Astroworld victim’s family criticise Kanye West over “hurtful” comments towards Billie Eilish

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Kanye West over his “hurtful” comments towards Billie Eilish.West took to Instagram last night (February 10) to ask Eilish to “apologise” to Travis Scott while sharing a screenshot of an article that accused her of “dissing” the latter artist at one of her recent shows.The news story in question referenced a comment that the ‘Happier Than Ever’ pop star made at a concert in Atlanta, Georgia, which saw an audience member suffer a medical emergency.Eilish halted her performance so that the fan could access an inhaler. “Can we just grab one?” she asked a crew member.

Another clip saw Eilish being met with cheers after saying: “I wait for people to be OK until I keep going.”Her second remark has been interpreted by some to be a subtle criticism towards Scott, whose Astroworld 2021 headline show resulted in a fatal crowd crush that killed 10 fans and injured hundreds.West, who is headlining Coachella alongside Eilish and Harry Styles in April, wrote yesterday: “Come on Billie we love you please apologise to Trav and to the families of the people who lost their lives.“Trav will be with me at Coachella but now I need Billie to apologise before I perform.”A post shared by ye (@kanyewest)Responding later in the comments section, Eilish said that she “literally never said a thing about Travis”.Now, as Rolling Stone reports, the grandparents of nine-year-old Ezra Blount – who died as a result of suffering critical injuries at Astroworld – have hit out at West’s insensitive Instagram post.“To hear Kanye’s words, that’s hurtful to us.

What an idiotic thing to say,” Ezra’s grandfather Bernon Blount told the outlet.The young victim’s grandmother, Tericia Blount, said that West should instead be praising Eilish for her efforts to assist.