Kanye West latest: Rapper now accused of praising Hitler as JP Morgan freezes his bank account over anti-Semitic tweets

ICYMI: The Fox News hosts admitted that Kanye West’s post aimed at Jews was “ugly” and “reprehensible,” making a quick on-air U-turn shortly after backing the rapper.

Fox News anchors Will Kane and Pete Hegseth, along with co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy, defended West on Sunday after he was banned from Instagram for posts condemned as anti-Semitic.

“There’s no doubt that Kanye or Ye should have retired after what happened on the Tucker Carlson interview,” Campos-Duffy said. “He had to be cut.”

Later, after speaking in his defense, Mr Fox & Friends Weekend The hosts returned to the TV screens with a very different perspective after learning what he had actually posted.

Shweta Sharma has more on that story here.

After a week of non-stop scandals, Kanye West showed up Wednesday night in Tennessee to be photographed alongside conservative podcast host Candace Owens as she premiered her new movie.

The couple also hit the red carpet for snaps with country singer Kid Rock and Ray-J, Kim Kardashian’s ex-boyfriend with whom she released her sex film in 2007.

The 45-year-old rapper was dressed in all-black baggy clothing, thigh-high boots and topped off his look with a black ‘2024’ baseball cap.

Marjorie Taylor Greene has slammed JP Morgan Chase for choosing to cut ties with Kanye West after another day of revelations about his past anti-Semitic comments uncovered by TMZ and LeBron James’ YouTube show.

“Did any of the people who burned cities and rioted in 2020 have their bank accounts canceled like @catturd2 and @kanyewest? Whether you agree with a person or not, nullifying people’s ability to buy and sell based on their speech is political warfare and proves free speech is dead,” the Georiga MP tweeted late Wednesday night. .

Kim Kardashian, the ex-wife of Kanye West and the founder of SKIMS, has reportedly only spoken to the rapper through third parties about the couple’s children’s plans, according to Page six.

“They have had zero communication for several weeks and all communication about the children’s schedules is now coordinated through assistants,” a source claimed. Page six.

The same source claimed that the reality star is also said to have been “very upset” by West’s recent behavior, including his interview with Tucker Carlson, the “White Lives Matter” premiere at Paris Fashion Week and the recent anti-Semitic his posts on the Internet.

Jimmy Kimmel couldn’t resist a scathing verbal takedown of Kanye West during his late-night opening monologue after the celebrity was once again embroiled in a social media scandal.

West, he said, was “more yee-zi than ever,” Mr. Kimmel began. He then read aloud the offending — and since deleted — tweet that earned West a boot from the platform Saturday night: “I’m a little sleepy, but when I wake up I’ll die 3 in JEWS.”

“Even Mel Gibson is like carrying it, man,” Kimmel said.

Read more of Kimmel’s departures from his Monday night monologue here.

ICYMI: The Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs, an advocacy group of Jewish Federations across Canada, released a video condemning Kanye West’s latest attacks on social media platforms, calling the posts “Jewish hatred in plain sight.”

“In Canada, Jews remain the most targeted religious minority for hate crimes,” CIJA tweeted Wednesday. “Kanye West’s recent post perpetuated stereotypical anti-Semitic tropes. Language like this has led to violence and targeted attacks against the Jewish community.”

In a video attached to the tweet, the group explains how inflammatory comments like those made by West over the weekend have been used to justify violence against the religious minority in the past.

“This is Jew hatred in plain sight,” a caption reads in the video after sharing a screenshot of West’s tweet from Saturday night.

ICYMI: Kanye West has released a video in which he appears to show a porn video to Adidas executives.

The rapper, who goes by Ye, released the quirky 30-minute vlog titled ‘LAST WEEK’ on his YouTube channel on Monday morning. In one clip, he appears to be in a business meeting with five men when he pulls out his phone to show the group a video.

“Is it a porn movie?” one of the unidentified men asks, to which West can be heard replying, “Yeah.”

Watch the full clip of the documentary here with The Independent:

ICYMI: Mehdi Hasan took on Fox News after leaked versions of the network’s two-part interview with Kanye West showed the rapper making a series of anti-Semitic comments redacted from his interview with host Tucker Carlson.

“Here’s a thought: neither the political party nor the TV network that condoned or ignored Trump’s anti-Semitism, Green’s anti-Semitism, Gossard’s anti-Semitism, and now Kanye West’s anti-Semitism should probably never be taken seriously again for anti-Semitism issue,” the MSNBC host tweeted.

Kanye West made a series of anti-Semitic comments redacted from his Fox News interview with Tucker Carlson, according to a report.

The rapper, who is currently banned from Twitter and Instagram for a series of separate anti-Semitic posts, also made outlandish claims that “fake children” had been placed in his home to manipulate his own children. The controversial fashion mogul also spoke of having “kinetic energy” visions of being sent by God.

Graeme Massey has more details below.

ICYMI: Bella Hadid has seemingly addressed Kanye West’s recent anti-Semitic posts, noting on Instagram that it would be a “disservice” to her and her loved ones if she didn’t “speak up”.

On Tuesday, the 26-year-old shared a statement to condemn anti-Semitism and “things” that have been shared relatively recently on “public platforms.”

While she didn’t mention West by name, her post comes after the rapper took to Twitter to claim he would con Jews.

“To allow any form of anti-Semitism to get away, however desensitized the world has become, would be bad for my friends, the families I’ve grown up with, the people I love and work with, myself, even the Palestinians. cause as a whole,” he wrote.

Amber Ryken has the full report below.