Instagram and Twitter suspended Ye's account in the days following his anti-Semitic remarks. Among various celebrities decrying Ye's anti-Semitic remarks were former 'Friends' actor David Schwimmer, and Ye's former wife Kim Kardashian, a reality TV star who is currently studying to become a lawyer. On Monday, Ms Kardashian stated on Twitter: "Hate speech is never OK or excusable. I stand together with the Jewish community and call on the terrible violence and hateful rhetoric towards them to come to an immediate end.
Ye's business partnerships have also come under increasing pressure: Bank JP Morgan and clothing retailer Gap said in recent months that they were ending their relationship with Ye.Ye accused Gap of not honouring terms of their deal, including by failing to open standalone stores for his Yeezy fashion label.Gap wrote in a statement on Tuesday that it will be removing Yeezy Gap products from its stores, and that it had shut down the YeezyGap.com website.
Antisemitism, racism and hate in any form are inexcusable and not tolerated... We are partnering with organisations that combat hate and discrimination," Gap said on its Instagram account, @yeezyxgap.Although Adidas put its relationship under review after Ye showed his "White Lives Matter" T-shirt, the company did not say the collection was the reason for the review.It told the BBC it had made the decision to put the partnership under review after "repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation" of being accused by Ye of "stealing" his designs.
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