Kanye West and crew confirmed up at Skechers’ headquarters in Manhattan Beach on Wednesday (Oct 26) with out an invitation, and the shoe firm was undoubtedly not having it.
“Kanye West – also referred to as Ye – arrived unannounced and without invitation at one of Skechers’ corporate offices in Los Angeles,” the corporate stated in an announcement.
“Considering Ye was engaged in unauthorised filming, two Skechers executives escorted him and his party from the building after a brief conversation.”
Skechers stated it had “no intention” of working with the rapper-designer-entrepreneur, who has discovered himself on skinny ice commercially and socially recently following a litany of conspiracy-minded and antisemitic public feedback.
In addition to his current remarks, West additionally steered in 2018 that slavery was a selection, referred to as the Covid-19 vaccine the “mark of the beast” in mid-2020 and wore a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt alongside conservative commentator Candace Owens at his Yeezy assortment present in Paris earlier this month.
“We condemn his recent divisive remarks and do not tolerate antisemitism or any other form of hate speech,” Skechers’ assertion continued, including – simply in case anybody was unclear – that “The Company would like to again stress that West showed up unannounced and uninvited to Skechers corporate offices.”
Ye’s look at Skechers’ company places of work might need been sparked by Adidas’ resolution Tuesday to chop ties with the rapper and cease manufacturing of his Yeezy footwear.
That transfer got here after what Adidas referred to as a “thorough review” of their relationship. The athletic-gear firm expects a loss of round US$246mil (RM1.15bil) in web revenue resulting from ending the partnership.
West lately has been dropped by myriad firms – together with high-fashion home Balenciaga and expertise company CAA – and was suspended on Twitter and Instagram since kicking off his most up-to-date spherical of offensive feedback. – Los Angeles Times/Tribune News Service
