Boston Celtics ace Jaylen Brown and Los Angeles Rams star Aaron Donald severed their ties with Kanye West on Tuesday over the rapper’s anti-Semitic remarks.
Brown and Donald were two of the highest profile athletes to sign with West’s Donda Sports marketing agency this year.
However, both men said Tuesday they had left the group, citing West’s recent anti-Semitic comments that have also prompted a wave of sponsors and fashion brands to ditch the rapper.
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Celtics star Brown, who had been criticised for comments on Monday which stopped short of outright condemnation of West, meanwhile said he was terminating his relationship with Donda after reflecting further.
“I’ve been able to reflect and better understand how my previous statements lack clarity in expressing my stance against recent insensitive public remarks and actions,” Brown wrote on Twitter.
“For that, I apologise…I have always and will always continue to stand strongly against antisemitism, hate speech, misrepresentation, and oppressive rhetoric of any kind.
