What a shocker. Some American types are getting a bit worked up over an image of Kanye West on the cover of the new issue of Rolling Stone, in which the hip-hopper poses as Jesus Christ, complete with crown of thorns and trickling blood.
William Donohue of the Catholic League, however, seemed to blame the photographer, and not West, who he depicts as an amoral idiot. "This kind of thing has become commonplace. It's one thing to rip off Catholic iconography. It's quite another to exploit a poor soul like Kanye West. Anyone who is this morally and mentally challenged deserves our sympathy not our derision."
A representative for the magazine said, "Rolling Stone covers have always been an outlet for artistic expression; we certainly do not intend to offend religious groups, or anyone else for that matter."
In West's interview in the magazine, the rapper admitted to an addiction to porn, due to a formative experience with one of his father's Playboys, saying that he first came across the girly mag when he was five. "Right then," he laughed. "it was like, 'Houston, we have a problem.'" He also said he doesn't get why people want to knock him for his confidence (arrogance?) saying "In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?"
He kind of has a point, you know.