'The Shop,' a talk show starring LeBron James, will not air an episode taped with Kanye West, after the rapper made several anti-Semitic and offensive comments on social media in recent days.
"The Shop," a talk show starring LeBron James, will not air an episode taped with Kanye West, after the rapper made several anti-Semitic and offensive comments on social media in recent days.
"Yesterday we taped an episode of 'The Shop' with Kanye West," Carter said in a statement to CBS News on Thursday."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."
West, who has changed his name to Ye, has not publicly commented on the decision. CBS News has reached out to representatives for West.
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