Story highlights West tweeted about his Kimmel appearance Kimmel also responded on Twitter (CNN) — Kanye West says he wasn’t stumped, only thinking. The rapper appeared last week on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and took some time after Kimmel asked him a question about President Donald Trump. “I mean, you’ve so famously and so powerfully said George (W.) Bush doesn’t care about black people,” Kimmel said. “It makes me wonder, what makes you think that Donald Trump does … or any people at all?” West sat silently, arms crossed, looking into the distance before Kimmel took a commercial break. Kimmel’s question on Trump leaves Kanye West stumped West took to Twitter over the weekend to explain what he says happened. On Jimmy Kimmel we had a great time having a dialogue. I’m reading that I was stumped by a question. Let me clarify the click bait. I wasn’t stumped. I wasn’t given a chance to answer the question. — ye (@kanyewest) August 11, 2018 The question was so important I took time to think. And then I was hit with the let’s go to commercial break. That interview showed strong personalities with different opinions having a civil conversation. — ye (@kanyewest) August 11, 2018 “On Jimmy Kimmel we had a great time having a dialogue,” he tweeted. “I’m reading that I was stumped by a question. Let me clarify the click bait. I wasn’t stumped. I wasn’t given a chance to answer the question.” West then added “The question was so important I took time to think.” “And then I was hit with the let’s go to commercial break,” he said. “That interview showed strong personalities with different opinions having a civil conversation.” Kimmel responded to West’s tweets on Twitter, writing “Not every question warrants an immediate answer.” Not every question warrants an immediate answer. Some answers need to be considered and a talk show with time constraints is a difficult place to do that. I know how much Kanye cares and I am so impressed by what he is doing quietly and without fanfare to help those who need it https://t.co/wQBsE5v1v2 — Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) August 12, 2018 “Some answers need to be considered and a talk show with time constraints is a difficult place to do that,” Kimmel tweeted. “I know how much Kanye cares and I am so impressed by what he is doing quietly and without fanfare to help those who need it.” For the record, West still has not answered the question.<doc-sep>Kanye West is setting the record straight on being shut down on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!" In a series of tweets, the 41-year-old rapper said he "wasn't stumped" after Jimmy Kimmel asked West why he thought President Donald Trump cared about black people. Instead, West claims he was never “given a chance to answer the question.” "On Jimmy Kimmel we had a great time having a dialogue. I’m reading that I was stumped by a question. Let me clarify the click bait. I wasn’t stumped," West, an outspoken supporter of Trump, tweeted Saturday night. During Thursday’s late night show, the "Ye" rapper took a long pause after Kimmel referenced West’s infamous 2005 comment that former President George W. Bush didn’t care about black people. The father of three said the pause wasn't because he was puzzled, but rather a brief delay to contemplate the seriousness of the question. Then, Kimmel suggested a commercial break. “The question was so important I took time to think,” West tweeted Saturday. “And then I was hit with the let’s go to commercial break.” West didn’t answer the question when the show returned to the air. During West's appearance, he talked about being bullied by the "left," the "news" and the "hip-hop community" for his support of President Trump. "Everyone around me tried to pick my candidate for me, and then told me every time I said I liked Trump that I couldn't say it out loud or my career would be over, I'd get kicked out (of) the black community," he said. "Because blacks, we're supposed to have a monolithic thought: We can only be Democrats." Despite their different opinions, West made it clear there's no bad blood between him and Kimmel. "I was so happy when I saw Jimmy walk out in the Yeezys. That was an olive branch. He lead with love. I appreciate Jimmy and his team. You guys are Jedi’s. much love," he tweeted Saturday. West has vocally supported Trump since the 2016 presidential election. Trump thanked West after his appearance on Kimmel because "he is willing to tell the TRUTH." More: Kanye West raps about Stormy Daniels, his slavery comments on new album 'Ye' Also: Kanye West says he 'would smash' wife Kim Kardashian's sisters in 'XTCY'<doc-sep>Kanye West has responded to reports that he was left stumped by a question about Donald Trump on "Jimmy Kimmel Live! ", which aired on Thursday night. Kimmel asked the rapper whether he thought the president cared about black people or "any people at all." West took a long pause before the host cut to an advertising break. Taking to Twitter, West said he "wasn’t given a chance to answer the question." West upset people this year by declaring support for Trump, and, separately, suggesting that slavery was "a choice." Kanye West has responded to media reports that he was stumped on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" by one of the host's questions about his support of President Donald Trump. Kimmel asked the rapper if he thought Trump cared about black people or indeed "any people at all," during his Thursday-night appearance. West appeared to take a long pause, leaving Kimmel to cut to an advertising break. West took to Twitter on Saturday, though, to say that he wasn't stumped, he "wasn’t given a chance to answer the question." West continued by saying that, "The question was so important I took time to think," however, the rapper also went on to praise the "civil" dialogue that took place between him and the host. It looks like there are no hard feelings between West and the talk show host as the rapper ended the stream of tweets by saying, "I appreciate Jimmy and his team. You guys are Jedi's [sic]." Much of the interview that aired on ABC centred on West's views of the president, of whom he has been a vocal supporter. When asked about Trump's capabilities as president, the rapper instead riffed on the concept of love, saying it "took me a year and a half to have the confidence to stand up and put on the hat, no matter what the consequences were." In April, West posted a photo of himself wearing the Trump campaign's signature "Make America Great Again" hat, upsetting fans who oppose Trump and leading artists including Chance the Rapper to distance themselves from West. Kanye West visited Donald Trump at the Trump Tower after he was elected. Seth Wenig, File/AP Images West was hospitalized for exhaustion in November 2016, days after saying he "would have voted" for Trump, if he had voted, at a show in San Jose, California. That announcement was met with boos and a few claps from the audience. He also landed in hot water this May when he said slavery "sounds like a choice." It prompted the TMZ host Van Lathan to say he was "unbelievably hurt by the fact that you have morphed into something, to me, that's not real." West said in a song that he told his wife, Kim Kardashian West, that she could leave him after the slavery comments but that she decided not to. Responding to a question Thursday, he suggested that he could design the uniforms for Trump's newly announced Space Force ("I'm into designing"). He also told Kimmel that Trump "is a player" when asked whether he was ever concerned about his wife being alone in the Oval Office with Trump while discussing the release of Alice Marie Johnson from prison earlier this year. Watch the full clip here:<doc-sep>Kanye West wants to clarify why he totally paused during last week's Jimmy Kimmel Live! interview after being asked a question about his support of President Donald Trump. Host Jimmy Kimmel, who has often criticized the Republican and U.S. leader on his show, cited the separations of migrant families at the border with Mexico, saying, "There are literally families being torn apart as a result of what this President is doing, and I think that cannot forget that, whether we like his personality or not, his actions are really what matter. I mean, you so famously and so powerfully said, 'George [W.] Bush doesn't care about black people.' It makes me wonder what makes you think that Donald Trump does, or any people at all." Kanye was seen pausing for a few seconds, after which Kimmel called for a commercial break. "On Jimmy Kimmel we had a great time having a dialogue. I'm reading that I was stumped by a question. Let me clarify the click bait," the rapper tweeted on Saturday. "I wasn't stumped. I wasn't given a chance to answer the question." Kimmel responded, "Not every question warrants an immediate answer. Some answers need to be considered and a talk show with time constraints is a difficult place to do that. I know how much Kanye cares and I am so impressed by what he is doing quietly and without fanfare to help those who need it."<doc-sep>
Kanye West recently made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he discussed his mental health and recent support for President Donald Trump with the show’s host, Jimmy Kimmel. During the interview, Kimmel asked Kanye about his famous 2005 comments regarding George W. Bush and Hurricane Katrina. “You so famously and so powerfully said ‘George Bush doesn’t care about black people,'” Kimmel said. “It makes me wonder, what makes you think that Donald Trump does?” After a few seconds of silence with Kanye seemingly at a loss for words, the show cut to a commercial break. Now, Kanye has address his hesitancy to respond to the question. “On Jimmy Kimmel we had a great time having a dialogue,” he wrote recently on Twitter. “I’m reading that I was stumped by a question. Let me clarify the click bait. I wasn’t stumped. I wasn’t given a chance to answer the question.” In a followup tweet, he later added, “The question was so important I took time to think. And then I was hit with the let’s go to commercial break.” Kimmel gave his own thoughts on the situation, writing on Twitter: “Not every question warrants an immediate answer. Some answers need to be considered and a talk show with time constraints is a difficult place to do that. I know how much Kanye cares and I am so impressed by what he is doing quietly and without fanfare to help those who need it.” Kanye recently shared a new song called “XTCY” with DJ Clark Kent. See Kanye’s recent tweets below. On Jimmy Kimmel we had a great time having a dialogue. I’m reading that I was stumped by a question. Let me clarify the click bait. I wasn’t stumped. I wasn’t given a chance to answer the question. — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) August 11, 2018 The question was so important I took time to think. And then I was hit with the let’s go to commercial break. That interview showed strong personalities with different opinions having a civil conversation. — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) August 11, 2018 I was so happy when I saw Jimmy walk out in the Yeezys. That was an olive branch. He lead with love. I appreciate Jimmy and his team. You guys are Jedi’s. much love. — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) August 11, 2018