By Mark Gray
12:03pm PDT, Oct 25, 2022
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Even when his words draw fierce blowback, Kanye West has never been one to stay silent and doesn't seem to care who's against him (even when it's the mother of his children!). Ye has been facing backlash after posting an antisemitic tweet on Oct. 9. "I'm a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE," he tweeted. The rapper defended himself by adding, "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." Twitter responded by suspending Ye's account for violating its policies. Still, Ye doubled down on his comments on Oct. 12: "Hey, if you call somebody out for bad business, that means you're being antisemitic. I feel happy to have crossed the line of that idea so we can speak openly about things like getting canceled by a bank," he told paparazzi. He then admitted to Piers Morgan that his words were racist but wasn't sorry. In the midst of his commentary, several stars in the entertainment world sounded off…
Click through to see how his comments are being perceived…
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"Hate speech is never OK or excusable. I stand together with the Jewish community and call on the terrible violence and hateful rhetoric towards them to come to an immediate end," Kim Kardashian wrote on her Instagram Story on Oct. 24.
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"'Hate speech should never have an audience'. AMEN." –Kerry Washington
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"The holiest day in Judaism was last week. Words matter. A threat to Jewish people ended once in a genocide. Your words hurt and incite violence. You are a father. Please stop," Jamie Lee Curtis tweeted. On "Today" on Oct. 10, she elaborated. "Death Con 3 on Jewish people? What are you doing? It's bad enough that fascism is on the rise around the world, but on Twitter, on a portal, as if Jewish people haven't had it hard enough," she said. "I mean it's just abhorrent. It's abhorrent… I hope he gets help. I hope his children get help from him. It's terrible."
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"Weird how all these 'free, independent thinkers' always land at the same old anti blackness and anti semitism." —John Legend
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"It's time for people to stop saying that man is a genius. Or that mental illness is an excuse for his antisemitism and anti-blackness. You can have compassion for someone's condition but also call them out. Words matter," Mandy Moore wrote under a tweet from Carly Pildis, the Anti-Defamation League's director of community engagement, that said Ye's "actions are extremely dangerous and must be called out."
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"Has Kanye blamed Ambien for his anti-semitism yet?" –Tom Arnold, referencing ex-wife Roseanne Barr's 2018 racist tweet scandal
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"Kanye threatened the Jews yesterday on twitter and it's not even trending. Why do mostly only Jews speak up against Jewish hate? The silence is so loud" —Sarah Silverman
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"A reminder – antisemitic hate crimes are at their highest levels in America in decades.
Antisemitic language, rhetoric and statements have become common place in American media, politics and pop culture. It is now normal to hear casual antisemitic comments from sitting members of congress, media hosts, pop culture figures etc. – it is a cancer and it is everywhere. It is an existential threat to American life and our Jewish friends and family both in our country and outside of it.
I have zero tolerance for this s***. Zero.
This is poison and yet another example why this man and his behavior are trash. Conservatives always claim to hate celebrity but jump and get excited like a teenage girl at a Harry Styles concert any time any of them show our side attention. It is pathetic, we are supposed to be anti celebrity and for the average working men and women – but I guess that went out the window years ago. This man is no icon, he has no wisdom I care to hear. Do not look the other way from this statement – it is the public hatred of Judaism and Jews and full f****** stop there is NO place for this anywhere." –Meghan McCain
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"Kanye West being locked out of his social media accounts isn't an attack on free speech, it's a justified suppression of vile, indefensible hate speech." –Piers Morgan
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"Kanye West's disturbing and dangerous threat to Jewish people is not only antisemitic and a continuation of his mental health free fall… it's also an act of domestic terrorism." –Billy Baldwin
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"Kanye West is a mentally ill anti-semite. Tommy Tuberville is a racist. Herschel Walker is a moronic liar. Donald Trump is a Fascist Criminal. Welcome to today's Republican Party." –Rob Reiner
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"I condemn anti-semitism and call on all elected officials, faith leaders, civil society leaders, and artists to denounce and combat all manifestations of anti-Semitism. Condemning anti-Semitism is the responsibility of us all." –Piper Perabo
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"Instagram is a breeding ground for antisemitism," "The Real Housewives of New York" star Lizzy Savetsky said. In an Instagram message in which she shared antisemitic posts sent directly to her, she added, "The amount of hate that exists towards us is rapidly growing thanks to irresponsible influence from huge voices like Kanye's! Thankfully Instagram has restricted Kanye's account. That doesn't change the fact that I continue to receive shockingly hateful, even threatening comments in support of his antisemitic message. My children's great grandmother didn't survive Auschwitz so we could sit idly by as people threaten our existence as a people. We have to speak up! I take these threats very seriously and you should too."
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"More and more, I find that Antisemitism is one of the rare forms of hate towards a specific group that is seemingly met with silence by the masses. It's heartbreaking standing with so many others on issue after issue & find those same allies consistently silent when we need them" –Josh Gad
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"kanye a little b****" –Jack Antonoff
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"I don't care if you're off your meds, there is no excuse for Antisemitism. Ever. Period." –Cary Elwes
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"Hoping after this most recent bout of personal awfulness (and disgusting anti-semitism) by Kanye West, that rather than boring us with yet another 'apology' he realizes he should just either go get the help he desperately needs or just go f*** himself." –Richard Marx
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"I suspect there's other people like me who hate to give that deplorable human dumpster more attention and relevance." –Ana Navarro-Cardenas
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"Racism ,Anti semitism putinism trumpism are all very bad for the stock market. Money can't buy you love." –Rosanna Arquette
