‘SNL’: Weekend Update Tackles Elon Musk’s Reaction To Kanye West’s Anti-Semitic Tweets

Elon Musk took over Twitter this week and promised to make the social media platform the place to go for free speech. The tech boss raised eyebrows after he tweeted, then deleted, a tweet that amplified an unfounded claim around Paul Pelosi’s brutal attack.

Well, it happened. Elon Musk actually took ownership of Twitter. We’d love to say everyone was worried over nothing, but… certainly some big changes are already afoot. And they’re not exactly reassuring.

Just two years ago, Kanye West seemed to have everything he could ever wish for, he was married to Kim Kardashian with four beautiful children, he was a fashion mogul with his Yeezy brand, worth £1.7billion and made a bid for the US Presidency.

An already-completed documentary about Kanye West has been shelved — and the production company behind the film is now speaking out against the rapper following his antisemitic comments.

Ye apologized for his anti-Semitic “death con” comments Wednesday, underscoring that his tweet came from a place of “hurt.”“I will say I’m sorry for the people that I hurt with the ‘Death Con’ — the confusion that I caused,” the artist formerly known as Kanye West told Piers Morgan on his TalkTV show. “I feel like I caused hurt and confusion.

Kanye West apologized for his recent anti-semitic comments during an interview with Piers Morgan, but he stopped short of saying that he regrets making them in the first place.

Elon Musk has deleted a tweet hinting at a possible business collaboration with Kanye West.It comes after the Tesla billionaire shared an image playing on the Dragon Ball anime series, where two characters can fuse together into a more powerful being by touching fingers.Musk edited his face on to one character, along with a Twitter logo, while West’s face was superimposed onto another, with the logo of Parler, the right-wing social network the rapper reportedly recently purchased.In a follow-up tweet, Musk added: “Fun times ahead!!”Musk posted this and deleted lol pic.twitter.com/JwHJ6FMcGJ— Goat Capital (@TradesalotSir) October 17, 2022Musk’s tweet, which came despite West’s recent antisemitic comments and controversial statements on George Floyd, has since been deleted.After the rapper said that he would go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE”, whom he claims have a link with Black people (“I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because Black people are actually Jew also,” he wrote), Musk said that he spoke to the rapper about his conduct, tweeting: “Talked to ye today & expressed my concerns about his recent tweet, which I think he took to heart.”Following West’s comments, he was widely condemned by many figures in the entertainment world, as well as several political figures and organisations that represent Jewish communities.He has since doubled down further saying he doesn’t believe in the term “anti-Semitism”, claiming that it’s “not factual” and in turn has denied accusations of racism against him.The rapper’s comments come after a tumultuous few weeks which began when he wore a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt at a Paris fashion week show.Since then West has also hit out at Pete Davidson on the Drink Champs podcast in which he

Megan Thee Stallion had a busy night this past Saturday (October 15) when she hosted and performed on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Her double-duty appearance was promoted last week with two skits: a sketch featuring a nude Sarah Squirm and a more traditional, outtakes-style promo reel with Heidi Gardner.

Megan Thee Stallion is pulling double duties on Saturday Night Live as host and musical guest. The rapper knows about her talents and during her monologue she proclaimed she was “a really good actress.”

Jennifer Aniston has supported her Friends co-star David Schwimmer in speaking out against Kanye West‘s anti-Semitic tweets.READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return?On Saturday (October 8), West, who legally changed his name to Ye, wrote in a since-deleted tweet: “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.”He added: “The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because Black people are actually Jew also. You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda [sic].”In response, Schwimmer took to Instagram to share his thoughts on the growing marginalisation of Jewish people, noting how “anti-Semitism is on the rise globally”.Sharing an image of the word ‘bYE’, a nod to the rapper’s new lgeal name, Schwimmer wrote: “Jews make up only 2.4 per cent of the population of the US but are the victims of more than 60 per cent of all religious hate crimes,” he wrote.The actor went on to condemn West’s comments, writing: “Whether or not Kanye West is mentally ill, there’s no question he is a bigot.“His hate speech calls for violence against Jews.

Kanye West‘s recent Fox News interview, the rapper makes a string of anti-Semitic comments, attacks Planned Parenthood, and shares other inflammatory sentiments.In the footage – obtained and shared by Vice – West describes Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger as a “known eugenics” [sic] who created the organisation with the Ku Klux Klan to “control the Jew population”. Sanger has long been criticised for allying herself with eugenicist organisations and sharing some of their views – which Planned Parenthood nowadays denounce as “objectionable and outmoded”.West added: “When I say Jew, I mean the 12 lost tribes of Judah, the blood of Christ, who the people known as the race Black really are.

Elon Musk, who is poised to take control of Twitter, has raised a new round of questions about how the climate of social media could change with his revelation that he reached out to Kanye West after the rapper’s anti-Semitic tweets.

Elon Musk says he has spoken to Kanye West following a series of antisemitic posts the rapper made over the weekend.On Sunday (October 9), West had both his Twitter and Instagram accounts suspended after posting antisemitic comments. Twitter locked West’s account on Sunday and the social media platform later removed the tweet before locking his account.A spokesperson from Twitter told BuzzFeed News that “the account in question has been locked due to a violation of Twitter’s policies”.After welcoming Kanye back to Twitter earlier last week, Musk said he spoke to the rapper about his conduct, tweeting: “Talked to ye today & expressed my concerns about his recent tweet, which I think he took to heart.”Talked to ye today & expressed my concerns about his recent tweet, which I think he took to heart— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 11, 2022Following the comments, Ye has been widely condemned by many figures in the entertainment world, as well as several political figures and organisations that represent Jewish communities.Last night on stage in Missouri, Jack Antonoff became the latest musician to address West’s behaviour directly.

Fox & Friends Weekend were forced to make an on-air u-turn after learning about the hateful things Kanye West actually tweeted over the weekend.Initially, Will Cain, Pete Hegseth and Rachel Campos-Duffy supported West after it was revealed he was banned from Instagram for posts deemed “anti-semetic”.On Saturday (October 8) West shared a series of texts he’d exchanged with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs following Combs’ criticism of his ”White Lives Matter” t-shirt – a slogan tied to white supremacist movements. In one of those texts, West wrote to Diddy: “I’ma use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me.” Shortly after that, his Instagram account was restricted by Meta and posts were removed.“We’re in this weird era where people can’t just say what they want to say,” said Campos-Duffy, who had seen the post.