Stephanopoulos Confronts, Kanye Creeps, Putin Oppresses | Winners & Losers in Today’s Green Room

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos interrogated Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov over his country’s war with Ukraine on Thursday.

During a press roundtable for Russian television, parts of which were aired on Good Morning America, Stephanopoulos said to Lavrov: “The world is seeing civilians being killed in Ukraine by Russian bombs. The world is hearing the lies Russia is telling about those attacks, the world is uniting to condemn those attacks and those lies.”

“How can you defend them?” Stephanopoulos asked.

“I cannot comment [on] conjectures and there is a great deal of these now,” Lavrov replied.

Accurate estimates of death tolls are hard to come by in active war zones, but horrific attacks on civilians have been documented in reports and footage since Russia began its ground invasion and bombing campaign.

Lavrov accused the United States of seeking to “close down” Russian media outlets, which he said have shown “how the Ukrainian army and the neo-Nazi battalions behave towards the peaceful civilians.”

The reference to neo-Nazis is a reiteration of the Kremlin’s laughable claim that their invasion of Ukraine is an effort to “de-Nazify” the country, which is currently led by a Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelensky.

Stephanopoulos pressed Lavrov on that claim that Ukraine is run by neo-Nazis.

The questions exposed the absurdity of Russia’s propaganda. That’s the right way to interview a hostile actor.

Kanye West has sent a pretty alarming message to Pete Davidson.

Hours after Kim Kardashian was granted legal emancipation from West, now legally known as Ye, the rapper posted a music video for his song “Eazy,” which shows him kidnapping and burying a claymation version of his ex’s new beau.

In the video, West’s avatar sneaks up on Davidson’s character while he smokes a cigarette. West then puts a potato sack over Davidson’s head and straps him onto the back of a motorcycle — which is likely a reference to the rapper’s iconic music video for “Bound 2.”

The clip goes on to show West burying Davidson from the neck down, later planting rose flower seeds and pouring liquid on the comedian, which causes flowers to sprout from his head.

West then trims the roses from Davidson’s head and puts them in the back of a truck before driving off.

The moment is a clear reference the truck full of roses that West delivered to Kardashian’s house on Valentine’s Day, despite the fact that she was already dating Davidson at the time.

West ended his video with a message that read, “Everyone lived happily ever after,” adding,”except Skete,” which is the derogatory nickname the rapper uses for Davidson.

“JK he’s fine,” he concluded.

West also took aim at Davidson in the lyrics to his song “Eazy.”

But the beyond creepy video is much worse than lyrical trash talk. In fact, the whole thing is downright uncomfortable. Alarming, even.