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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Amber Raiken

Jodie Turner-Smith criticises Kanye West over ‘White Lives Matter’ shirt: ‘Fake and disgusting’

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Jodie Turner-Smith has called Kanye West “fake” and “disgusting,” after he wore a shirt emblazoned with the phrase “White Lives Matter” on it during his YZY SZN 9 presentation in Paris on Monday.

On Tuesday, the 36-year-old model slammed West’s surprise appearance at the Yeezy’s fashion show on Instagram. During that appearance, West and a group of models wore t-shirts with the phrase “White Live Matter” on it. He also posed on the runway with conservative figure Candace Owens, who was also wearing the shirt. The phrase notably first “originated in early 2015 as a racist response to the Black Lives Matter movement,” per the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

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