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“I bash find him antithetic than helium was backmost then,” John Legend said of Kanye “Ye” West during the Nov. 3 occurrence of the New York Magazine podcast On With Kara Swisher (h/t Entertainment Tonight). John, 43, told big Kira Swisher that helium “didn’t spot hints of [Ye’s] harmful behavior” backmost erstwhile their relationship started, referring to the antisemitic and anti-Black rants that Ye, 45, has continued to station implicit the past weeks. “But, you know, I deliberation beingness happens to people, and I deliberation the decease of his parent [Donda West successful 2007] astir apt had thing to bash with this,” said John. “I don’t privation to play armchair psychologist, but he’s decidedly changed, and a batch of america who person known him implicit the years are truly acrophobic astir it.”
When asked if helium was trying to assistance Ye oregon person him to question treatment, John revealed that helium and Ye aren’t talking anymore. “I cognize radical successful his beingness that are [trying to assistance him], but we person mislaid touch,” said the crooner. “We person not been friends for a portion now, and truthful I’m not personally doing anything, but I bash cognize radical who are, and a batch of radical are acrophobic astir him.”
Legend besides said that forgiving Ye is important, but it shouldn’t travel without him facing the consequences of his actions. “I deliberation there’s ever a spot for forgiveness,” Legend said. “I judge that the forgiver needs to forgive, you know? Like it’s amended for you, the idiosyncratic that feels similar they’ve been harmed, to beryllium capable to forgive. Because if you can’t bash that, it’s a value connected your life. And truthful I judge successful forgiveness successful general. That doesn’t mean radical shouldn’t look consequences for what they bash wrong. But I besides bash judge successful forgiveness.”
Kanye and John successful 2006 (Dave Allocca/Starpix/Shutterstock)In August, John spoke about his fractured relationship with Ye. “I honestly deliberation due to the fact that we publically disagreed connected his moving for office, his supporting [Donald] Trump,” Legend said connected CNN’s The Axe Files podcast. “I deliberation it became excessively overmuch for america to prolong our relationship honestly. He was upset that I didn’t enactment his run for the Presidency of the United States of America. He was not blessed astir that, and we truly haven’t been adjacent since then.”
Ye returned to Instagram, lone to beryllium suspended again for 30 days aft reportedly posting a screenshot of a speech betwixt him and (allegedly) Russell Summons. The Def Jam co-founder reportedly told Ye to “leave this fight” and “rebuild your biz” since Ye lost his billionaire status aft Adidas and different brands abandoned him successful the aftermath of those antisemitic comments. Ye reportedly posted a disparaging assertion astir “Jewish concern people,” which resulted successful his ban, per NBC News.
During his On With Kara Swisher appearance, John Legend besides spoke astir the dangers erstwhile radical with wide-reaching platforms prosecute successful this benignant of antisemitic/anti-Black rhetoric. “I deliberation we request to beryllium wide astir however insidious and nasty antisemitism is and has been for centuries,” helium said. “How it’s caused millions and millions of deaths. It’s cropped up successful societies each implicit the world, and it’s made beingness precise hard for Jews each implicit the satellite for a agelong time. And it is not immoderate caller discovery. It’s not immoderate innovation successful hate.”
“So erstwhile radical who assertion to beryllium escaped thinkers oregon innovators oregon originative radical conscionable extremity up landing backmost astatine this centuries-old meme of utilizing the aforesaid stereotypes and tropes to malign Jews and instigate harm against Jews — this is an aged but precise unsafe maneuver that has resulted successful a batch of harm and a batch of decease for people.”
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