Kanye West goes after Jimmy Kimmel on Twitter

Kanye West goes after Jimmy Kimmel on Twitter over BBC interview spoof

The 'Yeezus' rapper launched a tirade of tweets Thursday night knocking Jimmy Kimmel for poking fun at an interview West did with BBC in which he boasted he was the No. 1 rock star on the planet.

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Kanye West attending the Diesel show during fashion week in New York earlier this month — weeks before his latest attack on Jimmy Kimmel over a parody as his recent BBC interview.

Kanye West can’t take a joke.
The “Yeezus” rapper launched a Twitter war with Jimmy Kimmel Thursday night, venting over the late-night funnyman poking fun at him for boasting of being the No. 1 rock star on the planet in a BBC interview.
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“Jimmy Kimmel is out of line to try and spoof in any way the first piece of honest media in years,” Kanye tweeted in capital letters. “I don’t take it as a joke ... You don’t have scum bags hopping over fences trying to take pictures of your daughter. Jimmy Kimmel, put yourself in my shoes.”

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Jimmy Kimmel threatened to unfollow Kanye West if he didn't stop his Twitter attacks.

The Twitter explosion came a day after a skit on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” featured two bratty kids reenacting his BBC Radio 1 interview.
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In the real interview, Kanye, 33, said rappers are the new rock stars “and I’m the biggest of them all.” He also said he’s gotten to a “point that Michael Jackson did not break.”
Besides insulting Kimmel’s looks, Kanye delivered a low blow comparing Kimmel to ex-girlfriend Sarah Silverman.