Los Angeles, Feb 21 (IANS): Rapper Kanye West has blasted his former lover Amber Rose, saying he took "thirty showers" after dating her before getting on with Kim Kardashian West.

Kanye's former lover had launched a war of words against his wife Kim and her family, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"She's just soaking in the moment... If Kim had dated me when I first wanted to be with her, there wouldn't be Amber Rose.

"It's very hard for a woman to want to be with someone that's with Amber Rose. I had to take like 30 showers before I got with Kim... Don't ask me anymore, I wanna be respectful," Kanye tweeted.

The hitmaker believes his wife's "power" stems from her body and has defended her recent naked photoshoots, including where she posed nude for Paper magazine in a bid to "break the internet".

He added: "It's important for her to stand up, I think, in all of her glory and power. Her power is in her body, in her nudity. Her power's in her mind; her power's in her family - but body is one of her powers...

"She's gonna create a legacy... She can get naked if she wants to; it's not illegal. Think about this, if Adam and Eve ate the apple, we'd all be naked."