Kanye West Threatens To Quit Coachella Unless Billie Eilish Apologizes To Travis Scott (For Something She Didn’t Do)

February 11, 2022 / Posted by:

It’s no secret that Kanye West is a control freak with aggressive Karen energy, and for a while, his focus was on micromanaging his ex-wife. But it looks like he might have taken a break from inserting himself into Kim Kardashian’s business, and instead, he’s inserting himself into Billie Eilish’s business. Kanye is demanding that Billie apologize to poor Travis Scott over some recent remarks she made disparaging the rapper. And if Billie doesn’t make with a sincere apology worthy of Kanye’s high standards, well then – Kanye is going to quit the 2022 Coachella Music Festival lineup. The only problem is, Billie never actually said anything about Travis Scott, and she’s not sure what she’d even be apologizing for.

The incident Kanye is referencing happened last Saturday when Billie performed in Atlanta during her Happier Than Ever The World Tour. In the middle of the show, Billie stopped what she was doing to check on a fan in the audience, who was having issues. Billie instructed security to give them room and to find them an inhaler. According to Rolling Stone, Billie told the audience, “Relax, relax, it’s OK. We’re taking care of our people” and “I wait for people to be OK until I keep going.

Some people took Billie’s words as a diss toward Travis Scott, who continued to perform as ten people died and hundreds were injured after crowds crushed each other in the audience of the Astroworld Music Fest in Houston, Texas in November. But Billie didn’t mention Travis by name or even reference the Astroworld tragedy. She simply noted that it was important to her that everyone is taken care of in her audience. But, that’s not how Kanye read it. Kanye posted a picture of a headline claiming that Billie “dissed” Travis, and wrote his ultimatum: Billie apologize to Travis and the families of the victims of Astroworld, or Kanye would be quitting Coachella. Here’s Kanye’s Instagram comment on the matter:

COME ON BILLIE WE LOVE YOU PLEASE APOLOGIZE TO TRAV AND TO THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES NO ONE INTENDED THIS TO HAPPEN TRAV DIDN’T HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN HE WAS ON STAGE AND WAS VERY HURT BY WHAT HAPPENED AND YES TRAV WILL BE WITH ME AT COACHELLA BUT NOW I NEED BILLIE TO APOLOGIZE BEFORE I PERFORM

Kanye also slapped at someone who said he’s off his meds again:

THE WORLD IS RACIST SEXIST HOMOPHOBIC AND CRAZY PHOBIC AT OUR CORE ITS CHEAP AND DISMISSIVE TO SAY IM OFF MY MEDS ANYTIME I SPEAK UP PHOBIA IN THIS SENSE DOESN’T MEAN BEING AFRAID OF IT MEANS NOT GIVING POWER TO LETS BE MORE CONSCIOUS AND NOT WRITE EACH OTHER OFF SO EASILY

But back to Billie, Kanye was announced as a headliner for the 2022 Coachella music fest after it was made pretty clear Travis Scott would no longer be headlining the show. Billie Eilish was also announced as a headliner for this year, after the original three headliners – Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, and Rage Against The Machineall fell through for various reasons. According to Kanye, Travis will still perform at Coachella, just as his special guest. That is unless Billie doesn’t apologize to dear insulted Travis. Kanye might not want to hold his breath on that one, because Billie hopped into Kanye’s comments and stated the very obvious fact that she didn’t say anything about Travis Scott. via People:

“Literally never said a thing about Travis. Was just helping a fan.”

So it looks like Billie Eilish has zero plans to apologize to Travis Scott. And Billie’s refusal to budge might benefit Kanye more than an apology would. This way, Kanye can continue to be too busy to commit to Julia Fox. “Babe, I’m trying to harass a 20-year-old into apologizing to my adult male friend to make good on an empty threat – I can’t go shopping for matching his and hers designer leather clown suits with you right now. Maybe tomorrow.

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