Actor Seth Rogen and The Daily Show host Jon Stewart slammed Ye (formerly Kanye West) for attempting to make a music comeback following his repeated antisemitic remarks in recent years, which West has apologized for and blamed on a brain injury.
Rogen hosted his Seth Goes Greek for Hilarity for Charity at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles as part of the Netflix Is a Joke festival on Wednesday night (May 6).
“What’s funny is I’ve said critical things about Jewish people; I think I got in more trouble than Kanye West did,” the Neighbors actor said, according to The Daily Beast. “I got a lot of s–t for what I said. I have no No. 1 albums. I sometimes think what Adolf Hitler would think of the Kanye West song ‘Heil Hitler.’ I bet he’d be torn.”
After Rogen blasted West for his banned “Heil Hitler” song, Stewart reportedly echoed his sentiments, condemning Ye for his previous comments about Adolf Hitler.
“But seriously, f–k that guy,” added Stewart, who also hosted Night of Too Many Stars on Thursday (May 7). He was like, ‘Hitler was misunderstood, we’ve got to forgive Hitler.’ And I’m like, I don’t think I need to listen to anybody who thinks Hitler needs to be forgiven but is still mad at Pete Davidson.”
Yeezy made an appearance earlier in the week at Dave Chappelle’s comedy show, according to TMZ. The May 3 show came ahead of the comedian’s two shows at the Palladium as part of the same Netflix weeks-long event.
West took out a full-page ad in the Jan. 26 edition of The Wall Street Journal, which saw him apologize to the Jewish community for his antisemitic remarks, which included praising Hitler and releasing shirts with swastika graphics.
On the music side, Ye’s comeback included the release of his Bully album in March, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. He returned to the stage in the U.S. for a pair of shows in early April at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
While he hoped for forgiveness, Ye was still met with plenty of backlash when he attempted to schedule international shows. The embattled rapper was slated to headline London’s Wireless Fest, which was canceled due to the U.K. not granting him a travel visa. He also postponed a gig in France after facing opposition, and had another show in Poland canceled.
