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Taylor Swift's Feud With Kim And Kanye Just Got Even Messier

Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian Larry Busacca/Getty Images
By RS

Will this catfight ever end? Taylor Swift, 30, and Kim Kardashian, 39, just got into yet another cyber-battle over their long-standing feud about Kanye West's track, "Famous."

The latest drama started over the weekend when an extended video of West calling Swift in 2016 leaked and broke the internet. Then on Monday, March 23, Swift spoke out about the incident on Instagram Story, saying that the video only proves everything she has been saying for the past four years.

In the leaked clip, West, 42, is heard telling Swift about some of his lyrics in the song, including the part where he raps, "I think me and Taylor might still have sex," and a line about him making her "famous." At that, Swift laughs and thanks West for letting her know ahead of time. "It's like a compliment kind of," she admits, assuring him that she doesn't feel offended in the least. 

Still, West failed to tell Swift that he would be calling her a "b***h" in the final track and that seems to be what caused the whole song-related conflict in the first place.

Taylor Swift breaks her silence on the Kimye drama

Kanye West and Taylor Swift Larry Busacca/Getty Images

As fans recall, the "Lover" singer has long said that Kanye West did not call her to have her approve his controversial line about her: "I think me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that b***h famous (God damn)." West and wife Kim Kardashian always insisted that he did call and that they had the tape to prove it.

Although Kardashian posted parts of that call on Snapchat in 2016, the full transcript of Taylor Swift and West's phone conversation was never released — until now. It's unclear who leaked it, but shockingly, the stars are less focused on finding the leaker and more focused on firing burning shots at one another... again.

According to Variety, Swift posted on Instagram Story, "Instead of answering those who are asking how I feel about the video footage that leaked, proving that I was telling the truth the whole time about *that call* (you know, the one that was illegally recorded, that somebody edited and manipulated in order to frame me and put me, my family, and fans through hell for 4 years)... SWIPE up to see what really matters."

In another slide, she explained "what really matters" is donating to organizations helping people through the coronavirus crisis. "The World Health Organization and Feeding America are some of the organizations I've been donating to," she wrote. "If you have the ability to, please join me in donating during this crisis."

Kim Kardashian fires back after Taylor Swift's comment

Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian Larry Busacca/Getty Images

On March 23, Kim Kardashian reacted to Taylor Swift's response — because, of course, she did. "@taylorswift13 has chosen to reignite an old exchange – that at this point in time feels very self-serving given the suffering millions of real victims are facing right now," she tweeted, seemingly bashing the singer for bringing up their feud again amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

"I didn't feel the need to comment a few days ago, and I'm actually really embarrassed and mortified to be doing it right now, but because she continues to speak on it, I feel I'm left without a choice but to respond because she is actually lying," Kardashian added. "To be clear, the only issue I ever had around the situation was that Taylor lied through her publicist who stated that 'Kanye never called to ask for permission...' They clearly spoke so I let you all see that. Nobody ever denied the word 'b***h' was used without her permission."

Kim K's Twitter thread continued by claiming, "as everyone can see in the video, she manipulated the truth of their actual conversation in her statement." After a few more posts, Kardashian ultimately concluded, "This will be the last time I speak on this because honestly, nobody cares. Sorry to bore you all with this. I know you are all dealing with more serious and important matters."

Taylor Swift's army still has her back

Kanye West and Taylor Swift Christopher Polk/Getty Images

Soon after the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star's messages, Taylor Swift's publicist fired back. "I'm Taylor's publicist and this is my UNEDITED original statement. Btw, when you take parts out, that's editing. P.S. who did you guys piss off to leak that video?" Tree Paine tweeted along with her full statement, which does match what circulated to news outlets back in 2016.

"Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single 'Famous' on her Twitter account. She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyric, 'I made that b***h famous,'" the statement reads.

On March 23, as the feud raged on, Swifties began calling out Kim Kardashian and #KimKardashianIsOverParty started trending on Twitter, along with #TaylorToldTheTruth. Luckily, the KKW Beauty mogul's sister Khloé Kardashian rushed to support her. "I was about to go take my ass to sleep but then I just saw my sister post a couple tweets," the Revenge Body star tweeted. "Kimberly you betta!!!!!!!!!!!"

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