Los Angeles Rams superstar defensive tackle Aaron Donald leaves Yez Donda Sports. Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown also plans to end his relationship with the company after reflecting on his initial comments.
Their decision sparked an uproar on social media after ex-Kanye West star Ye wore a ‘White Lives Matter’ shirt with political commentator Candice Owens for his anti-Semitic comments. was dropped after causing
Because of this, Ye’s business partners Balenciaga and Adidas turned him down. JPMorgan Chase also deleted Ye’s fashion company Yeezy account.
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Donald released a statement, along with his wife Erica, explaining why he decided to part ways with Donda Sports.
Donald tweeted, “The recent hateful and anti-Semitic comments and statements are diametrically opposed to how we choose to live and raise our children.” , thinks it goes against everything we believe as a family.
“As parents and as members of society, we felt a responsibility to send a clear message that hateful words and actions have consequences and that we as human beings must behave better. misleads and oppresses people with their beliefs, voices and actions regardless of their background, ethnicity or race.
“We are delighted to have worked with so many amazing people so far and will continue to use our platform to improve and support other families, children and communities through positive outreach. I think that
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Donald and Ye are close friends, with the former telling the “I Am Athlete” podcast crew that he’s a “cool guy”.・I liked the family atmosphere of the company, which Brown emphasized.
However, Brown explained his change of heart.
“Over the past 24 hours, I have been able to reflect and better understand how my previous statements clearly lacked in expressing my position on recent public insensitive statements and actions. “For that matter, I apologize. And I’m trying to be as clear as I can about this. I have, and will continue to, avoid anti-Semitism, hate speech, and misrepresentation.” , continues to strongly oppose oppressive rhetoric of any kind.
“With that in mind, after sharing conversations, I realized that sometimes my voice and my position can’t coexist in a space that doesn’t align with my stance and values. I am terminating my relationship with Sports.”
Brown added, “I look forward to continuing to provide guidance, love and support to the wonderful children, faculty and young athletes I am grateful for the bonds and relationships I have been able to build during my time at Donda Academy.” .
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Brown initially told The Boston Globe that he “will not tolerate any injury, harm, or danger to any group or individual.” However, he wanted to stay at Donda Sports.
Ye doubled down on his anti-Semitic comments last week, saying, “Hey, if you accuse someone of bad business, that means you’re an anti-Semite,” the New York Post reported.
“I am happy to cross that line of thinking and be able to talk openly about things like cancellations from banks,” Ye added.
The original comment came from Ye’s Instagram, where he posted a text message with rapper Diddy, who criticized his “White Lives Matter” shirt at the Yeezy fashion show in Paris.
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“This is not a game,” Ye replied to Didi. “I will use you as an example to show the Jew who told me to call that no one can threaten or influence me.”
You later tweeted: “I’m a little sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m in a death scam 3 with me about the Jewish people and anyone who opposes your agenda is a blackball I tried.”
Represented by Athlete First’s Todd France, Donald recently signed a fully-guaranteed, three-year, $95 million deal with the Rams before the 2022-23 NFL season begins. This made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.
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Antonio Brown was named president of Donda Sports, which launched in February, and he and Ye were seen at the Super Bowl in Los Angeles. Donald became the first active player to sign with an agency responsible for marketing his brand.
Fox News Digital sports editor Ryan Gaydos and reporter Brie Stimson contributed to this report.