Kanye West, an American musician, has apologized to anybody who have been offended by his recent anti-Semitic remarks.
West appeared on Piers Morgan’s Uncensored show on Wednesday, where the host called him out for making derogatory remarks about the Jewish community.
“I’m a bit sleepy tonight, but when I wake up, I’ll go death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” the rapper stated in one of the tweets that led to Twitter banning his account. The weird thing is that I can’t be anti-semitic because black people are Jewish as well. You fooled me and sought to blackball everyone who disagreed with your agenda.”
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Kanye later clarified that Defcon 3 was what he meant in the tweet. Defence readiness condition (Defcon) is a military alert system that has five levels of readiness, with level one being the highest. Defcon 3 denotes a “increase in force preparedness above regular readiness.”
When asked if he regretted his “death con 3” tweet, Kanye said “No… Absolutely not.”
Afterward, the preview video cuts to him making a U-turn and tendering his apology.
“I will say I’m sorry for the people that I hurt with the Defcon [comment], the confusion that I caused,” he said.
“I felt like I caused hurt and confusion. And I’m sorry for the families of the people that had nothing to do with the trauma that I have been through.
“I just want to say that it’s wrong to hold an apology hostage and I gotta let go of that, and free myself of the trauma and say, ‘Look, I’m just gonna give it all up to God right now.’ And say to those families that I hurt, you know, I really want to give you guys a big hug. And I want to say I’m sorry for hurting you with my comments.”
