The View Says Kanye West ‘Mental Health Issues’ Aren’t a ‘Pass’ for Antisemitic Behavior: ‘It’s a Cop Out’

One of many Scorching Subjects on Friday’s present was West getting dropped by his expertise company after a Tremendous Bowl business selling his Yeezy web site … which was promoting nothing however swastika t-shirts. The advert got here after disturbing posts to X through which he stated he was a Nazi and professed his love for Adolf Hitler.

Kicking off the dialogue, moderator Pleasure Behar identified that he is been making “vile” feedback like this for years, earlier than questioning why there hasn’t been extra outrage over him previously.

“There ought to be and I am glad we’re speaking about it on this present as a result of I really feel like, for some motive, Kanye’s been given a go,” stated conservative panelist Alyssa Farah Griffin.

“I do know there is a notion that he could have some psychological well being points, however there are tens of thousands and thousands of individuals round this nation who’ve psychological well being points, who aren’t saying bigoted, racist, antisemitic issues,” she continued. “I believe it is a cop-out.”

“I believe he must be known as out, particularly on the heels of the worst assault on Jews because the Holocaust on October 7 … There is a rise globally in antisemitism,” stated Griffin, who then identified how West has “extra social media followers than there are Jews on this planet.”

That, she stated, was notably harmful as a result of it does “he does have affect, there are individuals who wish to him — particularly younger folks. He shouldn’t be normalized, he must be known as out.”

Sara Haines, in the meantime, stated she does not perceive “how he is allowed to stroll crimson carpets,” calling out his latest look on the Grammy Awards alongside a basically-naked Bianca Censori.

“You retain seeing him pop up and it is not loopy fringe issues, it is actually on the Grammys,” she continued, earlier than accusing him of doing nothing however sowing division.

“That is what I do not perceive. There’s one thing actually mistaken happening right here with Kanye West,” stated Sunny Hostin, who added that “the African American neighborhood and the Jewish neighborhood have at all times been tied as a result of each communities have been so oppressed.”

“Oppressed folks should struggle collectively,” she continued. “So the truth that a Black man can be so overtly vile and antisemitic, it is simply so jarring to me.”

Like Griffin, she additionally did not wish to “blame it on psychological well being points,” agreeing together with her cohost’s reasoning. “As you talked about, there are many folks with psychological sickness who aren’t saying bigoted issues,” Sunny concluded.

The dialog ended with Ana Navarro saying West clearly “does not wish to be helped” and solely “needs to proceed being who he’s” — prompting Haines so as to add, “And we have to proceed to name it out as a result of it is fully hate stuffed awfulness and I do not care who you’re, you aren’t getting away with it.”

Former fellow cohost Meghan McCain additionally slammed West on X, calling him a “repugnant, vile piece of rubbish.” Whereas she deleted the submit, a rep confirmed to EW that it “was an accident” and he or she nonetheless thinks “he is a vile pig.”

West not too long ago opened up about his psychological well being in an interview with The Obtain podcast, through which he stated he was misdiagnosed as bipolar, when he truly has a type of autism. He then defined how that may have an effect on his habits and why it typically looks like he digs in on controversial stances or pivots in new instructions spontaneously.