Trevor Noah wanted to ‘counsel’ Kanye West, not ‘cancel’ him

Trevor Noah says it was by no means his intention to “cancel” Kanye West amid their ongoing feud.

“I stated counsel Kanye not cancel Kanye,” the “Day by day Present” host, 38, tweeted on Sunday.

West’s beef with Noah started earlier this week when the comic known as out the rapper for “harassing” ex Kim Kardashian on-line.

“What [Kardashian is] going via is terrifying to observe, and it shines a highlight on what so many ladies undergo once they select to go away,” Noah stated partly throughout his Comedy Central present on Tuesday.

“What we’re seeing is without doubt one of the strongest, one of many richest ladies on the earth, unable to get her ex to cease texting her, to cease chasing after her, to cease harassing her.”

West, 44, clapped again by directing a racial slur at Noah in an offensive Instagram caption that has since been deleted.

Consequently, the social media app suspended West for twenty-four hours for violating their insurance policies on hate speech, bullying and harassment.

The Yeezy founder additionally acquired the axe from performing on the upcoming 2022 Grammys – which Noah is hosting – for his “regarding on-line conduct,” his rep confirmed to Selection on Saturday.

Noah beforehand addressed West’s controversial conduct in an Instagram put up that has since been deleted.

“I assumed otherwise about how I spent my cash due to you, I discovered to guard my child-like creativity from grown ideas due to you, s–t I nonetheless smile each time I placed on a seatbelt due to you,” Noah wrote.

The discuss present persona went on to clarify that it “breaks” his coronary heart to see West “like this,” attacking Kardashian, Pete Davidson and extra public figures on social media.

“Don’t ever neglect, the most important trick racists ever performed on black folks was instructing us to strip one another of our blackness every time we disagree,” Noah added. “I don’t care in the event you help Trump and I don’t care in the event you roast Pete. I do nevertheless care after I see you on a path that’s dangerously near peril and ache.”

Kardashian, 41, filed for divorce from West in February 2021 and was declared legally single from the rapper earlier this month. The 2 share 4 children: North, 8, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 2.

The Skims founder has since moved on with Davidson, 28. In the meantime, West has briefly dated plenty of ladies in latest months, together with mannequin Vinetria, actress Julia Fox and Kardashian look-alike Chaney Jones.