Kanye West’s cameos-only policy regarding appearances on Keeping Up With the Kardashians carried with it the delicious promise that viewers would be seeing many gabby conversations this season about the hip-hop star rather than with him. And last week’s episode brought it all home. Even though Kanye did turn up at girlfriend Kim Kardashian’s baby shower, the sheer number of gratuitous references to his existence in the rest of the episode — “Kanye doesn’t feel comfortable”; “Kanye likes ballerinas”; “Kanye is recording his album” — made him seem like an imaginary character. Proof can be found in this supercut of the mentions of ghost Kanye throughout season eight.
