EST Gee has revealed he walked out of an interview with Bootleg Kev due to questions being asked about a porn star and aliens, which the rapper said had nothing to do with the actual topic at hand, his upcoming album titled El Toro 2.
On Tuesday, EST Gee pulled up as a guest on The Bootleg Kev Podcast, and after about 30 minutes, the interview came to an abrupt end. During the conversation, Kev asked several questions that seemed to rub Gee the wrong way, including prodding into his high school and college football career, and questions about pornstar Brian Pumper and aliens.
Once the conversation got back on track, EST Gee suddenly got up and walked off the set, with Bootleg Kev looking confused as to what was happening. Hours later, Kev shared the walkout on YouTube with a video titled, "EST Gee Did NOT Want to Talk About Being a Football Player."
The Bigger Than Life or Death rapper caught wind of the video and proceeded to go on his Instagram Story and call out Kev to clarify what really made him upset with the episode.
"@bootlegkev You tryna play it like I walked out cause of football like [I] ain't did plenty interviews talking about playing and talk about it in my music," he wrote. "You asking me if I remembered an old man pornstar. If I believe in aliens and the NFL combine????? WTF do that got to do with my album dropping Friday?"
He added, "And I literally just walked out that interview 2 hours ago you already got a clip up??? You tryna go viral LOL 100. I got real life shit going [on] ask around Ion feel like playing so please don't play wit me cause I play crazy."
Bootleg Kev had taken to Twitter following Gee's post to explain that the rapper's team wanted him to ask more questions that weren't music related.
According to Kev, Gee's team claimed the rapper wanted an interview that wasn't filled with the "typical stuff."
"About the @ESTGEE thing- I'm a fan of his music & was genuinely excited to talk to him," he tweeted. "I was told by his team that he wanted to not have an interview NOT filled with typical stuff where we talk about music this music that etc."
He added, "Apparently he has a wide-range of interests that include the 'Universe' & Quantum Physics etc (what I was told)…so I approached our interview as I do every single one- let's have fun, shoot the shit and get to know who you are outside of the music + persona.
Kev tweeted that EST GEE "came 90 minutes late (which isn't unique with some artists) and didn't ever really seem to want to talk or be interviewed. I don't care, I'm still a fan of his music and we got a moment out of it for the Internet. No hard feelings."
Lastly, Kev revealed he'll continue asking leftfield questions saying, "I look forward 2 talking about aliens, Brian Pumper, & Football with tons of other artists in the future! Go grab that EST GEE album #ElToro2 this Friday tho- & salute 2 my friends at CMG & Interscope! I create content for a living and today was for better or worse a moment!"
