Aer Lingus passengers have taken to Twitter to vent their frustrations with the tiny wraps they were served on a recent flight. One Twitter user even went as far as to say that she spent more than €900 euros on flights, and was then served this ridiculously-sized wrap.

If you thought Virgin Australia’s Noodlegate saga or Qantas’ lack of vegetarian options on a recent flight were bad, wait until you see this: Aer Lingus are in the hot seat after serving passengers really small wraps. One passenger, Pat Phelan, posted an image of his rather grim lunch service, with the caption: “Meal 2 on a 7hr flight and yes I have normal size hands. Ridiculous @AerLingus.”

In response to his post, a cavalcade of comments ensued. Twitter user Aoife Cheung wrote: “Agreed. Not what I expected after paying €900+ for flights! @AerLingus.” She then included the following image.

This led to a broader discussion around the “race to the bottom.” While some believe this phenomenon (the trend where airlines outcompete to make themselves cheaper and cheaper) is simply a natural consequence of the market, others think the trend has worsened since the pandemic, with airlines now doing some much-needed budget repairing.

That truly looks shite

— AnthonyT (@Anthony99358860) October 10, 2022

One Twitter user wrote: “The[y] charge premium prices but provide less than budget airline service. Avoid them.” Not everyone was convinced by this, however, with another pointing out that it’s the same everywhere: “And you’ll probably be saying [sic] tge same about Ryanair. So never fly again.”

Other aggrieved comments included: “What’s happening with the stinginess! God help passengers” and “That is brutal.”

Another Twitter user said: “That’s ridiculous!! It’s like a wrap was devided into four portions! @AerLingus you are gone to the dogs.”

So much for the luck of the Irish…

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Patricks, the premium men’s grooming brand founded by Sydney local Patrick Kidd, has just dropped 3 new products fit for debonair Bruce Wayne himself.

The PATRICKS x Wayne Enterprises collaboration comes as part of a new push from Warner Bros. (the parent company of Batman publisher, DC Comics) to offer a whole slew of products “tailored to the Bruce Waynes of the world,” which has been developed in partnership with Uncrate.

While the new Wayne Enterprises collection includes everything from sunglasses to boots and even supplements – with prices across the collection ranging from US$55 – $4,800) it’s the PATRICKS grooming products for men that have caught our attention. Yep, even if you don’t quite have the trust fund of Mr Wayne, you can at least now feel and look like you do, with a skincare routine fit for the Caped Crusader’s alter ego.

And, just in case you were unaware, PATRICKS was founded by Bondi-local Patrick Kidd – who recently spoke at DMARGE House – in 2015, following a conversation he had with the professor of neurosurgery at Ohio State University, whilst naked, in a sauna.

The collection is made up of 3 current PATRICKS products, all of which have received a dark and Gotham-worthy all-black makeover, complete with the Wayne Enterprises logo. The lineup includes the WE1 high-performance natural deodorant, WE2 anti-fatigue moisturiser and the WE3 triple-technology eye serum.

Remember, guys, you’re not aiming to mimic Batman with this collection, but the man behind the mask. As Robert Oberschelp, Warner Bros. Consumer Products Senior VP of Global Franchise Management & Global Brand Product has said, “Instead of leaning into the franchise of Batman, it’s ultimately about who is Bruce Wayne, and what does he look like? It’s not [about] one actor or a single brand.”

“This is something that Bruce Wayne would have, and this label is just the very beginning.”

The PATRICKS x Wayne Enterprises men’s skincare collection is available now directly from the PATRICKS website.

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Australians love Land Rovers, especially the no-frills, off-road-capable Defender… But with second-hand prices almost as high as new Defender prices in some cases, how’s the average revhead supposed to get their hands on one without deep pockets?

The answer might seem obvious, but it’s one that surprisingly few Aussies are aware of: military surplus auctions. The Australian Defence Force used locally-made Land Rover Defender 110s, known as ‘Perenties’, from the 80s all the way up to the 2010s.

There’s always been a fairly steady flow of Perenties being disposed of by the army making their way to auctions but as of 2013 the Perenties have started being replaced by Mercedes-Benz G-Classes in active service – meaning there’s increasingly more Perenties being made available to the public.

And guess what? They’re an absolute steal. In Pickles’ Ex-Military Auction right now, there’s a bunch of decent-condition Perenties for sale between $13,000 and $45,000. When you consider that the average price of a Defender on Carsales is closer to $70,000, that’s a bargain. In fact, ex-ADF Perenties might be some of the cheapest Defenders on the planet.

Perenties differ from civilian Defenders in a few key areas: not only were they almost exclusively two-door soft-tops, but they had a beefier chassis, incredibly no-frills fit-outs and were powered by Isuzu-made 3.9L four-cylinder diesel engines, either naturally aspirated or turbocharged.

This might make Perenties less ‘pure’ than one powered by a Rover V8, for example, but they’re actually much better than a British-made defender. For one, it’s widely regarded that these locally-made Perenties were built to a much higher standard than their British counterparts – for instance, they were built with galvanised chassis, meaning they’re less susceptible to rust.

Secondly, those Isuzu donks are pretty bulletproof, and more than enough to haul these 4x4s around. Also, many Perenties are actually 6x6s… And six-wheelers are totally awesome. You’d pay upwards of six figures to get a 6×6 Defender or G-Wagen, but actually the 6×6 Perenties don’t command a significant premium over 4×4 variants.

Pickles’ auction ends tonight, but they regularly have Perenties come up for bid… Definitely one to bookmark.

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Craig Lino, a former police officer from Melbourne, has spoken to DMARGE about what it was like retiring, and how boxing is helping him get his mental health back on track.

It’s one thing to talk about what we need to do to prevent depression, but it’s a whole different thing putting it into practice. This is why, when we saw Craig Lineham’s story, it hit us like a punch in the face (in the best way possible).

After Mr Lineham shared on social media how boxing has got him the fittest he’s been in 20 years, we gave him a call to learn more. We’re glad we did because – as he told us – if his story motivates just one other person, “it will have been worth it.”

Mr Lineham, who was a police officer for 20 years, retired 2 years ago, at 48, due to the effects of PTSD. Since then, he told DMARGE, “I’m financially ok, but I don’t really do much and I started drinking a few cans a night and put on a little bit of weight – 9 or 9.5kg.”

Mr Lineham told DMARGE he wasn’t in too bad of a place, but that after leaving the police force he struggled to find a greater purpose in his life. “I was in a pretty good headspace, but I was sort of thinking: ‘What’s the point of getting out of bed today?'” Mr Lineham told DMARGE.

“The police force is very consuming. It’s a lifestyle. When I lost that I grieved it for a while. Then I got over it. It’s like another life now. I didn’t have anything to fill the void. I saw something on Facebook about Corporate Fighter and I just thought: ‘Oh I’ll have a look at this.’ You raise money for a charity and have a fight after 10 weeks of intensive training.”

“I thought maybe that’s a goal to go for, and I told my friends about it.”

Craig Lineham

Though Mr Lineham had some initial reservations about having his first ever proper boxing fight at 52, he eventually decided that whatever the outcome, it would be a win: “I thought on the night I’ll win, lose or draw – but it’s all about the journey.” Plus: he got the chance to train with Harry Garside (“a lovely bloke and taught me so much”), which is a win in itself in our book.

“The fight was scheduled for August the 19th, so I trained from the start of June for 4 nights a week intensively. Then it got cancelled and rescheduled for November the 11th.”

He’s been training, hard too: “I’ve been training with a personal boxing trainer two days a week for an hour session, and I do 8 hours a week in a boxing gym, 6 hours in a weights gym doing weights and cardio and I do a 1,000 sit-ups a week.”

“That’s got me down from 99kg to 84.5kg today.”

Craig Lineham

“The fight’s at the Melbourne Pavillion – about 1,000 people will be watching so I’m more nervous about the people than the fight. There will be 10-12 fights and I’ll be fighting someone of a similar experience and similar weight.”

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Mr Lineham only took up boxing properly this year. He said he’s dropped nearly 16kg, which he attributes to the training and lifestyle changes he has made (“I only drink on weekends and then only moderately. It’s been a fantastic journey”).

“I’m 51 so I’m not going to lie, the body hurts but it’s for a good outcome.”

Craig Lineham

Mr Lineham told DMARGE that boxing has helped his mental health, too. He said: “I was diagnosed with complex PTSD and depression in 2017. I knew I had it [PTSD] since 2009. I knew something wasn’t right – I was just struggling and worked in areas like the Special Ops group – I also worked as a covert operative – and they are quite high functioning jobs.”

“I knew as a Sargeant in that covert unit, I could see some cracks appearing and I didn’t know what to do because you have to function very highly in those units.”

Mr Lineham said that he previously struggled with alcohol addiction and “eventually it just got the better of me.” He ended up in rehab for alcohol and spent some time in psych wards addressing the PTSD. He has also done four rounds of a trauma group that went for six months, “I’ve had two years of trauma groups, obviously taking some medication and yeah I sort of have left the police force behind me – it was like another life.”

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Despite this, after quitting the force, Mr Lineham told DMARGE: “I was starting to get back into old habits and this [the boxing] has really been a godsend.” Mr Lineham also said that the response he has seen from other Aussie blokes has been great.

“I get up at 5am and go for a run. It’s been a really good motivation.”

Craig Lineham

“I was overwhelmed by the response. I don’t even know why I put it on there [on Facebook]. I just thought: ‘You know what, I’m pretty proud of what I’ve done. I’ll just share it and maybe motivate a bloke.’ 1,500 likes later and god knows how many hundreds of messages and I reckon I might have actually inspired some people to do it themselves.”

“I hope I have and if I help one person the post was worth it.”

Craig Lineham

It appears to have inspired at least one person, with one bloke on Facebook (Mr Lineham shared his experience on a community page) chiming in, asking for advice: “Any one recommend a good boxing gym in the Bankstown area… Used to train a long time ago and now I’m an overweight truck driver [but] this post has really made me want to start up again… Don’t have any friends and I’m an introvert until I get to know someone..thanks.”

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Another said: “Maaate ! That’s awesome. I took a loss on my first fight but the journey man it is something incredible I never thought I could commit to something like I did to Muay Thai!”

Yet another said: “I’m 47 and have been thinking about this for a little while now but wondered if I was getting too old. I’m not one to throw around catch phrases but this is actually inspiring.”

There you have it: your weekly dose of motivation. Now, where were those boxing gloves?

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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and world’s biggest attention seeker, has come up with yet another bizarre stunt: selling bottles of cologne that smell like his own burnt hair.

If you head to the website of The Boring Company – Musk’s entertainingly-named infrastructure and tunnel construction company – you can buy a bottle of ‘Burnt Hair by Singed’, a cologne that as the name implies, is designed to smell like Musk’s toasty dome.

The product page describes it as “just like leaning over a candle at the dinner table, but without all the hard work” as well as “The Essence of Repugnant Desire”. Musk himself has called it “an omnigender product” and has confirmed you can even buy it using his favourite cryptocurrency, Dogecoin.

At US$100 a pop, not including shipping, it’s hardly cheap (a bottle of Dior Eau Sauvage costs less)… But apparently, he’s already sold 5,000 bottles of the stuff.

The finest fragrance on Earth!https://t.co/ohjWxNX5ZC pic.twitter.com/0J1lmREOBS

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 11, 2022

This isn’t the first time Musk’s used The Boring Company to sell a gag product. You might remember back in 2018 how he sold ‘flamethrowers’ (really just blowtorches attached to an Airsoft rifle) through the company, leading to mass outrage among American politicians… And a subsequent sale of The Boring Company-branded fire extinguishers.

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Those flamethrowers, which originally sold for US$500, have now become collector’s items and regularly sell on sites like eBay for upwards of $20,000…

So maybe you should hold on to your bottle of Burnt Hair. It could be worth something someday. Maybe once Musk takes over the world.

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Cheating, infidelity, adultery. Whatever you want to call it, it’s not big and it’s not clever, and you don’t even need to physically have sex with someone other than your partner for your behaviour to be classed as cheating, by some metrics.

We’ve previously discussed the prevalence of micro-cheating, but what about emotional cheating? You may have already heard of both terms and believe them to be one and the same, but there are some differences to look out for.

So, what is emotional cheating and what are the signs? Read on to find out.

What is emotional cheating?

Samantha Jayne, Australia’s leading relationship expert, told DMARGE that emotional cheating is “a form of infidelity where the boundaries of the relationship are overstepped. It’s when a person is sharing intimacy on an emotional level with someone outside of their romantic relationship.”

In essence, you seek out an emotional connection that you’re not getting from your main relationship, something you would expect all committed relationships to have.

Samantha adds that emotional cheating “might seem like it’s innocent, after all, it’s not physical but just mental, but the reality is there can be serious consequences.”

And, while it has been suggested women are more likely to cheat than men, it’s still unclear which sex is more likely to emotionally cheat on their partner.

MindBodyGreen builds upon this by saying, “It’s one person making a unilateral decision to cultivate nonsexual intimacy with someone other than their primary romantic partner in a way that weakens or undermines the relationship.”

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For some people who are aware of this fact, they may think about going down the route of an ethical non-monogamous relationship, wherein one person may have multiple partners, but all partners are aware of the relationships and all are in agreement. An ENM relationship may be formed if someone is sexually satisfied with a partner, but doesn’t get the emotional connection and so seeks out just this aspect of a relationship with someone else.

Why is emotional cheating problematic?

Mainly, because it’s cheating. But to explain further, Samantha tells DMARGE, “the foundation of a good relationship goes beyond physical, particularly after the honeymoon period is over. Going outside of the relationship means the foundations are rocky and the relationship is at risk of breakdown.”

How do I spot emotional cheating?

Emotional cheating isn’t always so easy to spot, in a similar vein to micro-cheating. The New York Post cites American woman Rachel Gebelein as being emotionally cheated on by her partner. At six-months pregnant with their second child, her partner started going away more regularly, and he eventually admitted to having an affair with another woman.

But what Rachel said was worse, wasn’t the fact he’d had sexual relations with another woman, but it was that “she found email exchanges between the two, in which they referred to each other as boyfriend and girlfriend and noted that ‘fate had brought them together.'”

It’s this kind of language, usually conducted in secrecy, that makes someone an emotional cheater. SiriusXM podcaster Megyn Kelly has also recently touched on the subject of emotional cheating, saying “I’d much rather [my husband] have a one-night stand with a woman than sit and cry with her.”

Kelly’s podcast show guest, Canadian professor Gad Saad, added women “get more triggered and more angry and more jealous by emotional infidelity rather than sexual infidelity.”

Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine found himself in the headlines recently as well, for sending flirtatious messages – pretty shit flirtatious messages, we might add – to women other than his wife. While he insisted he hadn’t formed any real relationship with any of the women, nor had he slept with any of them, he did admit he’d done wrong.

I used poor judgment in speaking with anyone other than my wife in ANY kind of flirtatious manner. I did not have an affair, nevertheless, I crossed the line during a regrettable period of my life.

Adam Levine

Samantha also tells DMARGE, “signs your partner is emotionally cheating is that they talk less with you, and the calls and messages stop. They stop sharing news, they close their eyes all the time during sex, they have difficulty maintaining eye contact and they just seem so distant.”

“There is a feeling you get when someone is emotionally cheating and it all comes down to feeling empty, alone and frustrated.”

Am I emotionally cheating on my partner?

But, this is if you want to find out if your partner is emotionally cheating on you. What about signs to look out for to self-diagnose yourself as a potential emotional cheater?

The most obvious is, as Mind Body Green states, “is to tune in to how you feel.”

“Does this outside person temporarily relieve a sense of loneliness but leave you feeling lonelier in the long run? Is your closeness with them something you crave – like a sugar fix – that comes with a lingering sense of guilt when you get home to your significant other?”

Indeed, Samantha expands upon this further, saying “If you are feeling like something is missing in your relationship where you don’t feel heard, or validated or you can’t talk about simple pleasures such as dreams or hard times, then you are missing emotional intimacy.”

“Sometimes it’s because you’ve just grown apart and stuck in a rut, you need to get back to what you love about each other, get out and date, and reconnect. If you are more playful you’ll start to reconnect and bring back the emotional intimacy.”

“The signs that you’re emotionally cheating can be easy to pick out. Maybe you’re thinking or fantasising about someone outside of your relationship frequently. If you hear exciting news or sad news, or anything that brings up emotions your partner should be the one you share things with first, if you are going elsewhere it is a sign you are emotionally cheating. You need to look at why?”

Healthline lists some other signs to look out for that could indicate either you are an emotional cheater, or that your partner is emotionally cheating on you. They include:

• spend more time talking to (or thinking about) the other person than your partner
• avoid mentioning them to your partner
• know they’re attracted to you
• notice physical signs of chemistry around them
• feel less physically or emotionally attracted to your partner
• share frustration or dissatisfaction with your relationship with them
• wish your partner could be more like them
• avoid open communication with your partner

Samantha adds “emotionally cheating may be done out of pure loneliness. If you feel lonely in your relationship and you go outside of your relationship for validation, it’s a sign you’re emotionally cheating.”

“Emotionally cheating can even happen during sex when you close your eyes and imagine someone else. Women are often guilty of this too. It’s better to connect with eye contact and be present rather than live in fantasy land.”

Emotional cheating vs micro-cheating: What’s the difference?

As we said earlier, you may think emotional cheating and micro-cheating are pretty much the same thing. And, while they do share many similarities, there are some key differences – although, Thomas Edwards, founder of The Professional Wingman, reckons “micro-cheating doesn’t exist,” when he spoke to Bustle.

Emotional cheating sees one person of a couple seek an emotional connection with someone else, to an extent where they will avoid talking about deep topics with their main partner. They’ll instead divulge their true feelings to the person they’re emotionally cheating with.

Micro-cheating, meanwhile, is carried out through smaller actions, but actions that still indicate you’re romantically interested in someone else. In today’s world of social media, micro-cheating is commonly carried out by regularly liking someone else’s Instagram posts or sparking up conversations online and lying about your relationship status.

But micro-cheating could even be as trivial as wondering what it would be like to have a certain someone else as your partner. Just the very fact you had the though could be grounds to be deemed a micro-cheater, some (arguably the neurotic, but that’s a story for another day) may say.

However, the type of cheating and the extent to which you pursue it could all depend on the boundaries you and your partner set, and what you both consider to be loyal or disloyal. Some partners may be perfectly fine with their other half liking another girl’s Instagram posts. But, subsequently, she wouldn’t be happy if her partner had a late-night Tinder swiping session.

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The takeaway?

As is the case with any trouble in paradise, no matter how big or small, the best way to navigate it is through open, honest communication with your partner. If something is missing in the relationship, such as an emotional connection, then be upfront with your partner.

You can then use this time either talk through problems and hopefully come to a resolution. Or, in the worst case, the relationship comes to an end, but it’s at least ended on good terms rather than finding the other has cheated.

Remember, emotionally available men are attractive. F**kbois are out.

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Chris Hemsworth has taken to Instagram to show off a rather weighty python, captioning the video: “found the next lightweight UFC champ,” and pretending to struggle with the slippery creature.

Chris Hemsworth today found himself locked in a mortal coil, posting a video to Instagram of a python wrapped around his neck. Hemsworth joked with his 56 million Instagram followers that the snake was choking him out, likening it to a mixed martial arts fighter. It remains unknown to whom the snake belongs.

Citizens of the ‘gram had a field day, chiming in with such quips as: “nice scarf” and “Loki get off.” Others expressed their jealousy, with one writing: “I mean… HOW a snake can be luckier than me? HOW?” How indeed.

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The iconic Australian actor has been busy lately. Not only has he been showing us how to do full body pump-up workouts, but he has also been in Fiji working with the non-profit organisation Waitt Institute to learn “what the Waitt Institute is doing to help the Fijian government fully protect 30% of their ocean through marine spatial planning.”

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Naturally, he got a few sneaky barrels in while he was at it, enjoying his time in the Pacific on a surfboard and inspiring fellow surfer Owen Wright to give him credit for the “wave of the trip” (and other Instagram users to make remarks like “Isn’t there’s something [sic] you can’t do?”).

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The world’s most humble footballer continues his recent string of lavish luxury purchases with a super-rare Patek Philippe watch that another top athlete was recently seen wearing.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Swedish soccer superstar, has been celebrating his 41st birthday in mega style lately: buying multiple Ferraris, tooling around in rare Porsches, getting exotic medical procedures… Guess being out injured gives you plenty of time to treat (read: repair) yourself.

His latest flex? He was spotted up in the bleachers watching his team AC Milan’s match against Juventus wearing a new Patek Philippe Nautilus ‘Blue Sapphire’ (ref. 5711/111P), which is worth a solid AU$1.25 million on the aftermarket. Crazy stuff.

Funnily enough, fellow celebrity athlete, Australian Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo, was recently spotted wearing the exact same watch… We guess great minds think alike?

This eye-catching rendition of Patek’s famous luxury sports watch features a platinum case and integrated bracelet; 44 baguette-cut blue sapphires (32 set in the bezel and 12 as hour markers) and a black gradient dial. Ricciardo’s is almost exactly the same, but instead features rubies instead of sapphires.

Both Zlatan’s sapphire and Danny Ric’s ruby watches are both ‘off-catalogue’ models, meaning that they’re not officially listed anywhere on Patek Philippe’s website or on display in boutiques. They’re rare and exclusive watches that are only offered or available to Patek’s most important (or biggest spending) customers.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Zlatan wear an off-catalogue piece from a top luxury watch brand, either. This time last year, he was spotted wearing a flashy Rolex Daytona Rainbow (ref. 116595RBOW) whilst hanging out with tennis superstar Novak Djokovic.

Guess Ricciardo might need to get a Rainbow Daytona now, too…

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Kanye West, the legendary but increasingly controversial hip-hop artist has outdone himself recently with some anti-Semitic comments on social media that have seen him being booted from both Twitter and Instagram. But, what did he say exactly that caused such a stir?

Kanye – who actually legally changed his name to just ‘Ye’ – in 2021, first caused uproar through a post on his Instagram account that allegedly (it has now been deleted) suggested fellow musician and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs was controlled by Jewish people.

Kanye also posted images of a text conversation between him and Diddy that showed Diddy saying he would, “show the Jews that told you to call me that no one can threaten of influence me.”

Ye’s posts have since been removed, but his Instagram account is still active. However, Kanye appears to have had a purge of his posts, as there are now just 12 on his account, 11 of which refer to a text message conversation Kanye had with Supreme creative director, Tremaine Emory. The conflict between the pair relates to former Louis Vuitton creative director, Virgil Abloh. But that’s a story for another time.

Since Kanye’s post about Diddy being controlled by Jewish people, Instagram not only removed the post, but imposed temporary restrictions on his account. This includes restrictions on posting, commenting and messaging.

Twitter

Kanye took action into his own hands and jumped shipped to Twitter to post his first tweet since 2020. Ye tweeted, “I’m a bit sleep tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.” We can only assume Kanye meant ‘DEFCON’ through his use of ‘death con’. DEFCON is a United States military readiness code, which is a combination of ‘defence’ and ‘condition’. 1 is the highest rating given to a perceived threat, and 5 is the lowest.

Kanye, clearly predicting his tweet would draw backlash, added he couldn’t be called anti-Semitic.

“The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”

Kanye West

Twitter – which was recently bought by Elon Musk for $44 billion – removed the tweet and locked Kanye’s account.

Since Kanye’s comments, The Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles, California, has reached out to the Power rapper to invite him to the museum to “learn about the devastating impacts of hate speech,” Billboard reported.

In an Instagram story, the museum said, “Words matter and words have consequences Ye. We urge you to come visit us at Holocaust Museum L.A. to understand just how words can incite horrific violence and genocide.”

Kanye’s anti-Semitic comments overshadowed his other recent controversy, which saw him wear a shirt with the phrase “White Lives Matter,” emblazoned upon it at Paris Fashion Week.

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