Athletes Aaron Donald and Jaylen Brown have announced they are leaving Kanye West's Donda Sports following the rapper and fashion designer's recent antisemitic remarks.
Donald, an all-pro and Super Bowl-winning defensive tackle with the Los Angeles Rams, along with his wife, Erica Donald, said Tuesday in a"Our family has made the decision to part ways with Donda Sports," the statement read. "The recent comments and displays of hate and antisemitism are the exact opposite of how we choose to live our lives and raise our children. We find them to be irresponsible and go against everything we believe in as a family.
"As parents and members of society, we felt a responsibility to send a clear message that hateful words and actions have consequences and that we must do better as human beings," the two added. "We do not feel our beliefs, voices and actions belong anywhere near a space that misrepresents and oppresses people of any background, ethnicity or race."
Brown, a guard for the Boston Celtics, also announced his departure from Ye's sports marketing agency. Brown on Monday hadstatement"In the past 24 hours, I have been able to reflect and better understand how my previous statements lack clarity in expressing my stance against recent insensitive public remarks and actions," Brown wrote. "For that, I apologize. And in this, I seek to be as clear as possible.
Earlier in October, Ye tweeted that he was going to go "death [sic] con 3" on Jewish people, an apparent reference to the U.S. military's readiness system, DEFCON. He also posted a screenshot on Instagram of an alleged text exchange with Sean "Diddy" Combs, in which Ye accused Combs of being controlled by Jews.
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