Kanye West is ‘absolutely not’ sorry for ‘racist’ anti-Semitic threats
Not only did Kanye West knowingly make anti-Semitic threats, but he is “absolutely not” sorry for his remarks.
The controversial rapper discussed his recent barrage of derogatory comments pertaining to Jewish people with Piers Morgan during a two-hour special for an upcoming episode of Morgan’s show.
In a preview clip posted Wednesday, the British broadcaster, 57, asked West, 45, if he regretted writing a tweet in which he vowed to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.”
“Are you sorry you said it?” Morgan asked, to which West replied, “No. Absolutely not.”
“You should be,” Morgan scolded his guest, prompting both men to repeat themselves several times.
After the media personality told the musician that his anti-Semitic remarks were “as racist as anything you say you’ve been through and any pain you’ve experienced,” West did not object.
“It’s the same thing. Racism is racism. And you know that, I think, don’t you?” Morgan asked, prompting the Grammy winner to lift his head up and reply smugly, “Yeah, that’s why I said it.”
Morgan continued to press Ye, asking the fashion designer, “So you said it knowing it’s racist?”
West clapped back, telling him, “Yes. I fought fire with fire. I’m not here to get hosed down. That’s a different type of freedom fighter.”
In a later part of the sit-down, the “Donda” creator seemingly changed his tune and somewhat apologized.
“You know, I will say I’m sorry for the people that I hurt with the defcon [comment] — the confusion that I caused. I feel like I caused hurt and confusion,” he said.
“And I’m sorry for the families of the people that had nothing to do with the trauma that I had been through.”
West then invoked the old saying that “hurt people hurt people,” explaining to Morgan, “I was hurt.”
“I wanna say that it’s wrong to hold an apology hostage, and I gotta let go of that and free myself of the trauma and say, ‘Look, I’m just gonna give it all up to God right now,’ and say to those families that I hurt, you know, ‘I really wanna give you guys a big hug … I’m sorry for hurting you with my comments,'” he went on.
“I wanna word it in not a political way, but in a presidential way.”
For the interview, Ye wore his signature “2024” baseball cap in camouflage print.
In addition to his “death con 3” tweet, the rapper also disparaged Jewish people in a since-deleted Instagram exchange with Diddy and allegedly told TMZ’s Harvey Levin back in 2018 that he “loved Hitler and the Nazis.”
West has since been temporarily banned from both Twitter and Instagram.
