Azealia Banks Clarifies ‘I Want to F*ck the President’ Comment
Last week, rapper Azalea Banks found herself in an unlikely spat with Fox News’ Eric Bolling after she told Playboy magazine, “I hate everything about this country.” Now, in a new interview with Billboard, she’s made another provocative comment that is bound to rub him (and others) the wrong way.
“He’s so fine,” Banks said of President Barack Obama. “Those big-ass white teeth and ears hanging off his head? I’m like, ‘Oh my god, I want to fuck the president.'”
But now, apparently, she’s not thrilled about everyone taking that comment so seriously. She tweeted early Friday morning:
Omg I was totally just joking and being silly in billboard about the prez I wasn't actually being forreal
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) April 3, 2015
But Billboard thought the comment was good enough to tease on the cover:
Billboard cover sneak peek: What are the 5 things @AzealiaBanks *really* wants? http://t.co/mxqvuEFtl8 pic.twitter.com/dlMnkWGLBr
— billboard (@billboard) April 2, 2015
Later, she elaborated:
I said so many other interesting things during that interview. I'm seriously going to start bringing a tape recorder to interviews.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) April 3, 2015
Just so people can hear the context in which I say things because these magazine just want me to be some over sexual thing….
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) April 3, 2015
When its so much deeper …….
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) April 3, 2015
Sex is like one of the LEAST important things I talk about.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) April 3, 2015
I don't think the media gives readers enough credit for actually being smart and intelligent.
— AZEALIA BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) April 3, 2015
Your move, Eric Bolling.
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