--- title: James Corden: Watch Kanye West Taylor Swift Parody Video description: In a 'Late Late Show' clip, host Corden tries to share advice with the rapper over the phone — using the footage from his Taylor Swift call. canonical: https://time.com/4413263/james-corden-has-a-heart-to-heart-with-kanye-west-in-this-taylor-swift-recording-parody/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-19T18:16:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:32.513Z og:title: See James Corden Hilariously Parody Kanye West og:description: In a clip from his show, Corden uses Kim's Snapchat footage to have a faux chat. og:url: https://time.com/4413263/james-corden-has-a-heart-to-heart-with-kanye-west-in-this-taylor-swift-recording-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See James Corden Hilariously Parody Kanye West twitter:description: In a clip from his show, Corden uses Kim's Snapchat footage to have a faux chat. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # James Corden Has a Heart-to-Heart With Kanye West in This Taylor Swift Recording Parody > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 19, 2016 6:16 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 19, 2016 6:16 PM UTC _Late Late Show_ host James Corden is never one to shy away from [hanging with major celebrities](http://time.com/4412301/michelle-obama-james-corden-carpool-karaoke/?iid=sr-link3). So it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise when Corden gets a call from none other than Kanye West… except it’s actually just Kim Kardashian West’s Snapchatted footage of West on the phone. (Confused? [See here.](http://time.com/4411055/kanye-west-taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-feud/)) In his latest clip, Corden splices together [West’s recorded conversation](http://time.com/4410370/taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-kanye-west/) with Taylor Swift and his own questions and commentary. In the new context, West’s words take on a whole other set of meanings. When Corden picks up the phone, the chat starts off strong with the [infamous line from “Famous”](http://time.com/4226154/review-kanye-west-life-of-pablo/) that kicked off [the whole debacle:](http://time.com/4410393/taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-kanye-west-feud-memes/) “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex,” West recites. “Wow, really? Taylor Swift?” Corden responds, stunned. “Isn’t she mad at you from when you interrupted her on stage at the VMAs? I don’t know if she’d be open to that. I don’t even know if she’s with someone right now. Like, you can check on the Internet, but she’s super private about that kind of stuff, she really doesn’t let people know what’s going on in her personal life, so if I was you I’d just let it go,” Corden adds — very tongue-in-cheek. Then Corden seeks out West’s advice. “Listen, I’m thinking about doing a joke about Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s VP? I don’t know… I don’t want to hurt his feelings, you know? “Relationships are more important than punchlines, you know?” says West. 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