Kanye West on Gigi Hadid Calling Him a ‘Bully,’ Asks Public ‘Where Was You When I Couldn’t See My Kids’

The artist formerly known as Kanye West has again addressed the widespread pushback against his recent decision to feature a “White Lives Matter” t-shirt design in the YZY SZY 9 presentation in Paris.

In an Instagram update shared Wednesday, as seen below, Ye also referenced Gigi Hadid and again appeared to mention Vogue contributing editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. As previously reported, Ye had targeted Karefa-Johnson on social media in response to her comments about Monday’s show. Hadid was among those who responded by defending Karefa-Johnson and criticizing Ye, including by calling him a “a bully and a joke.”

“I wonder what Gigi and Venus’s perspectives were when I didn’t know where my child was on her birthday,” Ye said on Wednesday, adding that “Gabby told me that she disagreed with that.”

From there, Ye turned the focus of his statement back to the t-shirt design.

“So why did everyone feel so free to attack me about my t-shirt but Candace Owens was the only public figure to say that it was wrong for the Kardashians to keep me from seeing my daughter?” Ye said.

Speaking more generally in the closing moments of the latest IG post, Ye addressed “all audience so outraged” by the t-shirt design.

“Where was you when I couldn’t see my kids?” he asked. “I went public in hope of public support at that time.”

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This story is being updated.