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Was Kanye West Cloned? Within the theory he is ‘not the same person’

Was Kanye West Cloned? Within the theory he is ‘not the same person’

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If you thought the conspiracy theories your weird aunt posts on Facebook couldn’t get any wilder, wait until she finds out about the Kanye West clone rumor.

Reality star Kristin Cavallari just popularized the internet niche theory by discussing it on her Let’s Be Honest podcast, claiming that she “believes in it” with all her heart.

The 37-year-old was referring to an online discussion thread that has faded in and out of obscurity in recent years.

The theory posits that rapper Kanye West, 47, has been replaced by a clone who looks nearly identical to him and is living in his place.

The ‘evidence’ to support the claim includes the claim that Kanye’s physical appearance has changed drastically in recent years, with his face reportedly changing shape and his height increasing by several inches.

Purveyors of the idea also claim that nefarious forces – possibly government or Illuminati – were responsible for the change, with their motivation being that Kanye was “telling too much truth.”

Kristin Cavallari speaking into microphone using headphones

Kristen Cavallari spoke about the crazy theory in a recent episode of her podcast (Photo: Instagram/ kristin cavallari)

The TV star stated on his podcast that Kanye has said “too much” in recent years and therefore the version he is presenting himself to the world now is not really him.

She continued: ‘I think there are clones and I think Kanye is a clone. Remember when he talked a lot? He was really talking too much and the cabal didn’t like it.

The word “cabal” – meaning a secret political clique or faction – has become a buzzword among far-right American conspiracy theorists in recent years. It is generally used to refer to an ambiguous, usually left-wing, usually Jewish, group of powerful forces bent on preventing “the truth” (another ambiguity) from being discovered by the average citizen.

When QAnon supporters discuss the fantasy that President Joe Biden stole the 2020 election, they often blame “the cabal” for the subterfuge.

The same term arises among those who have more recently been convinced, without any evidence, that federal teams are diverting humanitarian aid money to shelter undocumented migrants in the wake of Hurricane Milton, which devastated a large swath of the southeastern United States early. this year. month.

Kanye West Side by Side Comparison

Online conspiracy theorists are comparing old photos of Kanye with new photos and claiming he looks very different (Photo: Getty/ Backgrid)

It seems that if you want to blame someone for something, ‘the cabal’ is a reliable catch among the conspiracy-minded right-wingers who are falling victim to disinformation more and more frequently in the run-up to the 2024 US presidential election.

Cavallari continued: ‘He (Kanye) said, “If I leave and come back and look different, that’s not me.” And what the hell happened? He’s gone. Remember when he fell off the face of the earth?

‘Compare old photos of him. It’s not the same person!

She also insisted that Britney Spears was replaced by a clone, to which guest co-host Justin Anderson argued that he had worked with Britney’s sister Jamie Lynn on several occasions, but the Laguna Beach star refused to back down.

Was Kanye West Cloned? Within the theory, the rapper is 'no longer the same person'

The theory is more widespread online than one might imagine (Image: X)

She said: ‘I believe this with every ounce of my body, but the people who are going to come out and say something get killed.’

Cavallari initially posted a TikTok defending the theory, but later deleted it from his account, but that didn’t stop the idea from spreading with greater enthusiasm. Cavallari has 4.9 million followers on Instagram alone.

The theory began circulating several years ago thanks to an interview clip in which Kanye said, “If I go somewhere, you’ll know why.”

The video is often misquoted, with many people (including Cavallari) remembering the quote as: “If I ever disappear and come back, it’s not me.”

While some people pushing the theory online seem to be just looking to cause controversy or ‘rage bait’ to get engagement, a quick scroll through Reddit or X makes it very evident that many people seem to believe in the idea.

User X @CarolinaIsabelF wrote: ‘Honestly, I kind of agree with Kristin on this – Kanye has been acting really strange lately. Whether it’s the clone theory or not, something definitely seems off. It wouldn’t be the first time that strange things have happened in Hollywood, and when people start exposing secrets, you never know how far the powers that be will go to keep things secret. It definitely got me thinking!

@Sweetemmilyn posted: ‘Lol. Makes you think. Kanye totally reversed course after his forced lockdown. It’s no longer talk about love of freedom. He’s back to being scary and angry, dating a sexpot, and he doesn’t care about her being modest like he did with Kim. So I have to lean into the possibility that she’s right.

Comments on Kristin Cavallari's Instagram

The comments on the clip of Cavallari explaining the theory surprisingly agree with her (Photo: Instagram)

@DavidLCorbo posted a recent photo of the rapper with the caption: ‘This is NOT Kanye. This is a clone. The man recently called himself the new Jesus and I said to myself “that’s it, we lost him”. But I can’t ignore what my eyes are seeing. This isn’t him. Fight me.

Cavallari also posted the clip on her Instagram and the comments are… surprising.

@ginalolla wrote: ‘The fact that people (like your co-host) think this can’t happen is absolutely astonishing to me. I think everyone just doesn’t want to believe how much control some people have in this world.’

@hbsellsohaz agreed, writing: “Girl you’re awake.”

@stephanieannfenton posted: ‘Yessss Kristin!!!! I love you more!!! 🙌🙌 not damn Kanye!!! Look at Diddy too. His eyes are so close now it doesn’t even look like him.

There are also those online who are quick to laugh at the theory, with one Reddit user writing: “The clone theory is ridiculous and no one ever gives a reason why he should be cloned.”

A reddit discussion about the Kanye clone theory

There are also many Kanye clone deniers online (Photo: Reddit)

Any difference in Kanye’s appearance can reasonably be attributed to the simple passage of time, something that seems lost in posters sharing side-by-side photos of Kanye from 2006 and 2024 and talking about how different he looks after 20 years of aging. .

Many also reference a photo in which Kanye is obviously wearing shoulder pads, claiming that the difference in his shoulders proves that he is a copy of the original rapper.

As for the erraticness of his opinions and the outbursts on social media, the story is probably much simpler and sadder than a government clone.

The rapper, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, has displayed increasingly erratic behavior in recent years, clearly suffering from symptoms of the mental disorder.

A tweet about Kanye West being a clone

Many of the posts about the theory have strong anti-Semitic overtones (Image: X)

But logic is obviously not at the forefront of the ‘Kanye is a clone’ movement. Instead, the theory is likely rooted in thinly veiled anti-Semitism.

Rapper Gold Digger generated controversy for antisemitic comments in 2023, resulting in him being banned from Twitter and Instagram for violating the rules of the social media platforms.

He later apologized for the comments and hasn’t spoken about the matter since — which Kanye clone conspiracy theorists think proves he’s been replaced by a pawn beholden to powerful forces who don’t want him to reveal ‘truths’. ‘ dangerous.

Kanye West Side by Side Comparison

Many online users think that the cases in which Kanye used earplugs prove that he is a clone (Photo: Getty/ Backgrid)

Many posts about the theory refer to these observations when discussing the “truths” Kanye was supposedly telling.

One Redditor not-so-subtly posted: ‘He was eliminated for telling the truth, this is a clone. We all know who ended him, it’s the certain group of people he criticized in his tweets…’

It’s important to note that Cavallari may not be aware of the anti-Semitic and right-wing undertones of the Kanye clone theory and just thinks the rapper has seemed different recently.

But the seemingly harmless conspiracy is part of a larger, more complex network of disinformation that has infected right-wing American politics to a dangerous degree — and Cavallari’s support is further proof that these ideas are finding their way into the mainstream. .

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