‘I’ve never beefed with Kanye’: Trevor concerned about Ye [watch]

South African-born comedian Trevor Noah has responded to claims that he is beefing with rapper Kanye West.

The Daily Show host responded to an audience member who asked him why he’s “beefing” with the artist in a clip posted to the show’s official TikTok account.

According to People, the interaction took place during a segment break on the show, and came months after Trevor spoke about Kanye’s treatment of his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, on Instagram.

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‘BEEF GOES BOTH WAYS’

Trevor asked why he is beefing with the fashion designer.

“That’s an interesting way to phrase it because a beef has to go both ways. Genuinely it does. In my limited understanding of the world, beef has always been something that generally will happen between two hip-hop artists. I’ve never beefed with Kanye West. I was concerned about Kanye West.”

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In the new clip, Trevor questioned why the media has continued to give Kanye a platform amid what he took as being possible signs of a mental health concern – as per People.

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“If somebody says to me that they have a mental health issue, and they say to everyone that when they don’t take their medication they’re unable to control themselves — and then everyone ignores when that person is having an episode and they haven’t taken the medication — and then they platform the person and put them up … I sometimes think it’s a little s—–, to be honest with you,” Trevor explains.

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The comedian says he does not have beef with a human being that has expressed openly that they’re dealing with a mental health issue, “I don’t have beef with that human being”.

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“What I have beef with is us as a society not coming together around the person and going like, ‘Hey, maybe this is not the moment to put a microphone in your face so that you just go off saying everything.’

If this is what you want to say when you’re on your medication, then that’s a different story. But because you’ve told us that, I’m not going to sit by and say that.”

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