In this flashback, Van Lathan addressed Kanye coming into TMZ while he was working there in 2018, and Kanye going viral for saying that slavery was a choice. Vlad then read Van his response, and Van explained that he responded to Kanye, who Van says asked TMZ employees their thoughts on his commentary. Van then revealed that Kanye called him that night to meet and talk to him, and Van explained that he didn’t feel comfortable at the time. He added that he would’ve went to the meeting after rethinking things, and Van also revealed that he later had an email exchange with Kanye to talk things out.