The Game Hits Undo on His Kim Kardashian Claims in Candid New Interview
On Club Shay Shay, The Game finally walks back his long-running Kim Kardashian story with a surprisingly honest apology and well-timed introspection.
Los Angeles, December 11 EST: The Game is walking back one of the longest-running bits of rap-world gossip, and he’s doing it with the kind of sheepish energy usually reserved for reunion specials and apology tours. On Shannon Sharpe’s increasingly therapy-adjacent Club Shay Shay, the rapper finally acknowledged that, yes, he went too far when he publicly claimed he’d slept with Kim Kardashian.
According to People, Sharpe nudged him the way only Sharpe can: equal parts pastor, uncle, and human lie detector. After a few beats and some verbal sidestepping, The Game delivered the mea culpa fans have been waiting on for years. “Kim, I’m apologetic for the way that I displayed or discussed our inter-relations with the public,” he said, adding that there was “no excuse” and that he “shouldn’t have done that.”
That said it wasn’t exactly a full rewrite. As Mandatory pointed out, the apology was more about his delivery than the infamous claim itself. It was a vibe correction, not a plot twist.
Shannon Sharpe, Unofficial Counselor To The Culture
Sharpe has become the guy rappers, athletes, and reality stars tell on themselves to, and this interview kept the streak alive. He pushed The Game to actually say the words out loud, not just swivel away from them.
The rapper also revealed something fans might’ve forgotten: Kanye West once called him directly and asked him to stop talking about Kim altogether. According to People, The Game agreed at the time. And revisiting the moment now, he sounded more grounded, like someone who recognizes the difference between a punchline and a person.
A Kardashian Universe Moment
Because the Kardashian timeline is never not expanding, The Game’s apology didn’t land in a vacuum. It dropped right in the middle of a fresh surge of Kardashian headlines, making the whole thing feel like the universe had synced its Google calendar.
Khloe Kardashian, for instance, casually revealed on The Kardashians that she’s been celibate for four years. As People reported, she delivered the line with deadpan flair: “I have cobwebs down there.” The internet did what it always does with Kardashian one-liners meme, dissect, repeat.
Meanwhile, Kim had her own moment, telling cameras she’d “of course” commit to a six-year PR stunt if required because, well, “I’m Kim K.” According to People, it was said with that signature mix of self-awareness and hustle that has kept her at the center of pop culture for nearly two decades. She also celebrated hitting another milestone in her long-running legal studies journey, adding a touch of gravitas to the week’s otherwise chaotic headline energy.
So yes, The Game’s apology arrived on a day when the broader Kardashian storylines were already running hot, giving his comments the kind of accidental synergy publicists can only dream about.
Why Fans Actually Care
The Game has always trafficked in big personality and bigger stories. But the culture has shifted. What once played as rap bravado now lands differently, especially when real women, reputations, and old power dynamics are in the mix.
Fans aren’t asking him to rewrite history just to stop turning it into clickbait. And his tone on Sharpe’s show felt like someone who finally gets that. He wasn’t defensive, he wasn’t trolling, and he wasn’t trying to go viral. He just sounded older.
The apology also taps into something that’s happening across celebrity culture right now: long-overdue accountability for moments stars once brushed off as part of the game. The Game owning his part in that ecosystem hits as both retroactive cleanup and modernization.
What Happens Now
Kim Kardashian has not responded, and honestly, she may never. She’s mastered the delicate art of selective silence, and acknowledging this saga might just give it unnecessary shelf life.
For The Game, though, this feels like a reset a chance to close the tab on a storyline that lived way past its expiration date. Fans who’ve followed him for years know he’s reflective when he wants to be, and this interview landed firmly in that category.
Still, the timing is almost poetic: on a day when both Kim and Khloe were generating their own viral subplots, The Game stepped up to clean his side of the timeline. It’s not redemption, exactly. More like housekeeping.
And in 2025, housekeeping is its own kind of character development.
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