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Friends star David Schwimmer calls on Elon Musk to BAN Kanye West from X over ‘hate-filled, ignorant bile’
It came after Kanye's ex wife Kim is reportedly keeping her distance
FRIENDS actor David Schwimmer has urged tech boss Elon Musk to ban Kanye West from social media site X after the rapper spewed "ignorant bile" to his fans.
The US TV sitcom star, who himself is Jewish, has clapped back at Kanye's sick anti-semitic rants made on the platform on Friday.
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David, who played Friends' Ross, slammed the Gold Digger rapper, 47, after shared a swastika T-Shirt to his Instagram page and called it his greatest "work of art."
This followed on from labelling himself a Nazi in Friday's X rant alongside declaring he has dominion over his wife and calling for his "idol" Sean 'Diddy' Combs to be freed from jail.
The People V OJ Simpson star has now taken to his page on Instagram to comment on the sick uploads and called for action.
David, 58, wrote: "This is so 2022.
"We can't stop a deranged bigot from spewing hate filled, ignorant bile… but we CAN stop giving him a megaphone, Mr. Musk."
Writing directly to X boss Elon, 53, David continued: "Kanye West has 32.7 million followers on your platform, X.
"That's twice as many people than the number of Jews in existence.
"His sick hate speech results in REAL LIFE violence against Jews.
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"I don't know what's worse, the fact that he identifies as a Nazi (which implies he wants to exterminate ALL marginalized communities including his own) or the fact that there is not sufficient OUTRAGE to remove and ban him from all social media at this point."
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He then added: "Silence is complicity."
David posted his words alongside an image of Kanye, as well as slides of some of his social media slurs.
The Little Death actor disabled comments on his upload - yet it is clear many share his views.
CLAP BACK
On Saturday, reported how the Kardashians alum Kim - Kanye's ex wife - had branded the rapper's anti semitic rant as "disturbing" - and is now keeping a wide berth.
Kanye West's recent controversies
Kanye West has faced a number of controversies in recent years.
In November 2022, a former Yeezy staffer alleged Kanye showed them intimate photos of his ex-wife Kim Kardashian.
Staffers also claimed he played pornography for them during meetings and talked about porn.
In October 2023, Adidas dropped the rapper as various social media sites barred him from their platforms for making anti-semitic comments online, in interviews, and with his clothing.
Amid pleas from fans and threats of major boycotts, Adidas announced its decision to terminate his contract.
Gap and Balenciaga followed suit.
The rapper is now being sued by his ex-assistant, accusing him of sexual harassment and wrongful termination.
Kanye has said in the past that he suffers from a porn addiction, making the comments in an online rant that has since been deleted.
Kim, 44, married Kanye in 2014 and the pair share four kids.
They filed for divorce in 2021, and completed the settlement a year later.
Tech mogul Daniel Starr has also offered up $2million for a boxing match with "idiot" Kanye after his rant.
Earlier this week, fans of the Gold Digger singer's Yeezy clothing brand told how they were "cancelling" their fashion orders after the rapper's hateful Nazi outburst.
Critics Choice host Chelsea Handler was also quick to slam the star as she hosted the Santa Monica ceremony.
SICK OUTBURST
During his gross anti semitic rant, acid-tongued rapper Kanye declared he's a Nazi, praised Hitler, and threw his support behind Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
The chart star had slowly been winning back support over the past year after being canceled for voicing his previous opinions about the Jewish community.
His Vultures album went to number one, he earned himself a Grammy nomination and he made millions after rebuilding his Yeezy fashion brand.
But he decided to go nuclear on Friday morning with a flurry of offensive posts shared on X, formerly Twitter, which left many supporters stunned.
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- Kanye accused of sexual assault by ex-assistant
After Kanye backed Combs and shared a new collab with the disgraced music mogul, one fan posted, "I'm canceling my Yeezy order. Bye. Some people are in jail for a good reason…"
Combs remains behind bars in New York awaiting trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges after pleading not guilty.
Kanye, who is known for his provocative behavior and being a contrarian, also shared, "I LOVE WHEN JEWISH PEOPLE COME TO ME AND SAY THEY CANT WORK WITH ME ANYMORE. ITS MY FAV."
"IM RACIST STEREO TYPES EXIST FOR A REASON AND THEY ALL BE TRUE.
"SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE JEWISH AND I DONT TRUST ANY OF THEM," he also raged, along with a laughing face emoji.
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"IM NEVER APOLOGIZING FOR MY JEWISH COMMENTS I CAN SAY WHATEVER THE F*** I WANNA SAY FOREVER WHERES MY F***ING APOLOGY FOR FREEZING MY ACCOUNTS..."
Kanye was referring to Adidas successfully getting a judge to put a freeze on $75 million in Yeezy accounts after cutting ties with him following his previous anti-Semitic outburst in late 2022.
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