‘That didn’t happen’: Quentin Tarantino responds to Kanye West’s Django Unchained claim

Legendary director Quentin Tarantino has responded to Kanye West’s claim that Django Unchained was his idea.

Quentin Tarantino has dismissed Kanye West’s claim that he and Jamie Foxx stole his idea for the 2012 award-winning film Django Unchained.

Last week, the rapper, who has legally changed his name to Ye, appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored, available to stream on Flash, and said he pitched a slavery-themed story for his music video, which never came to be, while in a meeting with the famed director and Foxx.

“Tarantino can write a movie about slavery, where actually, him and Jamie, they got the idea from me, because the idea for Django I pitched to Jamie Foxx and Quentin Tarantino as the video for Gold Digger. And then Tarantino turned it into a film,” he told the Sky News host.

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Kanye West. Picture: Jean-Baptiste Lacroix / AFP

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During an interview on US talkshow Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the Pulp Fiction filmmaker responded to Ye’s claim.

“There’s not truth to the idea that Kanye West came up with the idea of Django and then he told that to me, and I go, ‘Hey, wow, that’s a really great idea. Let me take Kanye’s idea and make Django Unchained out of it.’ That didn’t happen,” the Oscar-winner said.

“I’d had the idea for Django for a while before I ever met Kanye.

“He wanted to do a giant movie version of The College Dropout [Ye’s debut studio album] the way he did the album – so he wanted to get big directors to do different tracks from the album and then release it as this giant movie – not video, nothing as crass as videos, it was movies, movies based on each of the different tracks.

“We used it as an excuse to meet each other and so we met each other and we had a really good time.

“And he did have an idea for a video. I do think it was for the Gold Digger video, that he would be a slave.

“And the whole thing was the slave narrative where he’s a slave and he’s singing Gold Digger.

“And it was very funny. It was a really, really funny idea.”

“It was meant to be ironic. It’s like a huge musical. I mean, like, no expenses spared, alright? With him in this, like, slave rag outfit doing everything. Then that was also part of the pushback on it. But, I wish he had done it. It sounded really cool. Anyway, that’s what he’s referring to,” Tarantino added.

A poster for Django Unchained

Earlier this month, the Donda star made headlines for his racist and anti-Semitic statements.

The father-of-four’s global outrage has cost him several lucrative fashion collaborations.

Adidas announced on Wednesday that it was cutting ties with Ye over his “harmful” and ”dangerous” comments.

The German sportswear giant added that the move would cost it €250 million ($390 million AUD).

Adidas said in a statement: “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech.

“Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness.”

Adidas has joined companies like Gap and Balenciaga in ending their partnership with the musician.

Balenciaga’s parent, Kering said in a statement to WWD, “Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this artist.”

The French company did not elaborate further, WWD reported.

– With The Sun