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Kanye Westand Gabriella Karefa-Johnson have settled their issues, the rapper said.
Now, he says the two apologized to one another.
He continued, “Im not letting people go to bed thinking I didn’t meet with Gabrielle at 5pm today for 2 hours then we went to dinner at [Ferdi].”
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He claimed Australian filmmakerBaz Luhrmanncaptured the conversation, under the instruction ofVogueeditor-in-chiefAnna Wintour, and that the footage was being edited.
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“We took pics and I was instructed to not post them,” he wrote. “It felt like she was being used likeTrevor Noahand other Black people to speak on my expression. She expressed that her company did not instruct her to speak on my t shirt expression.”
He added that he and Karefa-Johnson “apologized to each other for the way we made each other feel we actually got along and have both experienced the fight for acceptance in a world that’s not our own.”
Voguealso issued a statement in defense of Karefa-Johnson and said the fashion journalist met with him in private.
“Voguestands with Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, our global fashion editor at large and longtime contributor,” the magazine’s Twitter statement reads. “She was personally targeted and bullied. It is unacceptable. Now more than ever, voices like hers are needed and in a private meeting with Ye today she once again spoke her truth in a way she felt best, on her terms.”
Karefa-Johnson initially shared a video from the Yeezy show on her Instagram Story, writing, “Here come the bulls—,” adding that she was “fuming” while taking in the show.
She also posted screenshots of messages she’d shared with friends that contained her concern with West’s apparel.
Later, theGaragefashion director called West’s shirts “incredibly irresponsible and dangerous” before asking people to have grace for those who experienced the “trauma” in the room where he showed his collection.
In posts that have since been deleted from his account, West shared pictures of Karefa-Johnson, including one where he claimed Wintour would hate her boots.
In continuing with his tirade, West shared ascreenshotof a text message from someone who urged him to not “insult that writer,” presumably meaning Karefa-Johnson. West didn’t include a caption on the photo butGigi Hadid, 27, quickly came to the defense of Karefa-Johnson, whom she’s worked with in the past, including onHadid’s March 2021Voguecover.
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“You wish u had a percentage of her intellect,“Hadid wrote. “You have no idea haha…. If there’s actually a point to any of your s— she might be the only person that could save u. As if the ‘honor’ of being invited to your show should keep someone from giving their opinion ..? Lol. You’re a bully and a joke.”
She further added in her Instagram Story that Karefa-Johnson is “one of the most important voices” in the fashion industry and could “school that disgraceful man.”
source: people.com
