Taylor Swift’s Video Director Weighs in on Kanye West “Famous" Feud by Comparing Her to Nicole Brown Simpson

Joseph Kahn, who directed Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” video, commented on her “Famous" feud with Kanye West by comparing the singer to Nicole Brown Simpson.

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Joseph Kahn, the director of Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" video, decided to weigh in on the Taylor vs. Kanye West/Kim Kardashian feud on Twitter on Monday.

Kahn, who also directed the clips for "Wildest Dreams" and "Blank Space," compared Swift's treatment by the Kardashian clan to the way Kim's now-deceased father Robert Kardashian supported his longtime friend O.J. Simpson after the 1994 murder of the football star's wife, Nicole Brown Simpson.

is this a joke? this is disgusting RT: "@JosephKahn Ain't the first time the Kardashians supported the murder of an innocent blonde woman."

— SOPHOMORE(abigail breslin) (@yoabbaabba) July 19, 2016

Kahn also had a pointed take on what was — and what wasn't — contained in the now-infamous phone call between Kanye and Taylor.

This is so disgustingly distasteful. To compare the petty drama around the fraud that is Taylor to actual murder is ridiculous

— M. (@m54431) July 19, 2016

Kahn has jumped to Swift's defense publicly before. After the singer faced criticism for the mostly-white cast in her Africa-set video for "Wildest Dreams," Kahn delivered a spirited defense of the clip, saying that the people involved were "proud of our work."

Reaction to Kahn's Swift/Nicole Brown Simpson comparison was fierce and pointed.

 

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