Kim Kardashian and Kanye West pictured together in 2020
(Picture: PA)Kanye West has hit back at criticism of his latest video where he buries a figure of his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s new boyfriend Pete Davison.
The rapper, now known legally as Ye, defended the animated video from West’s new album Donda 2 as he claimed his “art was protected by freedom of speech”.
In the claymation video for Eazy, the West figure pulled Davidson - who is tied up in a body bag - out of the trunk of his car where he is decapitated before being buried.
It ended with title cards that read: “Everyone lived happily ever after, except Skete you know who – JK he’s fine.”
The track also included the lyrics: “God saved me from that crash / Just so I can beat Pete Davidson’s a**.”
But Ye defended the music video from the backlash on social media.
Captioning a photo of a burning church on Instagram: “Art is therapy just like this view. Art is protected as freedom of speech.
“Art inspires and simplifies the world. Art is not a proxy for any ill or harm. Any suggestion otherwise about my art is false and mal intended.”
It came the week Kardashian cut West from her surname on Instagram after legally changing her name.
Now the TV personality has gone back to her original name on her Instagram account.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star, 41, was declared legally single in the midst of her divorce from Ye, 44.
The makeup mogul showed support for her new SNL comedian beau when she liked a post defending him after the music video hit headlines.
In his defence, she liked the Twitter post from American filmmaker James Gunn which read: “For the record, Pete Davidson is one of the nicest, sweetest guys I know. A truly generous, tender & funny spirit, he treats everyone around him with respect.”
