Last Updated on 11/30/2022 by てんしょく飯
Popular rapper Kanye West was once a supporter and collaborator of Balenciaga. He has spoken out about the controversy surrounding the brand’s latest ad campaign.
You don’t see celebrities talking about Balenciaga,” Kanye said.
Balenciaga outraged many people when it posted a photo from the campaign showing a child holding a teddy bear in a BDSM outfit. The Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti was responsible for the photo shoot. Balenciaga recently issued a statement apologizing for the photo shoot and suggesting that legal action would be taken against Gabriele Galimberti and other parties involved.
Stopped by paparazzi after church last weekend, Kanye mentioned Balenciaga, telling TMZ, “This just goes to show that all celebrities are in control. You don’t see celebrities talking about Balenciaga,” Kanye said. ‘Because they’re controlled by the people who run the world. They don’t serve God,” he continued.
However, the day after this interview with Kanye, his ex-wife Kim Kardashian broke her silence and released a statement. Kim tweeted, “I have remained silent for the past few days not because I wasn’t disgusted and outraged by the recent Balenciaga campaign, but because I wanted a chance to talk to their team to understand for myself why this happened.”
Bella Hadid, who also appeared in the recent Balenciaga campaign, deleted the photo from Instagram, while Nicole Kidman, who also appeared in the ad, still has the image up, but many are calling for the girls to make an official statement.
Kanye has had a long relationship with Balenciaga, working closely with the creative director for years, teaming up with him on the Yeezy Gap collaboration, and even making his modeling debut at Balenciaga’s runway show in Paris last month. However, following Kanye’s anti-Semitic comments, Balenciaga severed ties with him.
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