Extravagant claims circulating that Kanye West and Bianca Censori are on the brink of divorce, following their recent separation amidst the rapper's wife's audacious nude ensemble at the 2025 Grammys and his controversial antisemitic social media outbursts, have been unequivocally refuted by their long-standing publicist on Thursday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Ye and Bianca are currently in Los Angeles, poised to celebrate Valentine's Day together in harmony," revealed Milo Yiannopoulos, the couple's trusted representative, to THR on Thursday afternoon. "Any announcements pertaining to their personal life will emanate directly from them, not through unsubstantiated gossip spread by tabloid media. Has this been the fifth or perhaps even the sixth occasion the press has erroneously pronounced the demise of Ye and Bianca's relationship? I've honestly lost count."
Earlier that Thursday, The Daily Mail published a report citing an anonymous insider close to the rapper, asserting that the duo had parted ways and that legal proceedings to terminate their marriage were imminent. TMZ, piggybacking on the Mail's report, added fuel to the fire by claiming that the pair had consulted divorce lawyers, all in a Thursday morning news bulletin.
The fortnight preceding these developments has been marked by turbulence for the couple. On Sunday evening, West's fashion label Yeezy secured Super Bowl advertisement slots in local markets, debuting a bewildering, brief commercial towards the game's conclusion. Shot, it seems, by West himself using an iPhone's front camera, the clip features him lounging in a dentist's chair with sunglasses on. "I spent virtually all the budget for this commercial on my new teeth," he quips, flashing his diamond-encrusted grin. "Once again, I had to film it on an iPhone. Uh… uh… Visit Yeezy.com."
Initially, the Yeezy online store offered a standard array of apparel and music. However, by Monday, it had been drastically narrowed down to a solitary white T-shirt emblazoned with a Nazi logo at the forefront. This drastic transformation of the store was deemed a "stunt" by Shopify, which hosted Yeezy's e-commerce platform, prompting its swift removal.
Censori, a 30-year-old former Yeezy employee, stirred controversy at the Grammys on February 2 by donning a long coat upon arrival at the red carpet with West, only to shed it to reveal a nearly nude ensemble underneath—a sheer minidress, apparently sans underwear. Clarifications ensued that the attire was meant to mirror the cover of West's recent collaborative effort with Ty Dolla $ign (as Y$), titled Vultures 1. The rapper was swift to defend Censori's attire, which soared to the top of post-Grammys web searches, albeit accusations began to surface that he was treating his partner more as a promotional pawn than an equal.
Earlier this week, in a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter (THR), Yiannopoulos dismissed the notion, asserting, "There stands a person who dictates the attire of Bianca Censori, and that individual's name is none other than Bianca Censori herself." He further elucidated that while West, a powerhouse of creativity in the fashion realm, holds the title of the "ultimate authority," it is Censori's aesthetic sensibilities that serve as "the guiding creative force and driving spirit behind her wardrobe choices."
West echoed this sentiment on X (formerly known as Twitter), amidst a spree of antisemitic, homophobic, and misogynistic tirades, declaring his admiration for Hitler and embracing Nazi ideology. The acclaimed rapper-producer affirmed that he retains a certain "sovereignty" over Censori but vowed never to compel her into wearing anything that violated her comfort. Notably, West's account on X has since been deactivated, though it remains unclear whether he took this step personally or if the platform intervened.
This week also saw West being slapped with a fresh lawsuit by a former Yeezy employee who filed a complaint against both the company and the rapper, alleging gender and religious discrimination, harassment, and retaliation due to her Jewish faith. The complaint, lodged with the Superior Court of the State of California, includes multiple documented text messages directed at Jane Doe and other staff, peppered with terms like "Nazi," "Hitler," "bitch," and "deathcon."
The law firm representing the plaintiff highlighted in a press release that West's recent social media outbursts against Jewish individuals and his comments on Censori's Grammys red carpet appearance have cast his conduct in a new, disturbing light. Seeking justice, the former Yeezy staff member is pursuing legal avenues to secure economic, compensatory, non-economic (encompassing emotional distress and humiliation), and punitive damages against him.
