Kim Kardashian Breaks Silence on Ex Kanye West’s Controversial Comments About Jewish Community: ‘Hate Speech Is Never OK’
usmagazine.comTaking a stand. Kim Kardashian broke her silence on ex Kanye West‘s anti-Semitic comments as the rapper continued to face backlash.“Hate speech is never OK or excusable,” the Skims CEO, 42, tweeted on Monday, October 24. “I stand together with the Jewish community and call on the terrible violence and hateful rhetoric towards them to come to an immediate end.”The Yeezy designer, 45, raised eyebrows earlier this month after posting about “going death con 3 [sic] On JEWISH PEOPLE” in a Twitter storm. “The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also,” West added. “You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”His account was later restricted and the tweets were taken down.
The “Heartless” rapper further opened up about his point of view during an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, admitting that he didn’t regret what he said.“I will say I’m sorry for the people that I hurt with the ‘death con’ [comments],” he said on Wednesday, October 19. “I feel like I caused hurt and confusion.
And I’m sorry for the families of the people that had nothing to do with the trauma that I had been through, and that I used my platform where you say hurt people hurt people.
I was hurt.”The controversy continued over the weekend when a photo of protestors in Los Angeles went viral on social media, showing a group of people hanging banners reading “Honk if you know” and “Kanye is right about the Jews” over a freeway.
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