Charlamagne tha God slammed Kanye West on Thursday evening for continuing to ascertain aside on Balenciaga boots amid the kind condo’s ad advertising campaign controversy.
Final week, the sumptuous vogue mark modified into once under scrutiny after releasing a vacation ad advertising campaign that showcased adolescents keeping BDSM-clad teddy endure purses. The advertising campaign has since been removed from all platforms, and a series of public figures spoke out in opposition to the photos, alongside with Kim Kardashian, who’s a Balenciaga mark ambassador.
Balenciaga apologized for the advertising campaign, which has been criticized as “child porn.”
Charlamagne tha God, host of Comedy Central’s Hell of A Week with Charlamagne Tha God, spoke about the Balenciaga scandal on his prove Thursday evening.
At left, Kanye West attends the “The Glorious Lie Ever Sold” Premiere Screening on October 12, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee. At merely, Charlamagne tha God is considered for the duration of a advertising campaign match at The HBUC on September 9, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia.
“Nobody is taking accountability for this ad advertising campaign. No longer Balenciaga, no longer the photographer, no longer the manufacturing company…in actuality, Balenciaga is blaming everybody excluding for Balenci- and -Yaga,” Charlamagne acknowledged.
“And on sage of the backlash, appropriate heavyweight Kanye West has called the logo out but no higher than five minutes later, Kanye modified into once pictured in a pair of Balenciaga ‘Ahoy Matey 3000s,'” he added, joking about a pair of boots.
West—who legally modified his title to Ye—tweeted a statement on Thursday defending Balenciaga quickly before his Twitter sage modified into once suspended over all over again for posting an image of a swastika over the Star of David.
“I stand by Balenciaga and denounce all witch hunts and I homicide homicide custom. Jesus is King. Ending trafficking would not birth or discontinue with a vogue advertising campaign for Christ Sake,” the rapper wrote in archived tweets considered by Newsweek.
Besides his statement on Balenciaga, Ye has been under scrutiny this week for moderately about a other things.
Earlier this week, Ye acknowledged in an interview with Tim Pool on the podcast Timcast IRL that he when in contrast himself to Martin Luther King Jr.
“As I’m getting hosed down each day by the clicking and financially, I’m merely standing there. When I found out they had been making an strive to ascertain aside me in penal advanced, it modified into once treasure a dog modified into once biting my arm and I nearly shed a glide. Nearly. But I peaceful walked in inch thru it,” Ye acknowledged.
Charlamagne informed his target market on Thursday evening, “I in actuality, in actuality need him to experience all of that. I would in actuality treasure for him to get bit by a German Shepherd, good ample, and I want him to get hosed down. He is already got the rain boots on, and now I know why he wears them your total time; so he can nicely stroll thru your total she’s burly of.”
