Radio host says Kanye told him: 'I love Donald Trump'

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President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Kanye West pose for a picture in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016.

• Radio host Ebro Darden said on Hot 97 in New York City on Monday that rapper Kanye West told him that he loves President Donald Trump.
• Before Trump's inauguration, West had a meeting with him at Trump Tower in December 2016.

Radio host Ebro Darden said on Hot 97 radio in New York City on Monday that rapper Kanye West told him that he loves President Donald Trump.

On the show "Ebro in the Morning," Darden recalled from his conversation with West that "he said, 'I do love Donald Trump." Darden said that he was shocked he was to hear West double down on his support for Trump, but recalled West telling him that "Nobody really showed love for me when I was addicted to opioids and in the hospital."

Before Trump's inaguration, West had a meeting with him at Trump Tower in December 2016 to discuss a number of issues. West pledged his allegiance to Trump at one of his past shows and confessed that he would have voted for him, according to Billboard.