Kanye West has apologised for the “hurt and confusion” caused by his recent antisemitic remarks.
Appearing on the Piers Morgan Uncensored show on Wednesday, the 45-year-old rapper, who is now legally named ‘Ye’, initially defended his comments after Morgan confronted him about his threats to go “DEFCON 3 on Jewish people”.
When asked if he regretted the remarks, he initially responded “No, absolutely not” before admitting that the comments were racist: “Yes, that’s why I said it,” he said. “I fought fire with fire. I’m not here to get hosed down.”
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Later in the show Kanye offered an apology. “I will say, I’m sorry for the people that I hurt with the DEFCON [remark],” he said.
“The confusion that I caused. I feel like I caused hurt and confusion and I’m sorry for the families that had nothing to do with the trauma that I had been through.”
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He added: “Hurt people hurt people – and I was hurt.”
Kanye is currently being sued by the family of George Floyd after he made controversial comments about his death.
The rapper recently claimed in a podcast that George died from the drug Fentanyl and that the offending police officer’s knee “wasn’t even on his neck like that”.
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The lawsuit filed by Roxie said that Kanye made “false statements about George Floyd’s death to promote his brands and increase marketing value and revenue for himself, his business partners, and associates”.
Attorney Pat Dixon also said in a statement: “Kanye’s comments are a repugnant attempt to discount George Floyd’s life and to profit from his inhumane death.”
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George’s family have since issued a cease-and-desist letter to the rapper for his comments.
The lawyers also stated that “George Floyd’s daughter is being traumatised by Kanye West’s comments, and he’s creating an unsafe and unhealthy environment for her”.
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
