Schwimmer Praises Sponsors for Dropping Ye

0:00On April 7th, David Schwimmer just praised Pepsi, PayPal, and Diagio for dropping this sponsorship of the UK's wireless festival. They pulled out after organizers but Kanye West, now known as YA Way, to headline all three nights. Schwimmer, whose Jewish, called it moral clarity and refusing to platform someone with a history of hate speech. He slammed the festival and its promoters for chasing profits from YAY, who he says spread anti-Semitic lies to his 33 million followers for years. Schwimmer questioned YAY's recent full-page apology in the Wall Street Journal, where the rapper blamed his rants on a brain injury from a car crash and his bipolar diagnosis. Fans and communities hit hard by YAWay's words feel the damage runs deep, fueling real-world hate and violence against Jews. Even as some big artists like Lauren Hill and Travis Scott joined his recent California show, none spoke out against his past remarks, leaving many.

1:00Wondering about accountability, Schwimmer hoped other sponsors like Budweiser would follow suit and deny YA's stage until he proves real change. But it didn't come to that. Turns out, UK officials denied YA Way entry, forcing wireless festival to cancel entirely, closing the book on this messy comeback attempt.