Elon Musk Says He Expressed His "Concerns" to Kanye West Over Antisemitic Tweet

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Elon Musk said helium voiced his “concerns” to person Kanye West aft the rapper was restricted from Twitter for tweeting that helium would spell “death con 3 connected Jewish people.”

Lizzo, Jamie Lee Curtis and More Call Out Kanye West

Elon Musk is trying to be a dependable of crushed for his pal Kanye West.

The Tesla founder—who is acceptable to go the new proprietor of Twitter—announced connected the societal media level that helium spoke to the Donda rapper, 45, after his caller antisemitic tweet.

"Talked to ye contiguous & expressed my concerns astir his caller tweet," Elon, 51, tweeted Oct. 10, "which I deliberation helium took to heart."

Ye returned to Twitter connected Oct. 8 for the archetypal clip successful 2 years, and went connected a tirade, writing that he was "going decease con 3 connected Jewish people," adding, "you guys person toyed with maine and tried to achromatic shot anyone whoever opposes your agenda." 

Twitter subsequently removed the tweet and the Yeezy founder's comments prompted the level to fastener his relationship for violating Twitter's policies. (His tweet came hours aft a Meta spokesperson confirmed to NBC News that it restricted his posting connected Instagram for violating its rules and guidelines.)

While Elon seemed to instrumentality a bully attack to Ye's remarks, different stars person not reacted truthful politely to his statements, including comedian Michael Rapaport, who wrote, "I'm up going DEFCON 6 Million @kanyewest. Stay disruptive. All time everyday. Disruptive behavior."

Musician Jack Antonoff tweeted, "Kanye a small bitch," portion comedian Sarah Silverman wrote, "Kanye threatened the Jews yesterday connected twitter and it's not adjacent trending. Why bash mostly lone Jews talk up against Jewish hate? The soundlessness is truthful loud."

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Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis said she "burst into tears" aft speechmaking the "Heartless" rapper's tweets.

"What are you doing? It's atrocious capable that fascism is connected the emergence astir the world, but connected Twitter?" she said during an Oct. 10 quality on Today. "On a portal to determination that in, arsenic if Jewish radical haven't had it hard enough? I mean, it was conscionable abhorrent."

Jamie added, "I anticipation helium gets help. It's terrible."

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