Charlie Puth Condemns Kanye West’s Super Bowl Ad – Hollywood Reporter
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 13: Charlie Puth attends the 10th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on April 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
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Zoe G. Phillips
Charlie Puth condemned Kanye West‘s Super Bowl ad on Monday, writing on social media that West’s messaging is “incredibly dangerous.”
“Please man, I beg you to stop,” Puth wrote on an Instagram Story.
West appeared in an ad toward the end of the Super Bowl on Sunday directing fans to the website of his brand, Yeezy. Though the website featured various products for sale on the day of the ad’s release, by Monday morning it only showed one item: a T-shirt with an image of a swastika.
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“MILLIONS of people are influenced by you,” Puth continued. “Please I BEG you to stop, PLEASE.”
The Anti-Defamation League also issued a response to West’s stunt on Monday. “As if we needed further proof of Kanye’s antisemitism, he chose to put a single item for sale on his website — a T-shirt emblazoned with a swastika,” their statement read. “The swastika is the symbol adopted by Hitler as the primary emblem of the Nazis. It galvanized his followers in the 20th century and continues to threaten and instill fear in those targeted by antisemitism and white supremacy. If that wasn’t enough, the T-shirt is labeled on Kanye’s website as ‘HH-01,’ which is code for ‘Heil Hitler.’ Kanye was tweeting vile antisemitism nonstop since last week. There’s no excuse for this kind of behavior. Even worse, Kanye advertised his website during the Super Bowl, amplifying it beyond his already massive social media audience.”
The Super Bowl ad appeared to be a local buy and did not air nationally. It was reportedly “paid for by Yeezy LLC” and aired again on Fox later Sunday, around two hours after the game ended.
The back and forth comes within days of West’s controversial appearance at the 2025 Grammy Awards, where he arrived with his wife, Bianca Censori, who unveiled a black coat to reveal reveal a sheer dress with no underwear. West later defended his wife’s outfit. Though reports later surfaced of Censori asking for help on social media, the model’s rep denied those claims. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every daySign up for THR news straight to your inbox every daySubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSend us a tip using our anonymous form.
