Kanye West Suspended From Posting On Instagram For 24 Hours After Confrontational Comments
deadline.comKanye West has been suspended from posting to Instagram for the next 24 hours, according to multiple reports, after a series of posts aimed at ex Kim Kardashian, her boyfriend Pete Davidson, comedian D.L.
Hughley and, most recently, Daily Show Host Trevor Noah. Noah addressed the situation on his show Tuesday night with a take that was short on gossip and long on empathy, understanding and hope for healing.In a since removed post, West today shared the lyrics to a well-known song about hope and togetherness, but replaced one word with a like-sounding racial slur seemingly at Noah for his Daily Show bit.
West has 15 million followers.Deadline’s sister publication Variety and others reported that Instagram deleted some content — ostensibly the above-mentioned post — and indicated West violated the platform’s “hate speech, bullying and harassment” policies. “Meta’s policy is to restrict accounts that have repeatedly violated these rules, and the platform will take additional measures if further violations are made,” according to Variety’s story.Noah, for his part, seemed to be taking pains to give everyone the benefit of the doubt in his Daily Show bit last night, a courtesy West did not apparently return.“What’s weird about the situation is Kanye West has told us that he struggles with his mental health,” said Noah on the show. “So I get it, you wanna have art as therapy.
But here’s what’s weird that Kanye doesn’t understand: It’s like, what we’re seeing is — it makes you uncomfortable.”After referencing Eminem’s tough guy act and saying everyone knew it was just an act Noah explained, “With Kanye, we don’t know how to feel.
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