Actor David Schwimmer urged Elon Musk to ban controversial rapper Ye from X (formerly Twitter) after Ye posted antisemitic posts again on the platform.
In 2022, Ye's music career tanked and his sponsorships with major companies were terminated after he made a series of antisemitic statements that emboldened instances of hate-speech vandalism and violence across the country.
He was subsequently banned from X in October 2022, briefly reinstated in November, and banned again after he posted an image of a swastika intertwined with a Star of David.
However, it seems Ye has revisited his bigoted shenanigans on X in 2025, and Friends star David Schwimmer isn't having any of it.
Schwimmer, who is Jewish, implored Musk to, once again, ban the controversial music artist from X.
"This is so 2022," wrote Schwimmer, referring to the first time Ye went off the rails when he identified as a Nazi.
Schwimmer addressed Musk, who denied allegations that he gave the Nazi salute at Republican President Donald Trump's inauguration, with the following.
"We can’t stop a deranged bigot from spewing hate filled, ignorant bile… but we CAN stop giving him a megaphone, Mr. Musk."
"Kanye West has 32.7 million followers on your platform, X. That’s twice as many people than the number of Jews in existence."
"His sick hate speech results in REAL LIFE violence against Jews."
The actor continued:
"I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that he identifies as a Nazi (which implies he wants to exterminate ALL marginalized communities including his own) or the fact that there is not sufficient OUTRAGE to remove and ban him from all social media at this point."
Schwimmer left the ball in the Tesla CEO's court, stating:
"Silence is complicity."
People shared thoughts in response to Schwimmer's request.
Those who disagreed cautioned against censorship on the platform.
Others thought reaching out to the owner of X for the cause was futile.
On February 6, 2025, Ye went on a slur-riddled rant praising Hitler in a now-deleted tweet in which he defended Sean "Diddy" Combs, who was indicted in September for alleged sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution, charges which Combs has denied.
Ye demanded Combs be freed from jail as Combs awaits trial in May.
According to People magazine, Ye wrote in his deleted tweet that antisemitic leaders should be "normalized," and that he's "never apologizing" for his hateful comments.
Following Schwimmer's response to Ye's deleted post, Ye mentioned Musk unfollowed him on X.
“Elon unfollowed me so I’m not sure how much longer I’ll be on twitter / X If I’m taken off go to," Ye wrote.
He referenced Musk's scandalous hand gesture in previous posts, writing, “Elon stole my Nazi swag at the inauguration… yooo my guy get your own third rale.” Ye added, “I can say Jew as much as I want. I can say Hitler as much as I want.”
Elon denied allegations of saluting Hitler while delivering a speech celebrating Trump's inauguration. He wrote on X, "Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The 'everyone is Hitler' attack is sooo tired."
Ye's recent controversy follows an accusation that he and his wife, Bianca Censori, crashed the 67th Grammys last Sunday.
A Grammys spokesman denied the allegation, saying the rapper was invited but got into a car after the scandalous red carpet appearance in which he posed alongside his naked wife on the red carpet.
Ye was also recently accused of normalizing bullying after imparting that the name of his upcoming album, Bully, was inspired by his nine-year-old son, Saint West, for kicking another boy for being "weak."
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