Controversial former NFL star Antonio Brown STANDS BY Kanye West amid anti-Semitism scandal
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Controversial former NFL star Antonio Brown STANDS BY Kanye West amid anti-Semitism scandal – despite Adidas and a host of sports stars severing ties: ‘I continue to support humanity that is Ye’
- Kanye West has seen many of his business relationships end in recent days amid his anti-Semitic rant
- But Antonio Brown defended him and chose to stay with Donda Sports
- The move comes after Jaylen Brown and LA Rams of the Boston Celtics cut ties with the agency on Tuesday
- Adidas, Gap, Balenciaga, Vogue and Foot Locker have also cut ties with West
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Former NFL star Antonio Brown has defended Kanye West after the rap mogul’s string of anti-Semitic comments, calling the public response to the musician’s comments “reactionary and selective.”
West tweeted on Oct. 9 that he would go “death con 3” for “JEWISH PEOPLE” and went on to claim that Jews “control the media” in an interview released Monday, cutting stars Aaron Donald and Jaylen Brown ties to his Donda Sports Agency disconnected.
But Brown said Tuesday night that he would not leave Donda Sports, of which he has been president since his release from the Buccaneers.
“Over the past few weeks, the world’s reactionary and selective outrage at my brother, Ye’s media comments, has sparked unbridled conversation and reflection,” Brown said.
None of us in this world are free from judgment, but we live in a time when critical scrutiny and pessimism have driven our dialogues on cultural issues into diatribes.
Sensationalism and groupthink have forced people not to speak their mind and to act out of fear rather than love. For these reasons, I stand by my commitment to freedom of expression, thought and opinion.
Kanye West has seen far-reaching consequences for his recent anti-Semitic rhetoric
But Antonio Brown assisted the rapper and remained in his role at Donda Sports
“I try to actively live together in places where I can have a difference of opinion because it is diversity in mind that propels humanity forward,” he said, while also acknowledging that “discrimination of any kind is an injustice to all.” people.’
Brown ended his statement by saying he was “dedicated to help clarify statements that have been disproportionate by the media” and that “I continue to support the humanity that is Ye.”
In addition to the departures of (Jaylen) Brown and Donald from Donda Sports, Adidas, Gap, Balenciaga, Vogue and Foot Locker have also terminated their respective deals with West.
In an interview posted Monday with podcast host Lex Fridman, West also blamed Jewish people for his mental health problems, claiming billionaire philanthropist and progressive George Soros would “use the black trauma economy to win an election.”
In recent interviews, West has baselessly claimed that former Louis Vuitton menswear artistic director Virgil Abloh – who died of cancer last year – was “murdered” by the company’s CEO, and that “fake children” were planted in his home to protect his children. manipulate.