Kanye West Apologizes for Antisemitic Comments

Rapper Kanye West — who released a song praising Adolf Hitler earlier this year — made a groveling apology to a New York City rabbi and said he is taking “accountability” for his bizarre antisemitic streak, which he blamed on mental illness.

West, who now goes by Ye, told prominent celebrity Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto on Tuesday he had “profound remorse” for his laundry list of antisemitic remarks that triggered global outrage and cost him major business partnerships, video shared on social media shows.

“I feel really blessed to be able to sit here with you today and just take accountability,” West told the rabbi. “I was dealing with some various issues of bipolar, so it would take the ideas I had and have me take them to an extreme where I would forget about the protection of the people around me or and myself.

“So I wanted to come and take accountability … Sometimes people aren’t that knowledgeable about bipolar and the cause, or what causes it, and the way you act when you have this disease,” he added.

Ye likened his mental illness to a misbehaving child destroying their home while their parents were away.

“Now, when you get back, it’s your responsibility because that’s your child.”

“I love all people. God forgive me for the pain I’ve caused. I forgive those who have caused me pain. Thank you God,” he said at the time.