Kanye West Documentary Scrapped By MRC Amid Anti-Semitic Statements; Company Leaders Speak Out - Deadline

MRC said Monday that it was not moving forward with its recently completed documentary about Kanye West, the news coming amid growing criticism of the rapper/entrepreneur’s recent anti-Semitic statements.

“We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform,” MRC’s co-leaders Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu and Scott Tenley said in a statement.

The latest move comes as more in Hollywood have been calling for companies to sever ties with West, who has been increasingly vocal about his views toward Jewish people. Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, Gersh’s Bob Gersh and UTA’s Jeremy Zimmer are among the most recent big names to speak out over West, who has since been dropped by fashion house Balenciaga. Sportswear company Adidas is facing similar pressure.

Last week, the rapper’s appearance on The Shop: Uninterrupted was pulled according to host Maverick Carter, who said West “used The Shop to reiterate more hate speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes.”

West has been making controversial claims of alleged mistreatment by Jewish people, which he has been doubling down on in media interviews and on social media after comments first made during an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Among other things, West posted on Twitter that he was going to go “death con 3 on Jewish people,” a play on the military alert term “Defcon.”

The comments have prompted Wiczyk, Satchu and Tenley (“a Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian”) to speak out after scrapping their documentary, which had recently been completed. MRC had produced and financed it.

Here’s their full statement:

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