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How Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's Taylor Swift phone call exposed pair's 'lies'

Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. (Courtesy)

Though some fans think what happened nearly 12 months ago was the first sign of the troubled times ahead. It is fast approaching a year since Kanye and Kim were exposed after his phone call to Taylor Swift was heard by the world. The infamous conversational about the rapper's song Famous was leaked in full – and we all found out the truth. So much has changed of course after it was revealed earlier this month the superstars are to call it a day. Fans will look back at the March 2020 revelation as evidence that things were not always stable – despite supporting each other in the row.

The rapper, 43, and pop star became embroiled in a feud after Kanye and wife Kim claimed that Taylor, 31, agreed to be called a 'b**ch' in his song Famous. He also sung about how he is the reason she is a household name. It quickly to light that the Kardashian-West's did not tell the whole truth in the 2016 call – as the full 25-minute conversation between Swift and West has been leaked online.

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