Kanye West And ‘Vogue’ Editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson ‘Apologized To Each Other’ During Private Meeting After ‘Unacceptable’ Behaviour
05.10.2022 - 18:57
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Kanye West and Gabriella Karefa-Johnson seem to have resolved their issues, according to the rapper.
Following West’s repugnant remarks about the Vogue fashion editor after she called him out for including “White Lives Matter” apparel in his Yeezy Paris Fashion Week show, the two have apparently apologized to one another.
“Gabby is my sister,” West wrote in all-caps, captioning a photo of Karefa-Johnson from when she was honoured as a member of this year’s BoF500.
“Im not letting people go to bed thinking I didn’t meet with Gabrielle at 5pm today for 2 hours then we went to dinner at [Ferdi],” he continued.
West claimed that Australian filmmaker and “Elvis” director Baz Luhrmann recorded the conversation, under Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour’s instruction. He noted that the footage is being edited.
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“We took pics and I was instructed to not post them,” West explained. “It felt like she was being used like Trevor Noah and other Black people to speak on my expression. She expressed that her company did not instruct her to speak on my t shirt expression.”
“We apologized to each other for the way we made each other feel we actually got along and have both experienced the fight for acceptance in a world that’s not our own,” the “Donda” rapper added.
West concluded: “She disagreed I disagreed we disagreed. At least we both love [Ferdi] and fashion.”
During the Yeezy designer’s Monday night presentation, he sparked controversy for the slogan featured on T-shirts from his collection, which is regarded as a “hate slogan” by the Anti-Defamation League. Karefa-Johnson, whom was among the audience, took to her Instagram Story to share a video from