After slandering Vogue editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, Kanye West revealed that they met and agreed to disagree—now he’s facing more backlash over yet another heated Instagram rant.
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Yesterday after Kanye West slandered Vogue Editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson and her boots on Instagram, he instantly received backlash. That backlash from his diss of the fashion editor also coincided with the criticism he received from his “White Lives Matter” t-shirt and the rapper’s day went from bad to worse as several people called him out directly.
Supreme creative director Tremaine Emory quickly responded to the rapper’s rant and told him to keep Gabriella’s name and Virgil Abloh’s name out of his mouth as well as citing a post when Kanye insinuated that LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault “killed my best friend,” referring to Abloh.
“I gotta draw the line at you using Virgil’s death in your ‘Ye is the victim’ campaign in front [of] your sycophant peanut algorithm gallery,” said Emory. “Your best friend Virgil, NEGRO PLEASE.”
Emory went on to allege that Ye said that Abloh’s designs were a “disgrace to the Black community” in front of the Yeezy team.
Gigi Hadid also jumped in Kanye’s comments to defend Karefa-Johnson and called him a “bully.”
Ye’s comments even prompted Vogue to release a statement in support of the editor.
Kanye West Reveals He Met With Gabriella Karefa-Johnson & They Both Apologized Before Agreeing To Disagree
Last night Kanye revealed that he met with Gabriella Karefa-Johnson for two hours at their favorite restaurant Ferdie. Ye explained that he felt that she was being used to attack his artistic expression but he realized that she was not prompted by Vogue to blast his “White Lives Matter” shirt.
The conversation was also filmed and should release soon if not today. In short, Ye said the meeting was them agreeing to disagree and connect over their individual fight for acceptance in the fashion world.
On Wednesday, Ye responded to the dogpile of backlash he faced over Karefa-Johnson.
On Instagram, he posted and asked why critics weren’t vocal and didn’t support him when he posted that he wasn’t able to see his kids. He also posed the question of why everyone only speaks out on his difference of opinion.
Khloé Kardashian jumped in Kanye’s comments to defend her family while recapping the events surrounding the birthday party for baby Chicago that Ye mentioned.
She essentially pulled up with a “here’s what’s really going on” clap back while warning that she has receipts.
“Ye, I love you. I don’t want to do this on social media but YOU keep bringing it here,” wrote Khloé. “You are the father of my nieces and nephews and I’m trying to be respectful but please STOP tearing Kimberly down and using our family when you want to deflect.
Again with the birthday narrative. Enough already. We all know the truth and in my opinion, everyone’s tired of it. You know exactly where your children are at all times and YOU wanted separate birthdays. I have seen all of the texts to prove it.
And when you changed your mind and wanted to attend, you came.
Like you have pointed out yourself, she is the one taking care of your kids 80% of the time. Please leave her and the family out of it so that the kids can be raised peacefully. A. I come from a place of love and I am happy to continue this conversation privately if you wish.”
Of course, Kanye ignored the part about continuing the conversation in private and replied back to Khloe on Instagram. Ye called all of Khloe’s claims lies and even revealed another birthday party issue he ran into for his son Psalm’s birthday.
YOU ARE LYING AND ARE LIARS YALL
BASICALLY KIDNAPPED CHICAGO ON HER BIRTHDAY SO
SHE COULD REMEMBER HER FATHER NOT BEING THERE
SO THERE YALL ALSO THREW A PARTY BEFORE PSALMS
BIRTHDAY WHEN I WAS FLYING BACK FROM JAPAN TO
BE THERE FOR HIS BIRTHDAY AND THE FIRST I HEARD
ABOUT IT WAS SEEING PICS OF THE PARTY ON LINE
ALSO I SHOULD SEE MY CHILDREN 100 % OF THE TIME
BUT SINCE THERE’S A SEPARATION IT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN 50% OF THE TIME YA’LL WOULDN’T HAVE PLAYED
WITH DONDA LIKE THAT IN JESUS NAME
He ended his response by claiming that the Kardashians would’ve “never played his mother” Donda like that.
Shortly after the post was deleted but you can read it below.