Kanye West sparred on live TV with Chris Cuomo as the host ripped his “ugly,” “demonstrably false” and “inherently antisemitic” claim that an all-controlling “Jewish underground media mafia” is out to get him.
The rapper-turned-fashion mogul sat in the back of a car for a feisty interview Monday on Cuomo’s NewsNation show in which he was challenged over earlier saying he was “going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.”
Cuomo repeatedly challenged the star, now known as Ye, as he doubled down while trying to justify his slurs.
Kanye West
“Every celebrity has Jewish people in their contract — this is not hate speech, this is the truth. And these people, if you say anything out of the line with the agenda, then your career could be over.”
Cuomo repeatedly fired back, telling Ye that his “ugly” thoughts “are not things you can say coming from a place of intelligence or love or anything productive.”
Chris Cuomo
“You may have had bad business dealings with people — it’s about those people. It’s not about their religion or faith. And I know that you’re intelligent and understand that when you target people because of their faith, other people may do so the same.”
Cuomo also reminded Ye that there’s a crucial, clear difference between “saying they’re a mafia and act as ‘Jews’ in some way as opposed to being just businessmen.
Ye insisted he was “not backing down” — and at one point childishly chanted “la-la-la-la” to stop Cuomo arguing against him.
At the end of their fiesty exchange, Cuomo suggested that Ye seems “out of control,” asking if he was taking care of himself.