He's known to be controversial in his own field, but apparently Kanye West was also tough to handle while filming a cameo back in 2013 for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.
According to The Wrap, acclaimed director and the film's producer, Judd Apatow, spoke of the run-in he had with Yeezy during a stand-up show at LA's Regent Theater.
"He was in Anchorman 2, he played an MTV VJ. He shows up to shoot and he's supposed to wear a red Michael Jackson jacket," Apatow recalled.
After hearing that West had an issue with his costume, the Freaks & Geeks and Knocked Up director headed to West's trailer to greet him and his wife, Kim Kardashian.
"Kanye says there's a problem with his costume — 'Not good! The problem is this red jacket is like a first-instinct idea. Like the first thing you thought of, then you went on Google Images, and the first thing that came up, that's why you went with.'"
Apatow cheekily added, "which is what we did".
West said he would fix the issue by going on Google himself and "look at one thousand images".
"The whole time Kim Kardashian never looks up from her phone," Apatow continued.
"Two hours later, he walks out of his trailer wearing the red jacket we picked and goes, 'I guess this is fine.'"
While Apatow said there were no hard feelings towards West because the industry needs "crazy people to be creative and groundbreaking," he also revealed that he and Anchorman director, Adam McKay, were given first-hand tastes of West's 2013 record, Yeezus.
"Me and Adam are talking to him, and he's trying to explain his new album. He goes, 'I don’t know if I want to call it I Am God or I Am Jesus. He's not joking. He doesn't know if he's more like God or Jesus. He's trying to explain the concept… and he goes, let me just rap some of it for you so you understand.
"He's rapping like he's at Madison Square Garden, eight inches from my face. I'm so nervous I start laughing hysterically in his face.
"Five minutes later he was doing it for the makeup artists."
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