Two high-profile professional athletes are the latest to cut ties with Kanye West.
16.10.2022 - 23:31 / perezhilton.com
Oh, Kanye West…
Nearly a year after he first appeared on the Drink Champs podcast, the 45-year-old rapper returned to the show on Sunday for a nearly 45-minute interview to discuss a variety of topics – including addressing his recent antisemitic remarks. As you know, Kanye has been at the center of controversy over the last few weeks after wearing a “White Lives Matters” shirt at Paris Fashion Week and making several antisemitic comments, including threatening to go “death con 3 on Jewish People.” While he has been put in the penalty box on Instagram and Twitter for those terrible remarks, he decided to continue to spew antisemitic tropes and conspiracies in the podcast interview.
Going on a long rant, the Yeezy fashion designer insisted he was not an anti-Semite since he is also Jewish “as the blood of Christ.” However, Ye continued to double down on his recent harmful comments, saying how Jewish people control the media and entertainment:
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He even blamed “Jewish Zionists” for Kim Kardashian and her ex-boyfriend (“Skete”) Pete Davidson – who he called “a heroin addict” – having sex in front of a fireplace in honor of her grandmother:
Kanye went on to say Dov Charney, the Los Angeles Apparel founder who printed his “White Lives Matter” tee, would not release the shirts after the Jesus Walks artist tweeted “death con 3 on Jewish People.” And when Charney suggested Ye visit the Holocaust Museum to understand why his comments are so hurtful, the father of four told him to go to Planned Parenthood instead — “our Holocaust Museum.” Yeah, he really said that…
He then discussed how he has gotten “used to getting screwed by the Jewish
Two high-profile professional athletes are the latest to cut ties with Kanye West.
Another one bites the dust.
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