Outrage as music star Akon DEFENDS Kanye West for saying he ‘loved’ Nazis and admired Adolf Hitler

Akon has been accused of ‘spitting in the face of the Jewish people’ after defending Kanye West and saying his anti-Semitic comments do not concern him ‘because they do not affect me personally’.

The Senegalese-American singer, 49, made the comments on Sky News’ Breakfast program on Friday morning, telling anyone offended by the comments “not to take things too personally.”

It came after Kanye, aka Ye, 45, praised Adolf Hitler and said people needed to “stop insulting Nazis” in a disturbing interview with far-right pundit Alex Jones this week.

The father, who shares four children with Kim Kardashian, also denied the Holocaust, telling Jones and white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who also appeared on InfoWars: “The Holocaust is not what happened…he didn’t kill six million Jews”. , that is factually incorrect.’

Sky News presenter Anna Jones asked Akon to explain his continued support for Kanye despite his shocking remarks.

He said: ‘I show support for opinion and I think people will always have a specific opinion and I think by the time we get to the place where we close our minds to other people’s opinion, it doesn’t allow us to get to know each other better. .

“I think sometimes we should open our minds and let things work out to the end and better understand the situation.”

He said he was “a supporter of the right to believe what you want to believe” and said he would let Kanye know that he didn’t agree with him if they had a conversation, but that “communication is key.”

Asked if the comments made by Kanye concerned him, he said: “Not really, because those comments don’t affect me personally… and if it does affect you personally, then find a way to respond in a way that it’s”. the conversation can be reciprocal.

“I think that sometimes when someone gets offended, they just attack in defense, or attack to make that person feel the same offense that they felt, and I think that when you take the negative and apply a negative response, you will only get a negative response.

He added: “Don’t take things too personally just yet until you understand the situation.”

His comments were called ‘appalling’, ‘shocking’ and ‘absolutely vile’ by social media users.

One tweeted: ‘Don’t those comments affect you personally?! … That is spitting in the face of the Jewish people everywhere. Hate is hate, not an opportunity to learn.

Another raged: “This is so disgusting, he’s making excuses for Nazi apologists with a smile on his face, how can someone give people platforms to talk about it and broadcast Nazi ideology?”

One fan said that while Akon’s ‘goal of listening to people’ was ‘admirable’, this was the ‘completely inappropriate context in which to do it’, adding: ‘What Kanye said is wrong, full stop.’

MailOnline has contacted an Akon representative for comment.

Kanye’s shocking interview this week saw him wearing a cloth mask that covered his entire face.

In it he ranted: “I see good things about Hitler…every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler.”

Later, he said that the Germans “had a really good leader at one point” and denied that Hitler had ordered the death of six million Jews.

He did not kill six million Jews. That is factually incorrect,” West said in what were, to some extent, his most anti-Semitic comments to date.

‘I’m not trying to be shocking. I like Hitler. The Holocaust is not what happened…Hitler has many redeeming qualities,’ he said.

Even Jones, no stranger to controversy, seemed visibly uncomfortable at times during the three-hour broadcast.

He encouraged Kanye to remove his mask and repeatedly asked him what time his flight was, insisting that he doesn’t like Hitler.

However, he also tried to downplay the growing live reaction, saying critics were trying to ‘censor’ the rapper, and celebrated the fact that it was his most-watched stream of 2022.

During the show, the House Judiciary Committee removed an old tweet that praised West and said “enough is enough.”

West staged a fake conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nentanyahu, discussed his divorce from Kim Kardashian and his return to alcohol and ‘threesomes’ afterward, and referred to the 2024 presidential campaign as a ‘walk to the bottom’. [White] House.’

He also made repeated references to Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel, who is also Jewish, claiming he tried to “ruin his life” and goading him with anti-Semitic remarks.

‘If they go and 5150 me and try to lobotomize me, or put me in jail, it’s just going to prove what I’m saying and it’s going to cause high schools, elementary schools and universities to say enough is enough.

I have the right to speak out loud.

“That is our first amendment and it is a shame that you have to be considered in the spectrum to have the courage to speak out.

‘You have given me a beating, but I am not afraid. You can call me crazy, you can take the money… but Jesus is king and I love everyone. This is a love speech.

“I love Jews, I love supermodels,” she said.

The couple were joined by white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who had lunch with West and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

Agreeing with Fuentes, West said he was ‘pro-Putin’ and ‘pro-Russia’, and defended Balenciaga against claims of child exploitation, saying: ‘Everyone in the sex business is as bad as pedophiles.’