Kanye West is ‘angry’ and ‘defensive’ as mask worsens paparazzi altercation

Kanye West appeared “defensive” and “angry” during his expletive-filled rant against a paparazzi snapper, claims a behavioural expert.

The Bound 2 rapper shouted at the videographer in the street while on his way to support pal Charlie Wilson as he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. The reporter asked the hitmaker if his wife Bianca Censori had any “free will”.

It stopped the musician in his tracks as he launched into a rant, snatching the journalist’s mobile phone. “Don’t come asking me that dumb-a** s***,” he said. Now body language expert Judi James tells The Mirror he became “instantly shocked”.

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Analysing the video footage, Judi explained: “This looks like counter-intuitive behaviour from Kanye, who seems to try to challenge a female reporter’s question whether his wife has free will by standing shouting at her, taking her phone and repeatedly asking for her name while she adopts a submissive body language pose, stuffing her hands into her pockets, lowering her head and sucking her lips in, pleading in a voice that gets increasingly high and childlike for her phone to be returned.”

She continues: “Kanye calls himself a super-hero here and his apparent lack of awareness of the optics of his recent outings seems disingenuous to say the least. Fans would be more than delighted to hear he and Bianca are both idyllically happy together but instead of choosing the moment to laugh and reassure that Bianca’s unusual outings are just a knowing ‘nod and a wink’ art or fashion statement, he becomes instantly shocked, defensive and apparently angry at the very suggestion.”

Judi goes on the explain that Kanye’s expressions are totally hidden by his mask, making his responses “even more confusing”. She added: “This would make his emotions hard to read by the journo, who presumably can’t tell if he is being ironic or even joking, especially when he offers her a job at the end of the rant.

“On a side note, shouting like this in a face mask would probably cause him discomfort too, where there is no outlet for saliva or heavy breathing.” Ye asked the reporter why they’d ask “some dumb-a** disrespectful questions about my wife” as conversation quickly turned to his children shared with ex-wife Kim Kardashian.

“You got questions for that, or are you part of the system? Do you understand what I’m saying? Do you understand what I’m saying? Was it wrong for you to ask me about my wife, some dumba**, disrespectful sh*** like that, was that wrong or right?”

The journalist is seen in another angle asking Kanye for her phone back before the rapper says, “Answer the question – I’m supposed to answer your questions – answer my questions. I got your phone now: They’re gonna arrest me for taking your phone, arrest me for taking your phone then.” He then calls himself a “grown-a** superhero”.

Later in the day, the reporter returned with a heavy video camera, seemingly so Kanye couldn’t easily snatch it out of her hand. He was confronted by more press as he attempted to leave the event, mobbed as he walked to his blacked-out Ferrari supercar.

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