Kanye West made a 40-minute apology video to the Jewish community after facing “pressure” from his wife Bianca Censori, who friends say was “extremely concerned” that the controversial star's comments had “endangered her safety.”
The outspoken rapper, 46, had previously posted a written apology in Hebrew for his series of awkward and offensive outbursts – most recently when he rapped anti-Semitic lyrics in Dubai and praised Hitler in Las Vegas last month.
However, it has since been revealed that the hitmaker, who suffers from bipolar disorder, also assembled a camera crew to film his apology video “several weeks ago,” but “at times it was impossible to decipher what he was saying,” according to TMZ .
Now friends close to his wife, a 29-year-old architectural designer, have revealed to that the rap star – who also goes by Ye – was pressured into making the apology video by his concerned wife.
“Kanye was pressured by Bianca to make this video because she was very afraid that he would jeopardize her safety,” the insider revealed. “They received threats and her friends expressed their fear to her in several text messages.”
Kanye West has made a 40-minute apology video to the Jewish community after being pressured by his wife Bianca Censori, a source tells
The source continued: “With everything going on in the world with Israel, Kanye is putting himself in the line of fire and would make a very easy target because of his accessibility. “This frightens everyone who knows Bianca.”
The insider revealed that the rapper was unhappy with the worrying messages her friends had sent Bianca and urged her to end the marriage to keep herself away from any danger.
According to the source, the Gold Digger rapper has started reading through Bianca's messages to make sure she hasn't been secretly communicating with another man.
“Kanye is paranoid right now and skeptical of everyone, including his own wife,” the insider revealed. “He found her phone the other day and started messaging her friends because he thought they might be a man.”
They continued: “There were a lot of messages from her friends telling her to leave him and get out while she can. “There were friends telling her to come home. He started sending them messages and of course it was just their friends.'
The source revealed: “She doesn't have any free time to cheat or be alone.” She is with him every second of the day and he doesn't let her out of his sight.
“She's suffocated and knows what her friends want. “She's struggling with what she wants right now.”
Kanye is said to be dropping the mea culpa before his and Ty Dolla $ign's long-delayed Vultures album is finally released on February 9th via iTunes, Apple Music and his website.
The insider explained: “She was extremely worried that he would endanger her safety.” She received threats and her friends expressed their fear to her in several text messages.
On December 15, Kanye unleashed a shocking anti-Semitic tirade in which he shouted, “Jesus Christ, Hitler, you!” Sponsor this!' during an event in Las Vegas (pictured)
The award-winning producer initially made no move to tone down his provocative antics when he donned a black KKK hood during the Vulture listening event on Dec. 11 in Miami.
The 24-time Grammy winner, who has 64.1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, then apologized on December 26 in Hebrew, which many believed was AI-written.
It said: “I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any inadvertent outburst caused by my words or actions. It was not my intention to hurt or disrespect her, and I deeply regret the pain I have caused.”
In November, the Anti-Defamation League called Kanye “disgusting, unrepentant and clearly misogynistic” for writing the lyric “How am I anti-Semitic?” I just fucked a Jewish bitch on the title track “Vultures.”
Richard Hirschhaut, spokesman for the American Jewish Committee, said the song's lyrics “seem particularly pathetic and sad” and “unforgivable at this tense and dangerous time for the Jewish community.”
In October, The New York Times published an exposé revealing that West “drew a swastika on a shoe sketch” during a 2013 meeting with Adidas executives and openly praised “master marketer” Adolf Hitler for his “mastery of propaganda.”
Last March, the Atlanta-born hip-hop star claimed in a bizarre Instagram post that watching Jonah Hill in his 2012 action comedy “21 Jump Street” made him “like Jews again.”
“No one should turn anger toward one or two individuals into hatred toward millions of innocent people,” wrote Kanye, who has 42.8 million social media followers.
“No Christian can be called anti-Semitic if they know that Jesus is Jewish. “Thanks Jonah Hill, I love you.”
West, who suffers from bipolar disorder, also donned a black KKK hood during the Dec. 11 Vultures listening event in Miami
In November, the Anti-Defamation League called Kanye “disgusting” and “unrepentant” for writing the lyrics “How am I anti-Semitic?” I just fucked a Jewish bitch on the title track “Vultures.”
On December 30, Kanye posted an apology in Hebrew on his Instagram account, saying, “I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any inadvertent outburst.”
Kanye is said to be dropping the mea culpa before his and Ty Dolla $ign's long-delayed Vultures album is finally released on February 9th via iTunes, Apple Music and his website
This came after West tweeted that he would be launching “Death Con 3 against Jewish people” in 2022, which resulted in him being promptly dropped by his agency CAA, production companies MRC, Adidas, Gap and Balenciaga.
Since then, the rapper has focused on rebuilding his brand and company, recently filing paperwork To a new trademark for a phrase inspired by his wife.
The filing revealed plans to market a bizarre array of goods and services using the slogan, including “biological cloning,” “moisturizers,” “plush toys” and “wireless receivers in the form of jewelry.”
The rapper filed nine separate trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on January 11 with the phrase, “I MISS YOU WHEN I WAKE UP BEFORE YOU.”
Elsewhere, the divorced father-of-four debuted a dramatic new look this week.
Kim Kardashian's ex-husband – who has 62.7 million social media followers – showed off his new custom-made $850,000 titanium grill, made by Beverly Hills dentist Thomas Connelly.
Kanye modeled them on the steel teeth worn by Bond henchman Jaws (Richard Kiel) in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979).