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Kanye West Escorted Out Of Skechers Offices
Kanye West was allegedly escorted out of Skechers corporate offices after paying an unplanned visit.
Ye reportedly visited the Skechers corporate offices in Los Angeles on Wednesday but was walked out after arriving “unannounced and without invitation.
In an official press release, Skechers wrote “Considering Ye was engaged in unauthorized filming, two Skechers executives escorted him and his party from the building after a brief conversation.”
“We condemn his recent divisive remarks and do not tolerate antisemitism or any other form of hate speech. The company would like to again stress that West showed up unannounced and uninvited to Skechers corporate offices,” the statement continued.
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Ye has come under fire recently following his antisemetic comments after tweeting that he was “going death con 3 ON JEWISH PEOPLE.”
Following his comments, clothing brand ended their longterm contract with him.
In an official statement released on Tuesday, Adidas wrote “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech, Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness.”
Adidas announced that it had carried out a “thorough investigation” and will immediately halt both the production of its Yeezy product line and payments to Ye and his businesses. The sportswear company predicted that the decision might cost it up to 250 million euros ($246 million) in net profits this year.
