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London’s famous waxwork museum Madame Tussauds has announced the removal of Kanye West wax figure after his anti-Semitic comments on Twitter.
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A spokeswoman for Madame Tussauds London said, “Each profile earns their place at Madame Tussauds London and we listen to our guests and the public on who they expect to see at the attraction.”
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The figurine was placed in the museum back in 2015 and set alongside his then-wife, Kim Kardashian.
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Bloomberg is reporting that Adidas will sell previously collaborated products that they did with Kanye solely under the Adidas brand.
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Meaning, his name/trademark will be removed from the products he helped create.
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This is said to begin in 2023.
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Adidas claims to be contractually the sole owner of design rights of Yeezy collaborations.
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After their relationship was “under review,” Adidas severed ties with Kanye West.
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The athletic leisure company released a statement on Tuesday (October 25) : “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech. Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful, and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness.”
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“After a thorough review, Adidas will stop the Adidas Yeezy business with immediate effect,” the statement concluded.
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Adidas’ decision to cease working with Ye follows several other businesses that have stated they will no longer work with the entertainer, including talent agency, CAA, T.V. studio, MRC, and Def Jam. “It’s time for me to go it alone,” Kanye told Bloomberg. “No more companies standing in between me and the audience.”
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Kanye West appeared on Piers Morgan and clips from the interview were released on Wednesday evening (October 19), and things got heated when Kanye called Morgan “a Karen.”
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Several clips show Kanye not feeling regret for lashing out at Jewish people with antisemitic remarks he previously made during a “Drink Champs” podcast interview.
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“You don’t hold accountability to my pain. You’re being a Karen,” West told Morgan, who asked Kanye if he meant to be racist, to which Ye says, “yes, I’m fighting fire with fire.”
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In another clip, Kanye apologizes for “those I hurt” with his words. He seemingly is referring to George Floyd’s family. The interview will air in its entirety later this week.
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VICE’s Motherboard has unaired clips from Tucker Carlson’s interview with Kanye containing anti semitic comments and conspiracy theories.
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In the unaired comments, Kanye claimed that “fake children” appeared at his house to sexualize his kids. He also had a problem with his children learning about Kwanzaa and said he’s rather them learn about Hanukkah because “at least it will come with some financial engineering.”
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In Kanye’s rant about Jewish people, he clarified the word “Jew,” saying, “When I say Jew, I mean the 12 lost tribes of Judah,” he said. “The blood of Christ, who the race—the people known as the race Black really are. This is who our people are. The blood of Christ. This, as a Christian, is my belief.”
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Kanye also discussed Louis Vuitton and blamed the company for the death of Virgil Abloh, Planned Parenthood, being “trauma drunk,” and vaccination.
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Kanye West appeared on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson to defend his and others’ “White Lives Matter” t-shirts.
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Carlson asked Kanye why he wore the shirt, “I do certain things from a feeling, I channel the energy, it just feels right…we’re in a battle with the media, the majority of the media has a godless agenda,” Kanye told Carlson.
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The rapper said the answer to why he wrote “White Lives Matter” on a shirt is because “they do…it’s the obvious thing.” Kanye said the reason the saying is controversial is that “the same people who have stripped us from our identity and labeled us as a color have told us what it means to be black and the vernacular we’re supposed to have.”
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Kanye claims he felt compelled to speak out after backing with Donald Trump, and he and others who wear the shirt have been threatened with physical assault.
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