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Gwyneth Paltrow Claps Back at Kanye West’s Anti-Semitic Rant Amid Growing Controversy

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Gwyneth Paltrow took to her Insta Stories amid Kanye West’s anti-Semitic rant.

The Academy Award-winning actress, whose father was Jewish (Bruce Paltrow), didn’t explicitly mention him but made it plain where she takes a stand regarding the problematic rapper.

* Her friend Jessica Seinfeld, who’s married to comedian Jerry Seinfeld, expressed her stance: she opposes prejudice towards Jewish people. This statement was written in blue.

As a staunch advocate for unity and equality, I’ve expressed my firm opposition towards any form of prejudice against Jewish people earlier. Regrettably, it seems that hate speech directed at Jews is not fading away but rather gaining momentum. This normalization of hateful language is deeply concerning because history has shown us that words can escalate into violent actions. Therefore, I implore my friends to join me in speaking out against this hatred, using your platforms, engaging within your communities, and discussing this with your families.

Paltrow knows Kanye, being that she’s pals with his ex-spouse Kim Kardashian and has donned clothing from her SKIMS line.

Gwyneth and Kim’s sister Kourtney even did a collaboration with their brands GOOP and POOSH.

A post shared by Jessica Seinfeld (@jessseinfeld)

Following the weekend, the talent agency 33 & West in Los Angeles terminated their relationship with West, due to a string of offensive social media posts on X/Twitter that spread antisemitic and abhorrent views.

On Monday, Daniel McCartney, an agent for 33&West, shared on Instagram Stories that he was unable to continue working on behalf of the artist known as West. (Approximately 6,900 followers were notified.)

Starting right away, I will no longer be associated with YE (formerly known as Kanye West), because of the offensive and hateful statements he has recently made. These sentiments are not something that myself or 33 & West endorse. Sending peace and love to everyone.

It wasn’t evident at first when the agency started collaborating with the Hurricane artist; their partnership became public knowledge only after they had decided to end their association with each other.

Over the past weekend, I found myself reflecting on a series of surprising tweets from a 24-time Grammy winner. Among these posts was an acknowledgment that he has resorted to violence against women in the past and a justification for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ physical altercation with his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in 2016 – an incident which Combs himself has labeled as unforgivable.

We have attempted to contact representatives for McCartney, their agency, and Milo Yiannopoulos, who serves as Kanye West’s spokesperson, to gather more information about this tale.

33&West’s choice to part ways with the Black Skinhead musician, who subsequently deactivated his X/Twitter account, sparked conversation on the widely-read Reddit forum r/fauxmoi.

It seemed that most people felt the agency ought to have recognized the identity of the party they were interacting with when dealing with West in 2025.

The decision was made over two years later following a string of high-profile business partnership dissolutions that Kanye West, known for hits such as 2024’s Carnival, 2007’s Stronger, and 2005’s Gold Digger, experienced, starting with his controversial anti-Semitic incidents in the autumn of 2022.

One user remarked that the action occurred ‘five years overdue’ at the very least, while another observer noted, ‘He hadn’t expressed anything questionable before this moment, did he?’

Others highlighted some questionable statements West made in the past, with one individual referencing an instance where ‘he apparently referred to himself as a Nazi years ago.’

A different user pointed out that, contrary to what was stated, many individuals continued to support him despite his claim that being a slave was a choice.

One user stated, ‘The graffiti that read “Kanye was right about the Jews,” which I saw some time ago, has been permanently imprinted in my mind. It still unsettles me as much today as it did back then.’

On Tuesday, West continued to be at the heart of controversy as his store on the Yeezy website, which he had promoted through an expensive advertisement during Sunday’s Super Bowl, was taken down by Shopify. The issue stemmed from him selling a white shirt adorned with a black swastika in the center.

On a Twitter post Monday, the Anti-Defamation League stated that the recent action by Kanye, which involved selling a T-shirt adorned with a swastika symbol, serves as an additional demonstration of his anti-Semitic views.

Beyond justifying it, the t-shirt on Kanye’s site has been identified as “HH-01,” a term that symbolically represents ‘Heil Hitler.’ Over the past week, Kanye has been repeatedly posting abhorrent antisemitic remarks. Such reprehensible behavior is inexcusable under any circumstances.

The organization stated, ‘On top of everything else, Kanye promoted his website during the Super Bowl, which significantly increased its visibility beyond his already substantial following on social media.’

As a dedicated follower, I felt compelled to express that Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor, the visionary behind CyberWell, shared with DailyMail.com on Tuesday his endeavors to bypass Kanye West and eliminate an offensive online platform under our organization’s watch.

Cohen Montemayor stated that CyberWell contacted Shopify’s teams responsible for compliance and safety to report misuse of their services by yeezy.com, breaching the terms of use.

According to Montemayor, the Shopify team took prompt action and made a firm decision to delete yeezy.com’s online store after it was discovered selling offensive content with anti-Semitic themes.

Cohen Montemayor commended Shopify, stating that such leadership and accountability are precisely the qualities that all CEOs of social media platforms and digital services ought to emulate.

According to Cohen Montemayor, it’s crucial to take action when individuals blatantly misuse a platform or services to spread hatred without consequences.

According to Cohen Montemayor, GoDaddy manages the domain for yeezy.com, but the Swastika T-Shirt store on this site is against their terms of service. It’s advisable that they should act accordingly and relinquish control over the domain.

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2025-02-12 19:17

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