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Kim Kardashian snapchats phone call of Taylor Swift allegedly approving Kanye West's “Famous" lyrics_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 18, 2016 3:24 PM UTC Kim Kardashian snapchats phone call of Taylor Swift allegedly approving Kanye West's “Famous" lyrics  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 18, 2016 3:24 PM UTC On Sunday night, the feud between Taylor Swift and Kanye West [reached a boiling point](http://time.com/4410084/kanye-kim-kardashian-taylor-famous-call/?iid=sr-link1) when Kim Kardashian West released footage of a recorded call between West and Swift on Snapchat. The video appears to show the two music superstars discussing the lyrics of his song, “[Famous](http://time.com/4218582/kanye-west-taylor-swift-famous/),” which references Swift. A quick recap: After West released the song, Swift released a statement: “Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single ‘Famous’ on her Twitter account. She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message.” But in a recent [_GQ_ profile](http://www.gq.com/story/kim-kardashian-west-gq-cover-story), Kardashian West contradicted this, [saying that Swift was not telling the truth](http://time.com/4371498/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-taylor-swift/?iid=sr-link3) — and that she had recorded proof. Last night, Kardashian West made good on her word. In the grainy video, which has frequent cuts and edits, West appears to read the lyric in question to Swift, which she calls a “compliment.” They then affirm their mutual respect for each other. And Swift jokes that everyone will think it’s a feud — but that she’ll be able to dispel those rumors, thanks to the phone call. The Internet immediately exploded, as Twitter and Facebook went wild with the hashtag #KimExposedTaylorParty. Swift [responded with a note](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) explaining that she did not approve the use of the derogatory expletive — and called out the West team for recording her without her consent. Read the full transcript of the [choppy Snapchat story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwKKT3jpP7A) here. (The frequent cuts make it impossible to discern what’s been left out of the conversation.) --- > “” --- ## Transcript [ SOUND ] [ MUSIC ] O- M- G you guys, well Taylor Swift is slamming renewed claims from Kanye West And Kim Kardashian- West says she approved the his lyrics to his infamous song, Famous. That that you just saw was the video for the song. And when the song first came out in February, a rep for Taylor Swift told People the singer declined to approve the lyrics referencing her in the song, saying, Taylor cautioned Kanye about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyrics, I made that B famous. Kanye's Wife Kim Kardashian West defended her husband in an interview with GQ last month saying Swift did approve the lyrics and she took that one step further on Sunday night when she posted a series of videos on snap chat allegedly showing Taylor approving the lyrics of the song. Okay dope. You still got the Nashville number? I still have the Nashville area code, but I had to change it. For all my Southside bleep that know me best I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. [ INAUDIBLE ] I know I mean it's like a compliment kind of. Yeah, I mean go with whatever line you think is better. It's obviously very tongue and cheek either way. Relationships are more important than punch lines you know? Yeah I mean, I don't think anybody would like to listen to that and be that that That's a real diss, like she must be crying. And I am really glad that you had the respect to call me and tell me that as a friend about the song. It's just like a really cool thing to do like a really good show of friendship LIke a really good friendship, so thank you. Thank you too. Sunday nights episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians had also focused on the controversy surrounding Kanye, Taylor and the song famous. After news of Kim K's snap spread wide, Swift then went to Instagram to defend herself saying Where is the video of Kanye telling me he was gong to call me that B in his song? It doesn't exist because it never happened. You don't get to control someone's emotional response to being called that B in front of the entire world. Of course I wanted to like the song. I wanted to believe Kanye when he told me that I would love the song. I wanted us to have a friendly relationship. He promised to play the song for me but he never did, well want to be supportive of Kanye on phone call you cannot approve a song you haven't heard. [ UNKNOWN ] as a liar when I was never given th full story or played any part of the song is character assassination. I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative One that I have never asked to be a part of since 2009. She also captioned the photo, that moment when Kanye West secretly records your phone call then Kim posts it on the internet. [ LAUGH ] My gosh. Seems bffs Selena Gomez appeared to support her friend when she also posted a series of tweets Sunday night. Saying, there are more important things to talk about. Why can't people use their voice for something that, expletive matters. Truth is, last thing we need right now is hate in any form. This industry is so disappointing yet the most influential, shaking my head. Stay on people. com for all the latest on the story. 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