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Kayne West claims his father was a paparazzo
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 28 August 2014
More choice quotes from a deposition made by Kanye West earlier this year have emerged. The same one in which he claimed to be “the smartest celebrity you’ve ever fucking dealt with”.
While giving evidence related to a civil lawsuit brought by photographer Daniel Ramos, claiming that the rapper had assaulted him at Los Angeles International Airport, West claimed that his father had also been a paparazzo, according to the Daily Mail. Which is a short step away from saying, ‘Some of my best friends are paparazzo’. Though he pretty much said that too.
Insisting that he had not assaulted Ramos, West told the photographer’s lawyer Nate Goldberg: “My father was a paparazzo himself. My father was a medical illustrator, a Black Panther, a Christian marriage counsellor. My mother was the first black chair of the English department in Chicago State. They didn’t raise me to be out here wrestling with random paparazzi in front of LAX”.
He added that celebrity photographers are a mixed bunch, saying: “Sometimes I get in the car with the paparazzi. Paparazzi help me to park. The paparazzi watch my car and makes sure that cops don’t give me tickets. There are some nice guys out here trying to just feed their family. And then there’s assholes like the guy you’re representing”.
West entered a no contest plea on a criminal charge of misdemeanour battery relating to the same incident earlier this year, and was ordered to attend an anger management course and do 250 hours of community service.
