Candace Owens, a controversial right-wing commentator and media personality who has been repeatedly accused of antisemitism by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and others, claimed on social media on Monday that her YouTube account had been suspended after she interviewed Kanye West.
The suspension followed an interview with West, who threatened to go “death con 3” on Jewish people and was voted ‘antisemite of the year’ in 2022 by antisemitism watchdog group StopAntisemitism.
There will be no show today, or at all this week. That’s because @YouTube has issued me a strike and a one week suspension for my sit down with Kanye. They also removed the interview as “hate speech”, as it was mass reported by Zionists. Their tactics never change. pic.twitter.com/fTeI7VQvZH
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) September 9, 2024
Owens said that her interview with West was removed as “hate speech” following it being “mass reported by Zionists.”
A screenshotted message from YouTube was shared by Owens, which reveals YouTube made the decision to remove the video as it “claims that Jewish people control the media.”
Owens later reshared a post on X, formerly Twitter, which read “We are few in numbers in this world but we have important positions in the globe hierarchy, don't mess with the Jews, b****. #CrazyCandace #Jew #Israel”
We are few in numbers in this world but we have important positions in the globe hierarchy, don't mess with the jews, b*tch. #CrazyCandace #Jew #Israel https://t.co/SIs69h2EsE
— ✡️ Tere Quezada✡️ "Na'asé VeNishmá" (@TereQuezada08) September 9, 2024
Comments made by Kanye West and Candace Owens
Both Owens and West have been repeatedly accused of antisemitism.
In August, during an interview with American-British influencer Tristan Tate, Owens claimed that Joseph Stalin was a Jew, Sigmund Freud was a Kabbalistic pedophile, and the Germans were ethnically cleansed by the Jews after World War II.
In July, Owens questioned the authenticity of some accounts of Nazi experiments, describing them as “absurd” and a “tremendous waste of time and supplies,” ultimately labeling them as “bizarre propaganda.”
West, the former husband of Kim Kardashian, apologized for his past antisemitic comments in a post written in Hebrew on Instagram last year.
"I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for my unplanned outburst caused by my words or actions, it was not my intention to hurt or disrespect, and I deeply regret any pain I may have caused. I am committed to starting with myself and learning from this experience to ensure greater sensitivity and understanding in the future," West wrote in December. "Your forgiveness is important to me and I am committed to making amends and promoting unity."
Only a month after his apology, West was pictured wearing a shirt with an image of a convicted neo-Nazi killer.
In April, after his apology, the singer claimed that the Holocaust was fake and that Hitler was a good man.