A string of celebrities, including David Schwimmer and Isla Fisher, have called Kanye West out over his decision to sell T-shirts emblazoned with a swastika symbol, after a series of offensive, antisemitic tweets.
The Gold Digger rapper returned to social media in recent weeks and engaged in hours-long rants, targeting the Jewish community – over the weekend, he ran a Super Bowl commercial directing viewers to his website, where the only item for sale was the offensive top for $20.
He also stated that he has ‘dominion’ over wife Bianca Censori, and expressed his support for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, who is facing numerous sexual assault allegations, which he denies.
In some disturbing messages, the 47-year-old declared himself to be a Nazi and professed his ‘love’ for Adolf Hitler – he refused to apologize before his account was taken down.
The dad-of-four had previously targeted the Jewish community in 2022, and issued an apology written in Hebrew the following year.
As his latest posts continue to cause outrage, here are the celebrities who have publicly called West out on social media.
Isla Fisher
Isla Fisher begged her fan base to cut ties with the All Falls Down star on social media, branding him a monster in a message on her Instagram story.
Using her platform after his Super Bowl advert, she penned – via the Daily Mail: ‘Hey friends, can you please unfollow Kanye?
‘Did you know this is the only thing for sale on his website after placing a Super Bowl commercial?
‘F**k this monster forever. No Tolerance for this s**t.’
Charlie Puth
The Wedding Crashers icon isn’t the only famous face to slam the Grammy-winner over the now-pulled T-shirt line, as Charlie Puth begging him to ‘stop’.
‘The message you are sending out to the world is incredibly dangerous,’ he pleaded. ‘Please man, I beg you to stop.
‘You are selling a T shirt with a Swastika on it, and MILLIONS of people are influenced by you. Please I BEG you to stop, PLEASE.’
Matthew Koma
Hilary Duff’s husband, Matthew Koma, combated West’s vile T-shirts with a design of his own, taking aim at the rapper.
Sharing a picture of a white top emblazoned with ‘F**K YE’, he wrote: ‘Hey I can make a shirt too – link in bio, all proceeds to the blue card holocaust survivor charity.’
In a further message on his story, he added: ‘All proceeds to @bluecard1934 and today I’ll match all your donations.’
David Schwimmer
David Schwimmer has spoken out over West’s social media remarks multiple times over the years – including a lengthy message calling out those who were silent over his previous statements in 2022.
Just last week, the Friends actor referred to his previous statements while also urging Twitter owner Elon Musk to take action and remove his account for good.
He uploaded a picture of West in a black T-shirt, edited to add the words, ‘I’M A NAZI’, on the front, while also summarizing a string of his racist tweets.
‘This is so 2022,’ he said in the caption. ‘We can’t stop a deranged bigot from spewing hate filled, ignorant bile… but we CAN stop giving him a megaphone, Mr. Musk.
‘Kanye West has 32.7 million followers on your platform, X. That’s twice as many people than the number of Jews in existence. His sick hate speech results in REAL LIFE violence against Jews.
‘I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that he identifies as a Nazi (which implies he wants to exterminate ALL marginalized communities including his own) or the fact that there is not sufficient OUTRAGE to remove and ban him from all social media at this point. Silence is complicity.’
Schwimmer previously took aim at West’s posts three years ago, when he stated that he was going ‘death con 3 on Jewish people’ in a shocking tweet.
‘Antisemitism is on the rise globally,’ the actor said at the time, in a message that was supported by his Friends co-star, Jennifer Aniston. ‘Jews make up only 2.4% of the population of the United States but are the victims of more than 60% of all religious hate crimes.*
‘Whether or not Kanye West is mentally ill, there’s no question he is a bigot. His hate speech calls for violence against Jews. If you interpret his words any other way and defend him, guess what? You are racist.
‘If we don’t call someone as influential as Kanye out for his divisive, ignorant and antisemitic words then we are complicit,’ he added. ‘Silence is complicity.’
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian was married to West for nearly seven years and shares four children with him, before she filed for divorce in 2021.
The following year, she shared her support with the Jewish community publicly in the wake of her former partner’s tweets.
‘Hate speech is never OK or excusable,’ she tweeted.
‘I stand together with the Jewish community and call on the terrible violence and hateful rhetoric towards them to come to an immediate end.’
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis voiced her fury in 2022 after West targeted the Jewish community in a series of posts that were later removed by Twitter.
In one tweet attributed to the musician, he wrote: ‘I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.
‘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.’
Curtis directly replied to his post before it was taken down, urging him to step away.
‘The holiest day in Judaism was last week. Words matter. A threat to Jewish people ended once in a genocide,’ she responded.
‘Your words hurt and incite violence. You are a father. Please stop.’
‘I woke up and burst into tears,’ she said of her response during a subsequent appearance on the Today Show. ‘“DEFCON 3 on Jewish people?” What are you doing?
‘I mean, it’s bad enough that fascism is on the rise around the world. But on Twitter, on a portal, to pour that in? As if Jewish people haven’t had it hard enough?’
‘It’s just abhorrent. It’s abhorrent behavior. I hope he gets help. I hope his children get help from him. It’s terrible.’
‘And if we aren’t reacting, who are we?,’ she added. ‘What does it say about people who aren’t reacting? Who woke up and read that and thought, “Oh, what are you having for breakfast?” It’s a big concern.’
Jack Antonoff
Music producer Jack Antonoff – a frequent collaborator of Taylor Swift – didn’t mince his words when sharing his thought on Twitter.
In a post that is still visible, he fumed: ‘Kanye a little b***h.’
John Legend
John Legend, who was a close friend of West’s for years before their bond became strained during the 2020 Presidential election.
Speaking to the New Yorker, the All of Me singer explained that they fell out after West was left upset by his decision to support Joe Biden during the election, instead of casting a vote for himself.
Without naming his former pal, Legend made his stance clear on his antisemitic remarks on Twitter.
‘Weird how all these “free, independent thinkers” always land at the same old anti blackness and anti semitism,’ he wrote.
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