The footwear firm Skechers stated late Wednesday that Kanye West had come to its company places of work in Los Angeles “unannounced and uninvited” and was subsequently escorted from the constructing, the place he had been making an attempt to movie.
“Contemplating Ye was engaged in unauthorized filming, two Skechers executives escorted him and his celebration from the constructing after a quick dialog,” the corporate said in a statement, referring to Mr. West by the identify by which he’s additionally recognized.
“Skechers will not be contemplating and has no intention of working with West,” the assertion added. “We condemn his current divisive remarks and don’t tolerate antisemitism or another type of hate speech.”
An effort to succeed in a consultant for Ye was not instantly profitable.
Skechers, in its assertion, didn’t present any extra particulars about how the state of affairs had performed out.
The episode comes at a chaotic time for Ye, a rapper and designer who has been widely condemned and abandoned by corporate partners over a collection of current provocations, together with antisemitic remarks. Over the previous month, Ye has worn a shirt studying “White Lives Matter,” a slogan related to white supremacists, and stated on Twitter that stated he would go “loss of life con 3 ON JEWISH PEOPLE.”
And Aaron Donald of the Los Angeles Rams and Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics stated on Twitter that they had been chopping ties with Donda Sports activities, Ye’s advertising and marketing company, due to the antisemitic feedback.