Kanye’s return to Twitter is the gift that just keeps on giving – controversy, that is – as the rapper’s latest gesture is ignored by ‘his hero’.
The Yeezy designer, 40, shaved his head in honour of Parkland shooting survivor Emma González, posting a photo of his new look with the caption: ‘Inspired by Emma.’ The Life Of Pablo artist also saluted the 19-year-old American activist with a photo of her labeling the post ‘my hero’, much to the confusion of his fans.
inspired by Emma pic.twitter.com/TiZMthLK92— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 29, 2018
Having been quite vocal about his controversial political views as of late – as he praised Donald Trump – Twitter trolls were quick to chime in about the star’s contradicting stand point as well posting pictures of their own heads.my hero Emma Gonzalez pic.twitter.com/aSdFmraenU— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 29, 2018
the alt right not gonna love this— Ashmal Naleem (@AshmalN) April 29, 2018
But, MAGA is pro-NRA pic.twitter.com/zq6kvTiXcD— BlackFilmsonNetflix (@blknetflix) April 29, 2018
How can you like Emma and MAGA at the same time? pic.twitter.com/avTJnpUtxo— BlackFilmsonNetflix (@blknetflix) April 29, 2018
The conservatives after following you cause the MAGA post pic.twitter.com/C70LKYNGTX— Kevin Dominguez (@KevinD52617) April 29, 2018
While the internet reacted to the shout out with their outrage and copycat Kanye poses, there was really only one reaction that everyone was looking out for – Emma’s. The high school senior, who survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, earlier this year, reacted to the tweet by posting her own hero – and it wasn’t Kanye. The young advocate for gun control, saluted James Shaw Jr, the man who made headlines for stopping a Waffle House shooter and raising $165,000 (£119,738) for the victims.
my hero James Shaw Jr. pic.twitter.com/BRnuYEURdv— Emma González (@Emma4Change) April 29, 2018
Styling her own tweet in the same format as Kanye’s, she wrote: ‘my hero James Shaw Jr.’ Yikes. While the Emma tribute may have gone down like a lead balloon, Kanye recently revealed that his next album cover will a picture of his mum’s plastic surgeon, Jan Adams.
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