Kanye West Slammed By Sarah Silverman & More Stars For Anti-Semitic Tweets

After a week of contention which kicked disconnected with his “White Lives Matter” designs astatine Paris Fashion Week, Kanye West continued to incite outrage with an antisemitic tweet connected Saturday. His remarks were met with backlash from stars similar Sarah Silverman, and Jamie Lee Curtis, successful summation to organizations similar the Anti-Defamation League.

Sarah Silverman called Kanye West retired for an anti-semitic tweet shared connected Saturday. (Stephen Lovekin/Rob Latour/Shutterstock)

His archetypal tweet warned that helium was “going decease con 3 [sic] On JEWISH PEOPLE.” Ye struck a conspiratorial tone, adding, “You guys person toyed with maine and tried to achromatic shot anyone whoever opposes your agenda.” The threatening tweet resulted successful his relationship being locked for violating Twitter’s policies, according to a Twitter spokesperson who spoke to the media.

The Anti-Defamation League responded to the Yeezus rapper’s usage of “anti-semitic tropes,” tweeting, “Power. Disloyalty. Greed. Deicide. Blood. Denial. Anti-Zionism. All of these are antisemitic tropes. Many of these myths person influenced @KanyeWest’s comments recently, and it’s dangerous.”

Kanye threatened the Jews yesterday connected twitter and it’s not adjacent trending. Why bash mostly lone Jews talk up against Jewish hate? The soundlessness is truthful loud

— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) October 9, 2022

Prominent Jewish celebrities besides utilized their platforms to telephone retired Kanye’s hate. Sarah Silverman asked for solidarity, tweeting, “Kanye threatened the Jews yesterday connected twitter and it’s not adjacent trending. Why bash mostly lone Jews talk up against Jewish hate? The soundlessness is truthful loud.”

Jamie Lee Curtis plead to Kanye for empathy, trying to explicate however words incite existent violence. “The holiest time successful Judaism was past week,” the Knives Out prima tweeted. “Words matter. A menace to Jewish radical ended erstwhile successful a genocide. You are a father. Please stop.”

Comedian Michael Rappaport posted a video, wherever helium called out “kooky” Kanye, and kicked himself for supporting the rapper successful the past. He compared Ye’s words to Marjorie Taylor Green and the Charlottesville protestors, portion reminding him that anti-semitism volition ne'er beryllium “fashionable” oregon “appropriate.”

Kanye’s bigoted remarks started earlier his tweets. Instagram deleted a station helium shared of text messages betwixt himself and Diddy. In it, helium claimed helium would “show the Jews that told you to telephone maine that nary 1 tin endanger oregon power me.”

When the station was taken down, Kanye took his grievances to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg directly. He posted a photograph of the brace and said, “Look astatine this Mark How you gone footwear maine disconnected Instagram.”