Ye's fiery exit: Piers Morgan's name slip and follower count dispute lead to another walkout

Ye (yes, the artist formerly known as Kanye West) sat down with Piers Morgan for another heated exchange on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" and in true headline-grabbing style, the interview ended with him storming out before the coffee had even cooled.

This isn’t their first run-in, and if you’ve followed their past interviews, you’d know it’s never a smooth ride. Back in 2022, their heated conversation went viral after Ye defended his antisemitic remarks and Morgan tried to challenge him on it.

That interview had everything: shouting, swearing, and two egos trying to outmanoeuvre each other. Morgan called him “repulsive”, Ye fired back with “la la la” like a child refusing to listen. Classy stuff.

And in a recent interview that took place on May 6, things didn’t exactly start on the right foot. Morgan referred to him as “Ye West,” prompting an immediate correction.

“I’ve dropped West. That’s a slave name,” Ye said. When asked how life’s treating him these days, he gestured to the sea: “Judge me by the view.”

Morgan called that response “a contrast” to Ye’s recent erratic posts on X. But Ye wasn’t having it. “It’s not in contrast,” he cut in. “Artists are being attacked and still surviving. That’s the win.”

Then came the number that broke the interview.

Morgan mentioned Ye had 32 million followers on X. Ye insisted it’s 33.3 million. And that was the final straw.

“You’re not gonna take inches off my di–, bro,” Ye said bluntly. “I’m a gift. Why do you act like you didn’t dance to my music at your weddings or cry to it at funerals?”

He added, “People love what I make. There’s more love in my art than the hate you put out. You don’t do this to legends like Lennon or Jackson.”

Piers barely had time to respond before Ye walked off, telling him, “This is what you get for now. We can circle back when you can count.”

After the walkout, Morgan turned his frustration toward popular streamer Sneako, who’d been seated next to Ye.

He questioned Sneako’s support, especially given Ye’s past praise of Hitler and his controversial comments about Jewish communities.

The controversial YouTuber and popular streamer known for his red-pill content and alignment with far-right views sat silently beside Ye during the interview.

A vocal supporter of Ye in recent months, Sneako has defended the rapper’s outbursts and often echoes his anti-mainstream sentiments, calling Ye “misunderstood” and a “truth-teller” despite widespread backlash.

And while Ye was making waves on British TV, his name also came up in an entirely different context.

During jury selection for Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial in New York on May 5, potential jurors were shown a list of names they might hear during proceedings.

That list included Ye, alongside actors like Michael B. Jordan and Mike Myers. According to "NBC News," none of them are accused of anything, but the court needed to assess whether any familiarity with those names might influence jurors' impartiality.