Alyssa Farah Griffin accuses Kanye West of using mental health as a 'cop-out' for antisemitic rants

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: 'The View' hosts called out Kanye West over his latest controversial rants and his refusal to apologize for his past antisemitic comments during the Friday, February 14 episode of the ABC talk show. 

The rapper recently made headlines after he made a series of inflammatory posts on X (formerly Twitter), praising Adolf Hitler and calling himself a "Nazi," before ultimately deactivating his account. He even reduced his Yeezy catalog to a single item - a $20 T-shirt featuring a swastika.

Alyssa Farah Griffin says Kanye West has been using mental health issues as a 'cop-out' for expressing bigoted views

After Joy Behar broached the topic of the latest backlash against Kanye West, Alyssa Farah Griffin said, "For some reason, Kanye's been given a pass," as reported by Page Six. 

"I know there’s a perception that he may have some mental health issues, but there are tens of millions of people around this country who have mental health issues and are not saying bigoted, racist, antisemitic things. I think it’s a cop-out," the former White House aide added.

This comes after West claimed he was on the autism spectrum and questioned his previous bipolar diagnosis following his controversial Grammys appearance with his wife Bianca Censori. The rapper appeared to insinuate that some of his strange public behavior was because of his autism diagnosis. 

And Griffin wasn't letting his status, or his follower count, go unnoticed. "This man has more social media followers than there are Jews in the world," she pointed out, before noting, "He does have influence. There are people who are looking to him, especially young people. He should not be normalized."

Sara Haines questions Kanye West's continued spotlight

Sara Haines echoed Alyssa Farah Griffin’s frustrations, wondering why the music mogul is still being welcomed at high-profile events despite his history of inflammatory remarks.

"You keep seeing him pop up, and it’s not crazy, fringe things. It’s literally at the Grammys, and he’s walking the red carpet," she said, referencing his controversial 2025 Grammys stunt where his wife, Censori, ditched her fur coat to reveal a completely sheer dress.

Sunny Hostin found the entire situation particularly troubling given the historical ties between the Black and Jewish communities.

"Oppressed people must fight together, and so the fact that a black man would be so openly vile and antisemitic is just so jarring to me," she asserted, adding, "And I don’t wanna blame it on mental health issues, because as you [Griffin] have mentioned, there are plenty of people that have mental illness that aren’t saying bigoted things."

Behar, never one to hold back, speculated that West is simply a "compulsive attention seeker."

Ana Navarro, who agreed with the points brought forward by her fellow panelists, reminded viewers that help has been offered to West before - he just won't take it.

"People have tried to help [West] in the past. But he does not want to be helped [and] wants to continue being who he is," she noted. 

Haines wrapped up the conversation with a final reality check, saying, "We need to continue to call it out because it’s completely hate-filled awfulness, and I don’t care who you are, you don't get away with it."

Kanye West's representative issues cryptic legal threat after 'The View' panel calls out rapper

Of course, Kanye West’s camp didn’t stay silent. His representative Milo Yiannopoulos clapped back at 'The View' panel with a cryptic legal threat.

"That $15 million ABC just had to pay Trump is going to look like peanuts if these daytime dunces keep bumping their gums," the far-right political commentator told Page Six, referencing the network's recent defamation settlement with the president. 

But 'The View' hosts aren’t the only ones outraged.

West’s latest rant, where he declared "I love Hitler" and called himself a Nazi, sent shockwaves across social media after which he deactivated his X profile.

Moreover, after a Yeezy commercial aired during Super Bowl LIX, West wiped his entire website, except a $20 white T-shirt featuring a black swastika. 

The fallout has been swift. West’s longtime talent agent, Daniel McCartney, cut ties with him immediately following the scandal. And on the personal front? His marriage to Censori appears to be in shambles.

Page Six confirmed on Thursday that Censori has officially left West over what insiders are calling an "unsurvivable" controversy.