Over the weekend, Boy George took to social media to criticize Kim Kardashian for failing to speak out against Kanye West’s “terrifying” anti-Semitic remarks.
On Sunday, Boy George released the surprising video to Instagram, and he also called out other musicians who have stayed silent despite the damage the 45-year-old Donda rapper has inflicted.
“I’m kind of appalled that not more artists have come out and spoke against what he’s saying,” the 61-year-old English singer said.
He continued, “I’m appalled that Kim Kardashian hasn’t come out and added her voice to this debate, because this woman has children with Kanye, so she must understand as a mother what it feels like for little Jewish children to hear these f—— comments, how demoralizing and terrifying it must be.”
“As a gay man I have experienced years of prejudice, you know, so the idea of doing that to someone else based on their race or their colour or their sexuality or their gender is just f—— appalling to me, and it should be appalling to you,” Boy George concluded.
Boy George’s video was released just days after Kanye spoke on Piers Morgan Uncensored and reiterated his warning to launch “DEFCON 3 on Jewish people.”
No, absolutely not,” Kanye told Morgan when the host asked the rapper whether he regretted his startling comments.
“Yes, that’s why I said it,” the rapper continued after Morgan asked whether he knew the comments were racist. “I fought fire with fire. I’m not ere to get hosed down.”
Surprisingly, Kanye eventually apologized for some of his anti-Semitic remarks, apologizing for the “pain” and “confusion” he created for individuals who had “nothing to do” with the supposed “trauma” he faced.
“I will say, I’m sorry for the people that I hurt with the DEFCON…the confusion that I caused,” Ye admitted. “I feel like I caused hurt and confusion and I’m sorry for the families that had nothing to do with the trauma that I had been through.”
“Hurt people hurt people – and I was hurt,” he added.
Kanye was chastised earlier this month for wearing White Lives Matter t-shirts to his Paris fashion presentation. The rapper then made a number of offensive and anti-Semitic statements on social media shortly after.
“I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” the embattled rapper wrote.
“The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because Black people are actually Jew also,” Ye continued. “You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”
Kanye has been denounced by a number of celebrities, financial institutions, and businesses that have severed relations with him as a result of his statements.