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Jodie Turner-Smith slams ‘disgusting’ Kanye West after ‘White Lives Matter’ tee

Jodie Turner-Smith blasted “disgusting” Kanye West after the rapper wore a “White Lives Matter” tee to his surprise Yeezy fashion show.

“i thought he said he was trying to bring people together???” the actress wrote via Instagram Stories on Monday, adding, “fake and disgusting and embarrassing.”

“please go touch some grass and stop sharing your toxic thoughts,” the “Queen & Slim” star continued.

The 36-year-old’s statement was written over one of West’s social media posts, which read, “WHEN I SAID WAR I MEANT WAR.”

The model, who is married to Joshua Jackson, went on to share other users’ takes on West’s Paris Fashion Week show, including Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith.

Jodie Turner-Smith slammed Kanye West over his “White Lives Matter” tee.
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“I Don’t Care Who’s It Is. If I Don’t Feel The Message I’m Out. Black Lives Matter,” the singer, 24, tweeted, referencing his decision to exit the show early.

Turner-Smith shared another post, this one written by Vas J Morgan, reading, “As one of his fans and biggest cheerleaders, it is Extremely disappointing that Kanye West used his incredibly large platform today to set us, as black people back centuries.”

“This is far deeper than a Tshirt. This is horrendous.”

The actress called West “fake and disgusting and embarrassing.”
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The “White Noise” star also posted a screenshot of a comment written by producer Van Lathan.

“We don’t need a reminder of the worth of white lives,” it read. “America is a shrine to the worth of white people. This message is reactionary to a message affirming the worth of Black lives, which have never been worth anything in America.”

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West called the Black Lives Matter movement a “scam” after his Paris Fashion Week show.
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West called the Black Lives Matter movement a “scam” after his Paris Fashion Week show.
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West called the Black Lives Matter movement a “scam” after his Paris Fashion Week show.
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After writing, “FOR SHAME. WHAT AN ENDING TO THE WEEK,” Turner-Smith concluded her reposts by adding a breaking heart emoji to a paragraph from Vogue’s Raven Smith.

“Can I just say that I am genuinely mortified for the Black woman who walked that runway, wearing a garment with a racist response to an important civil rights movement?” the journalist wrote.

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Turner-Smith reposted other social media users’ critiques of West’s shirt via Instagram Stories.
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Turner-Smith reposted other social media users’ critiques of West’s shirt via Instagram Stories.
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When West later blasted Vogue editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson for dissing his shirt, Gigi Hadid called him a “joke” and a “bully” via Instagram.

Photos of West and Candace Owens wearing the same shirts went viral on Monday, with the Grammy winner later calling the Black Lives Matter movement a “scam.”

“FOR SHAME,” the model wrote of West’s fashion show.
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The “Heartless” singer went on to tell his Instagram followers, “Now it’s over you’re welcome.”

West’s show sparked heavy backlash on Twitter, with one user writing, “Sending a ‘WHITE LIVES MATTER’ t-shirt down a runway in Paris is literal insanity and no amount of gospel is getting that man through Heaven’s gate, I’m so sorry.”