Jamie Lee Curtis, Sarah Silverman Respond to Kanye West’s Deleted Tweet – The Hollywood Reporter
Sarah Silverman, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Rapaport are among a number of people in Hollywood and the larger media and entertainment industry who have responded to a recent tweet by Kanye West that has been repeatedly defamed by the American Federation and others. others consider it objectionable.
In a tweet with a now-deleted statement on West’s Twitter, which he posted Saturday night, Curtis told the rapper that “his words hurt and incite violence.”
“The holiest day in Judaism was last week. Important words. A threat to the Jews ended once in a genocide,” she wrote. “You are a father. Please stop.”
Comedian Sarah Silverman addressed what she described as silence from people outside the Jewish community following West’s statement. “Kanye threatened Jews yesterday on twitter and it doesn’t even trend,” she wrote. “Why are mostly Jews speaking out against Jewish hatred? The silence was loud.”
Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport addressed his previous defense of West during his public spat with Pete Davidson while calling the rapper an “idiot” and giving that he is making the same argument as U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Green and those who attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
The comments come after Twitter removed Ye’s tweet on Saturday for violating the platform’s rules after the rapper wrote that he was going “death con 3 On JEWISH People”.
“The funny thing is that I can’t really be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jewish too. You’ve been toying with me and trying to blackmail anyone who opposes your agenda.” he ended the tweet.
Below Twitter’s Ruleshostile conduct or incitement to violence against, threaten, or harass others on the basis of a number of identity-related factors, including race, ethnicity, national origin, and religious beliefs, to be banned in tweetsbut also images and handles.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Twitter for comment on West’s violation.
Comments come after Meta removed West’s Instagram posts for violating that platform’s policies after he posted text messages between him and fellow rapper P. Diddy stating that he would “give those the Jews told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me. ”
A spokesperson for Meta confirmed to CHEAP that the company removed the content from handle @kanyewest, the rapper’s official Instagram account. Although it is still visible, the account has been restricted. Meta applies its restriction policy after repeated violations by a user and may temporarily prevent them from sharing posts, writing comments, or sending direct messages.
While it’s not clear what rules the Twitter or Instagram posts broke, they – published around the same time as West’s controversial interview with Tucker Carlson – have been banned by a number of organizations outside of Hollywood. , including ADL, which addressed West’s comments on two separate occasions last week.
“Power. Disloyalty. Greed. Suicide. Blood. Denial. Anti-nationalism. All of this is antics,” ADL’s Sunday statement read. “Many of these myths have influenced @KanyeWest’s comments recently, and that’s dangerous.”
On Friday, the American Defamation League also responded to the rapper’s earlier comments and decided to wear a White Lives Matter shirt.
“The conduct of @kanyewest on display this week is deeply disturbing, dangerous and anti-social. There is no reason for him to propagate the slogans of white supremacism and classic #antisemitis about Jewish power, especially given the background he has,” the organization said. tweeted on October 7.
