a song about crack?' Well why not? People smoke crack and it's a problem, it's not a problem. Some people love it, some people hate it.”(Photo: Judy Eddy/WENN.com)
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Whoopi Goldberg on criticism from Black audiences: - “When somebody says to you, as dark as I am, ‘You're not Black enough,’ it's like, ‘What are you talking about?’ It's not like I got up yesterday and I was Asian.”(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Nick Cannon on being ripped off by scam artists: - “People have stolen my identity. People have charged over $200,000 on my American Express card… It’s all a part of… the celebrity life and being a part of the public eye.”(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
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Lee Daniels on being on crystal meth: - “When Halle [Berry] won her Oscar [for Monster’s Ball], I remember her calling, saying, ‘Are you going to the Vanity Fair party?’ and I’m strung out in the Chateau Marmont, methed out of my mind.”(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
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Trina on her friendship with French Montana: - "He's a very positive person, he's a great, fun person to be around, and that's what I love about him. I guess when people see you with somebody, they automatically think that you're together.”(Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
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Trinidad James calling a truce after sort of dissing New York City: - “This is not an apology. And I'm never apologizing for the truth. I don't believe in it. But this is to let the city of New York know, I wasn't trying to disrespect you at all.”(Photo: DJDM/WENN.com)
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Lenny Kravitz on whether or not attitudes towards people’s sexuality have changed over the years: - “Most definitely. I think they’ve changed in the world… greatly.”(Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images)
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Director Francis Lawrence on working with Whitney Houston: - “When I worked with her, she was fantastic. She was on time. She was great. She was beautiful…talented.”(Photo: Rob Kim/Getty Images)
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