Ye’s ‘The Shop’ Episode Won’t Air, Shared ‘More Hate Speech’ in Interview

Kanye West was a guest on The Shop, but nobody’s going to see the conversation.

“Yesterday we taped an episode of The Shop with Kanye West,” Maverick Carter, SpringHill Company CEO and LeBron’s co-host of the talk show, told Andscape in a statement. The outlet notes James was “not present at the taping.”

Carter’s statement continues:

“Kanye was booked weeks ago and, after talking to Kanye directly the day before we taped, I believed he was capable of a respectful discussion and he was ready to address all his recent comments. Unfortunately, he used The Shop to reiterate more hate speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes.

We have made the decision not to air this episode or any of Kanye’s remarks. While The Shop embraces thoughtful discourse and differing opinions, we have zero tolerance for hate speech of any kind and will never allow our channels to be used to promote hate. I take full responsibility for believing Kanye wanted a different conversation and apologize to our guests and crew. Hate speech should never have an audience.”

Andscape writes that production sources say West “doubled down on his recent anti-Semitic remarks” in the would-be episode, which also featured his “Amazing” collaborator Jeezy and shoe designer Salehe Bembury.

Complex has reached out to a Springhill Company rep for further comment.

The Shop finished its fourth season on HBO last October, with Jay-Z, Tom Brady, Kid Cudi, Wanda Sykes, and many more stopping by. Season 5 moved to YouTube in March and has aired on a roughly monthly basis, with 2022 guests including Donald Glover, Quinta Brunson, Rick Ross, Idris Elba, Draymond Green, and Drew Barrymore.

Over the weekend, West began making comments about Jewish people while slamming Diddy, then broadened his antisemitic remarks on Twitter when Instagram suspended him. A tweet where he declared “when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE” was pulled for violating the platform’s rules.