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Kanye West Apologizes to Michael Che After 2018 Rant

9/27/2025

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Michael Che says Kanye West apologized to him a year after West's controversial pro-Trump SNL rant in 2018.
Che describes a backstage confrontation and his disappointment over West's comments.
The apology occurred on a December 2019 SNL episode hosted by Eddie Murphy, when Che met West in a hallway; it is in the documentary In Whose Name.

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Michael Che says Kanye West apologized to him a year after West's controversial pro-Trump SNL rant in 2018.
Che describes a backstage confrontation and his disappointment over West's comments.
The apology occurred on a December 2019 SNL episode hosted by Eddie Murphy, when Che met West in a hallway; it is in the documentary In Whose Name.