'I LIKE HITLER'
DISGRACED Kanye West admitted "I like Hitler" in an appalling anti-Semitic rant during a masked interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
The black balaclava-wearing rapper, 45, glorified Hitler and the Nazis on Jones' far-right show Infowars on Thursday.
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The shamed hip hop star, who was dumped by Adidas and Balenciaga for a string of anti-Semitic remarks, has been strongly condemned for the vile comments and slammed as a "repellent bigot".
The Infowars interview took an extraordinary turn after West - now known as Ye - said he saw "good things" in Hitler.
"I see good things about Hitler, also," he said.
"I love everyone, this guy invented highways, the microphone, every human has something of value they brought to the table, especially Hitler.
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"Also, Hitler was born Christian."
Ye, who plans on running for president in 2024, praised the ruthless dictator's party, adding: "They did good things too. We have to stop dissing the Nazis all the time.
"The Jewish media has made us feel like the Nazis and Hitler have never offered anything of value to the world."
And Ye said he didn't like the way the word "evil" was associated with the Nazis.
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"I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis," he said.
Ye also took credit for "popularising" anti-Semitism.
"No one in high school knew what anti-Semitic meant until Ye made it popular," he said.
During the interview, the hip hop star also mocked former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Using a fishing net and a bottle of Yoohoo chocolate milk to portray Netanyahu, Ye did a high-pitched voice to mimic the former PM.
When asked by Jones why he wasn't fond of Netanyahu, Ye admitted he had only heard of the former prime minister two weeks ago and thought he "had a funny name".
In a statement following the disgraceful comments, the Republican Jewish Coalition said: "Given his praise of Hitler, it cannot be overstated that Kanye West is a vile, repellent bigot.
"Conservatives who have mistakenly indulged Kanye West must make it clear that he is a pariah. Enough is enough."
Frozen actor Josh Gad, who is Jewish, also blasted the once-treasured rapper for his disgraceful comments.
“It’s not what Kanye West says that scares me,” he said.
"It’s that he has 30 million followers who listen to his insanity on top of a cheerleader in the form of the current owner of this platform.
"No one who says ‘I love Hitler’ should be allowed any oxygen on any social platform (period)."
YE STORMS OFF TIM POOL INTERVIEW
Kanye's unhinged Infowars appearance comes days after he stormed out of an interview with a YouTuber's interview on Monday.
Ye was set to discuss his dinner with former president Donald Trump and his 2024 presidential campaign when he seemingly left YouTuber Tim Pool's studio.
Pool's panel included right-wing extremist Milo Yiannopoulos and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, among others.
Will Sommer, a politics reporter at the Daily Beast, tweeted that the exit came after "Pool offered him the slightest pushback to his anti-Semitism."
"I can't say I'm surprised," Pool said after the walkout.
Pool seemed to believe that Ye walked out because he asked the rapper about his anti-Semitic views.
However, he claimed that Ye was the one who initially brought it up.
While Pool was asking about Ye's dinner with Trump, the rapper switched directions and said: "I just gotta go right to the heart of this anti-Semite claim that's happening."
"This is something, if you read the definition, it says you can't claim that there's multiple people inside of banks or in media that are all Jewish or you're anti-Semitic."
"And that's the truth, like it's the truth, what are we talking about?"
Pool gave his opinions on the matter that conflicted with Ye's.
He said: "You're expounding upon a localization issue that you've witnessed, right? Let me clarify.
"There are a handful of people that you see are Jewish in a current place and then you associate Judaism with the power, whereas I view that as not relevant to it."
During a pause later in the interview, Pool told Ye: “I think they’ve been extremely unfair to you.”
Ye asked him to clarify who he meant by “they,” and Pool said, “the corporate press.”
Ye then abruptly got up and left as Pool asked: "Are you leaving?"
Pool said after Ye walked out: "What do I even do? Other than ask him, please elaborate on this? Are you referring to individuals or are you quite literally blaming an entire group of people for the fact that powerful individuals are causing you harm?"
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Pool added: "Literally, I said a couple sentences about 'I don't think that's fair.' Did I insult the man? He seriously can't handle, he can't handle it?"
A member of Pool's staff reportedly walked back in to inform the panel that Ye said he did not get to "talk enough."