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Kanye's Apology Fuels Sold-Out LA Shows Amid Celebrity Rebuke

5/7/2026

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Jon Stewart and Seth Rogen rebuked Kanye West at Netflix’s “Is A Joke” event in Los Angeles, mocking his 2025 “Heil Hitler” song and citing his X bans and visa denial.
Kanye West’s two 2026 Los Angeles concerts sold out after he placed a Wall Street Journal ad apologizing for antisemitic remarks.
Kanye West blamed a 2002 car crash and frontal-lobe trauma for his “manic episode” after a 2023 bipolar diagnosis.

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Jon Stewart and Seth Rogen rebuked Kanye West at Netflix’s “Is A Joke” event in Los Angeles, mocking his 2025 “Heil Hitler” song and citing his X bans and visa denial.
Kanye West’s two 2026 Los Angeles concerts sold out after he placed a Wall Street Journal ad apologizing for antisemitic remarks.
Kanye West blamed a 2002 car crash and frontal-lobe trauma for his “manic episode” after a 2023 bipolar diagnosis.