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Was It All Just A Set-Up? Kanye To Appear On Jimmy Kimmel
Was the heated Kanye West/Jimmy Kimmel feud all an elaborate set-up? News that Yeezy will be a guest on tomorrow's Jimmy Kimmel Live makes us wonder if the ALL CAPS Twitter battle between the rapper and the late-night host was just a joke, or if West is just trying to save face after being on the losing side of that battle.
ABC's brief press release merely read: "On Wednesday evening, Jimmy Kimmel will welcome Kanye West to Jimmy Kimmel Live."
If it's somehow not a gag (Kimmel insisted via Twitter that it it's not) this could make for some very colorful TV. (Twitter, brace for impact.)
TOMORROW NIGHT, MY GUEST WILL BE @kanyewest (for real, yes and was it all a setup, no)
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) October 8, 2013
Kanye, meanwhile, has not tweeted since September 30.
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