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Elucidate his version of events. He said that before the song’s release, Taylor had given her approval to the lyrics.

I called Taylor and had a hour long convo with her about the line, and she thought it was funny and gave her blessings,” Kanye wrote.

He went on to say his lyrics about Swift were “endearing” and that she herself was actually the source of a contentious line.

According to him, she was at a dinner with one of their mutual friends when she allegedly said, “I can’t be mad at Kanye because he made me famous!” Swift quickly denied the claim, with a spokesperson telling PEOPLE: “Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single ‘Famous’ on her Twitter account.”

Her rep also said, “She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyric, ‘I made that bitch famous.’”