Jamie Lee Curtis has made a vocal stand against abhorrent comments made by Kanye West, taking to Twitter to condemn the rapper.
On October 8, Kanye in a since-deleted tweet wrote that he was “going death con 3 on Jewish people,” adding that “you guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda”.
Jamie Lee Curtis took to Twitter to reply, writing “The holiest day in Judaism was last week. Words matter. A threat to Jewish people ended once in a genocide. Your words hurt and incite violence. You are a father. Please stop.”
Curtis, whose father was Jewish, also appeared on the Today show the following day, becoming visibly emotional when speaking about the situation.
“I woke up and I burst into tears,” Curtis revealed on the show. “What are you doing? It’s bad enough that fascism is on the rise around the world, but on Twitter? On a portal to pour that in, as if Jewish people haven’t had it hard enough?… As if Asian people haven’t had enough. I mean, it was just abhorrent.”
Today show host Hoda Kotb, noted that she had never seen Curtis’ eyes “well up in anger like that,” to which Curtis replied, “I woke up and… I thought [about] my grandparents”.
“It’s just abhorrent behaviour, I hope he gets help. I hope his children get help from him. It’s terrible,” Curtis continued.
“And if we weren’t reacting, who are we? What does it say about people who aren’t reacting?”