David Schwimmer took to social media Monday to praise the companies that pulled their sponsorship at London’s Wireless Festival after Kanye West was revealed as headliner, stating that West still hasn’t properly atoned for his years of antisemitic comments and that his written apology “does not erase years of abuse.”
“Thanks Pepsi, PayPal & Diageo. It’s great to see companies with moral clarity,” the Friends star wrote on Instagram on Monday. “Unlike Wireless and Festival Republic, they decided not to platform an artist who became one of the most recognizable hate-mongering bigots in the world — while the other orgs seek only to profit from one.”
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Sponsors started pulling their sponsorships Sunday after Wireless promoter Festival Republic had announced West’s booking. Festival exectutive Melvin Benn issued an extensive statement Monday defending the decision to book West, stating fans should “offer some forgiveness
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