If you see a White family, it says they’re looking for food,” West, going off script, said in September 2005 during NBC’s “Concert for Hurricane Relief” telethon following hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, causing severe flooding damage to cities from New Orleans to Biloxi.
Comedian and actor Mike Myers, who appeared with West on the telethon, did not know about the artist’s planned comments in advance.
Myers said in a 2014 interview that he was “super proud” to stand next to West in that moment.
“This moment should not even be about Kanye West and President Bush,” CNN Entertainment Correspondent Lisa Respers France said in Sunday’s episode.
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