Trevor Noah Says He Doesn’t Have ‘Beef’ With Kanye West

Trevor Noah is rejecting claims that it has “beef” with kanye-west.

the daily program The host, 38, responded to an audience member who asked why he was “fighting” with the artist, now legally known as Ye, in a clip posted on the show’s official TikTok account.

The interaction took place during a break segment on the show and came months after Noah. spoke about West’s treatment of his ex-wife, Kim KardashianOn Instagram.

West, 45, previously took aim at the TV host after Noah commented about his split from Kardashian, 42, earlier this year, saying in March that West had “become increasingly belligerent in the way he tries to win Kim back.” West later called Noah a racial slur on the social media platform in response, resulting in a suspension from Instagram.

“Why am I fighting Kanye? That’s an interesting way to put it because a fight has to go both ways,” Noah said in the video. “It really does. In my limited understanding of the world, the fight has always been something that will usually happen between two hip-hop artists. I have never fought with kanye-west. he was worried about kanye-west.”

West is currently facing scrutiny for anti-Semitic comments he made on Twitter and in various interviews since, notably on an episode of baby champions, which host NORE now says he regrets platform

The rapper has also recently been criticized for his false claims relating to the death of George Floydand what many have called bullying towards Fashion editor Gabriella Karefa Johnson. During his Yeezy Season 9 Paris Fashion Week show in early October, West wore a long-sleeved shirt emblazoned with the phrase “White Lives Matter,” which the Anti-Defamation League considers a “hate slogan.” , together with a right expert. Candace Owens.

In the new clip, Noah questioned why the media continued to give West a platform amidst what he took to be possible signs of a mental health issue. In recent weeks, the “Stronger” singer has been interviewed by morgan piers, Tucker Carlson Y Chris Cuomo following your comments on baby championsand after being restricted by both Instagram and Twitter.

“If someone tells me they have a mental health problem, and they tell everyone that when they don’t take their medication they can’t control themselves, and then everyone ignores when that person is having an episode and they didn’t take the medication, and then platform to the person and they put it… Sometimes I think it’s a little s—–, to be honest with you,” Noah said.

He continued, noting that his grandfather was bipolar and “acted a certain way and could do certain things” during a mental health episode. While he himself did not claim that West is bipolar, what West himself has spoken in the past — Noah said he finds it “strange” that others are more concerned about “going viral” as a result of West’s comments.

“I have no problem with a human being who has openly expressed that they are dealing with a mental health issue. I have no problem with that human being,” Noah said. “What I have a problem with is that we as a society don’t rally around the person and say, ‘Hey, maybe this isn’t the time to put a microphone in your face so you can just walk away saying everything.’ If this is what he means when he is taking his medication, then that is a different story. But because he’s told us, I’m not going to sit back and say that.”

Noah, who said he’s certainly “still playing” West’s debut album college dropout, reiterated that he does not have “beef” with the artist. “But I made a promise to myself that I will never be the person who just sits back and happily says things about people I care about and then also joins the mourning group and acts like I’m not a part of it,” Noah said. he said. “A lot of people like to cry for you when you’re dead, and they don’t say anything to you when you’re alive. So I don’t know where to end. But that’s it.”

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Host comments arrive as Balenciaga cuts ties with the West on Friday, with parent company Kering revealing in a statement that it “no longer has any relationships or plans for future related projects” with the artist.

Separately, the father of four recently split from Gap, and the deal between Yeezy and the brand ended after a two-year run. His multi-year collaboration with Adidas, which began in 2016, is under review after a dispute between him and the brandregarding the similarities between Adidas shoes and their popular Yeezy slides.