As the dust settles from Kanye West’s Yeezy show, in which he and severalmodels sported “White Lives Matter” shirts, the rapper is standing by thestunt. Gigi Hadid, Jaden Smith and Diddy are among the stars who’ve condemnedthe message, and now, Khloé Kardashian has entered the chat.
The reality star called out her former brother-in-law for seemingly deflectingfrom the controversy by continuing to bring up her famous family. In anInstagram post on Wednesday, West rehashed claims he wasn’t initially invitedto daughter Chicago’s birthday and called out celebrities — like Hadid — fornot speaking up about that instead.
“So why did everyone feel so free to attack me about my t-shirt but CandaceOwens was the only public figure to say that it was wrong for the Kardashiansto keep me from seeing my daughter,” he wrote. (Conservative pundit Owens wasin attendance for Monday’s presentation and also wore a “White Lives Matter”shirt.)
Related video: Kanye West faces backlash for ‘WLM’ shirts at Yeezy show
West continued, “Or we just chime in when we want to tear a Black man down foractually having a different political opinion. And for all audience sooutraged about my t-shirt where was you when I couldn’t see my kids .. . Iwent public in hope of the public support at that time.”
Kardashian didn’t appreciate West publicly shading sister Kim’s parenting andresponded in the comments section.
“Ye, I love you. I don’t want to do this on social media but YOU keep bringingit here. You are the father of my nieces and nephews and I’m trying to berespectful but please STOP tearing Kimberly down and using our family when youwant to deflect,” Khloé began, saying everyone knows the truth about “thebirthday narrative.”
“You know exactly where your children are at all times and YOU wanted separatebirthdays. I have seen all of the texts to prove it. And when you changed yourmind and wanted to attend, you came,” she continued.
Story continues
“Like you have pointed out yourself, [Kim] is the one taking care of your kids80% of the time. Please leave her and the family out of it so that the kidscan be raised peacefully,” the Good American co-founder wrote, adding she’s”happy to continue this conversation privately if you wish.”
Shocker: West didn’t appreciate Kardashian’s message. And he certainly didn’ttake her up on the offer to chat in private. The rapper, who goes by Ye,posted a screenshot of the message and fired off a response.
“You are lying and are liars …” West began, yet again claiming the Kardashians”basically kidnapped Chicago on her birthday.” He maintained he was only ableto attend the party because Travis Scott, who shares two children withyoungest sister Kylie Jenner, gave him the address. “Also I should see mychildren 100% of the time but since there’s a separation it should have been50% of the time …” the fashion designer added.
Kim, who shares four kids with West, filed for divorce in Feb. 2021. Co-parenting has been a bumpy road for the stars as the rapper often airs outtheir dirty laundry online.
West’s latest posts contradict what he said in a Sept. 22 interview on GoodMorning America where he apologized to Kim “for any stress that I havecaused, even in my frustration.” He claimed he has “new respect” for ex-wife.But he stood by his assertion that he constantly has to “fight” to have a sayin decisions when it comes to their kids.
Kim has not weighed in on West’s posts or the “White Lives Matter” stunt. Arep for the star didn’t return Yahoo Entertainment’s request for comment.
Her sister Kendall Jenner responded subtly, though. Jaden Smith was inattendance at West’s Paris Fashion Week presentation, but walked out. “I hadto dip,” he tweeted. “I don’t care who’s it is if I don’t feel the message I’mout … Black Lives Matter.” Jenner liked the messages.