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N.O.R.E., co-host of “Drink Champs,” is expressing remorse over permitting Kanye West to make controversial comments through the podcast.
The rapper called “The Breakfast Club” radio present Tuesday to tackle what occurred with West on the Revolt.TV present.
“I just want to be honest, I support freedom of speech,” N.O.R.E mentioned. “I support anybody not being censored. But I do not support anybody being hurt. I did not realize that the George Floyd statements [made by West] on my show were so hurtful.”
During his look, West made antisemitic comments and recommended George Floyd was killed by a fentanyl overdose, regardless of a medical expert’s testimony that fentanyl was not the direct explanation for Floyd’s loss of life, solely a contributing issue when he died after being knelt on by a police officer.
N.O.R.E. has come beneath hearth for not pushing again on West through the interview. He defined to “The Breakfast Club” that the controversial Floyd comments occurred through the “first five minutes of the show” and mentioned West informed the producer that in the event that they stopped filming he would stroll out.”
“I wanted the man to speak,” N.O.R.E. mentioned. “Later on I actually checked him about the George Floyd comments, I actually checked him about the ‘White Lives Matter’ but it was so later in the episode…I was so inebriated at the time that maybe people looked over it.”
“But I apologize to the George Floyd family, I apologize to anybody that was hurt by Kanye West’s comments,” he added.
Lee Merritt, a civil rights legal professional who has represented the Floyd family on issues up to now, told Newz9 Monday that he has put collectively a workforce to discover a doable go well with towards West on the request of Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd.
On Tuesday, attorneys representing Roxie Washington, the mom of George Floyd’s daughter, provided Newz9 with a cease-and-desist letter addressed to West. They indicated they intend to additionally file a lawsuit “for harassment, misappropriation, defamation, and infliction of emotional distress.”
N.O.R.E. was requested throughout his name with “The Breakfast Club” if he was conscious of the doable authorized motion and whether or not he too may he be a goal of that. He mentioned that whereas he knew about it, “It’s not even about suing or the money, It’s about the hurt from the thing.”
“I was locked down, I’m a supporter of the George Floyd movement,” he mentioned. “I saw that video too. I seen that cop’s knee on his neck. I seen [Floyd] calling for whoever. I’m embarrassed of myself.”
N.O.R.E. mentioned he spoke with West Tuesday and informed him he can be addressing what occurred. The episode has since been eliminated.