Ye formerly Kanye West offers an apology to innocent families who experienced pain from his recent statements about Jewish people on Piers Morgan’s show but he said he doesn’t regret his recent remarks.
In previews from his chat with the Piers, Ye was asked if he was “sorry” that he said he planned to go “DEFCON 3 on Jewish people.”
“No. Absolutely not,” he replied with a smile, to which Morgan suggested he should be. “That is as racist as anything you say you’ve been through, and any pain you’ve experienced, it’s the same thing,” said Morgan, to which Ye responded, “Yeah, obviously, that’s why I said it.” Morgan asked, “So you said it knowing it’s racist?”
“Yes,” said Ye. “I fought fire with fire. I’m not here to get hosed down, it’s a different type of freedom fighter,” making a reference to racist police who used to use fire hoses to disperse Civil Rights era freedom fighters in the 1960s.
After a few clips showcasing the back and forth between Piers and Ye, in the clips we finally see Ye apologise for writing: “I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE”, saying he’s sorry for the “hurt” and “confusion” it caused.
He said, “the people that I’ve hurt,” and the “confusion” caused with his remarks. “Hurt people hurt people, and I was hurt.”
In a second clip from the interview, he reiterated his desire to apologize to those he hurt. “I really want to give you guys a big hug,” he said. “I want to word it, in not like a political way but a presidential way. Which means what I knew a president to be when I was growing up.”
"I really want to give you guys a big hug."
Ye outlines his feelings towards the people he hurt with his anti-Semitic tweet.@piersmorgan | @kanye | @TalkTV | #PMU pic.twitter.com/wZhoXqDWZD
— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) October 19, 2022
His apology comes mere hours after the CEO of Endeavor, Ari Emanuel in a letter to the Financial TImes said that Ye should apologize publicly and that his business partners and corporation’s “silence is not enough.”
“It’s not enough for Twitter to lock the rapper Kanye West out of his accounts following his anti-Semitic tweet that he was going to go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.” West’s business partners across the fashion and entertainment industries also need to speak out and take action.”
Ari, real name Ariel Zev Emanuel’s company is the entertainment and media agency that owns the UFC and represent high profile athletes like Lebron James.
He suggests that streaming platforms should also take some action against the “Wait Till I Get My Money Right” rapper to send a strong message.
“Apple and Spotify, which host West’s music, whoever organises West’s tours, and Adidas, which collaborates with West on his fashion line, should all stop working with him. The parent company of Parler, the Twitter competitor, should refuse to sell to West,” he continued in a strongly worded letter in the Financial Times on Wednesday October 19.
Kanye West agreed to buy Parler, a right leaning social network according to an announcement from the company on Monday. The promised purchase came days after Ye was locked out of both his twitter and Instagram accounts. Parler is an American social networking service associated with conservatives, like Ye’s new found friend Candace Owens whose husband is the current CEO of the app.
Ari, cited Ye’s global dominance in culture and his influence on young people as one reason he should be censored. “West is not just any person — he is a pop culture icon with millions of fans around the world. And among them are young people whose views are still being formed,” the Chicago born Jewish executive wrote.
The multi-billionaire told Piers that his statements are geared towards the people he is in business with who are not treating him fairly. “For the sake of this conversation I will refer to the business people who have destroyed me and my people and my fellow creatives.”
Watch clip of Peirs and Ye above.
