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Top Hollywood stars have banded together to protest Kanye West‘s antisemitism — sort of.
A viral video (below) depicts Jewish celebrities such as David SchwimmerSteven Spielberg, Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Scarlett JohanssonSacha Baron Cohen and others wearing an anti-Kanye T-shirt. The video follows West’s unhinged antisemitic comments on social media and selling a white T-shirt on his website that was branded with a swastika, following a bait-and-switch Super Bowl ad. The video concludes with the words “Enough is Enough” and “Join the Fight Against Antisemitism.”
Except this protest video was actually generated using AI, and now at least one of the celebrities portrayed is speaking out.
In a statement to PeopleJohansson objected to deepfake video, regardless of its intentions: “It has been brought to my attention by family members and friends, that an A.I.-generated video featuring my likeness, in response to an antisemitic view, has been circulating online and gaining traction. I am a Jewish woman who has no tolerance for antisemitism or hate speech of any kind. But I also firmly believe that the potential for hate speech multiplied by A.I. is a far greater threat than any one person who takes accountability for it. We must call out the misuse of A.I., no matter its messaging, or we risk losing a hold on reality.”
Which isn’t to say that none of the actors in the video have protested West’s actions in real life.
Actress Isla Fisher is rendered in the video and previously wrote on Instagram about the T-shirt sales: “Hey friends, can you please unfollow Kanye? Did you know this is the only thing for sale on his website after placing a Super Bowl commercial? F–k this monster forever. No Tolerance for this s–t.”
While Schwimmer took to Instagram to call on X boss Elon Musk to remove the rapper’s account: “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.”
During West’s tweet spree, the rapper also declared that he loved Hitler and called himself a Nazi.
On Tuesday, West’s X account was deactivated as he wrote: “I’m logging out of Twitter (now X). I appreciate Elon for allowing me to vent. It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board.”
Later that day, Shopify shut down West’s brand’s ecommerce websitetelling The Hollywood Reporter in a statement about the removal that Yeezy.com violated policy. “All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform. This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms so we removed them from Shopify,” the spokesperson said.
