10 things Katt Williams said about God, Satan, Kanye West, TD Jakes in epic Shannon Sharp interview

By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Tuesday, January 09, 2024

10. On Kanye West

“I suspect that we're pretty awful people. If we say that somebody's got a mental illness, and then we watch what they do,” Williams said when asked about rapper and music mogul Kanye West.

“If you say somebody's got special needs, then why would you be watching them and holding them accountable like everybody else? Wouldn't you grade them on a curve? When you go whew! This guy? Because I mean, what are we reacting to?” he asked.

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“You are the one that put him in a position where he thought he was God and could call himself Yeezus. And you're the one who told the guy that writes musical lyrics that he was a genius. You're the one that's like so what do you expect?

“I don't support or villainize Kanye, because I don't understand what it is we want from him. I don't know why we look at a basketball player and say he didn't score no hockey goals this whole season. He don't play hockey. Kanye don't say nothing I can agree with, OK. He was the weird guy in the beginning with the pink sweaters when we met him like, what do you think? Moving to the beat of your own drum.

“This dude started a church and kept cussing. Nobody in the black church said nothing. You want to throw it all [on] the pastors when it came. You can't be no gospel artist. You just said f--- that b----,” Williams said, referencing West’s stint as gospel musician and earning every gospel award at the Billboard Music Awards in 2022.

“Nobody said nothing 'cause TD Jakes over there with P. Diddy. Only the guy you had here has been upfront and honest and a man of God and humble and took the Ls he had to take and didn't,” Williams said. “All people that love the truth gotta be happy if the truth coming out and lies is getting exposed. That's just what time it is. 2024 folks.”