The friendship between Kanye West and the Olsen Twins seems to go back to 2011. In June 2011, news broke that Kanye West — who was 34 at the time — and Mary-Kate Olsen — newly 25 — were spotted making out, per E! News. Meanwhile, West's future wife, Kim Kardashian, was in the midst of her infamous 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries.
While the alleged hookup seemed to have been a one-time thing, West's friendship seemingly persisted not just with Mary-Kate, but Ashley Olsen, as well. According to The Wall Street Journal, the twins were spotted in the front row of his fashion show in October 2011, and he named-dropped them in 2011's collaborative album Watch the Throne with Jay-Z.
Diplo later claimed that Mary-Kate and Ashley were in the studio when West recorded Watch the Throne and Kanye allegedly said: "they're like my thermometer for what white girls listen to." While most of the evidence of their friendship exists in the Watch the Throne-era, the artists still cross paths occasionally at fashion events. TIME magazine theorized in 2015 that "Kanye couldn't have a role model better than the Olsen Twins" for his fashion design work, citing their success in breaking fully into fashion and garnering respect in the industry in a way that most celebrities haven't.
We now know that Kanye West did eventually come to gain the respect in the industry he so craved; the jury is still out over how much the Olsen Twins helped him.
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