Kanye West’s bizarre defence for disturbing Pete Davidson music video

Kanye West has given a reason as to why he thinks his new music video depicting violence against Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend isn’t harmful.

Kanye “Ye” West created a music video that depicts him kidnapping and burying an animated version of his ex wife’s boyfriend – but he claims no harm was intended.

The mostly claymation video for the rapper’s song Eazy, which also features the lyrics “I can beat Pete Davidson’s ass”, received widespread criticism for depicting violence against Davidson, who is Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend.

On Monday, West posted on his Instagram a still image from the video of a church on fire, stating “art is therapy just like this view”.

“Art is protected as freedom of speech. Art inspires an simplifies the world. Art is not a proxy for any ill or harm,” he captioned the post.

“Any suggestion otherwise about my art is false and mal intended.”

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Kanye West claims his violent video is not a proxy for harm. Picture: Jean-Baptiste Lacroix / AFP

Pete Davidson has not publicly responded to the video. Picture: Said ZapatA/MEGA/GC Images

In the video, West’s character put a bag over the Davidson character’s head then tied him up and drove to an abandoned area.

West’s character buried Davidson’s character up to his neck before planting rose seeds around his head. Once the roses grew, West picked some and loaded them into a ute.

It appeared to be a reference to West gifting Kardashian a truckload of roses on Valentine’s Day.

The final frames have the words: “EVERYONE LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER, EXCEPT SKETE YOU KNOW WHO,” with the word Skete – West’s nickname for Davidson – crossed out. “JK, HE’S FINE.”

A claymation Davidson is tied up by West in the Eazy music video.

The Davidson character is then buried up to his neck.

Last month, West publicly shared a private message seemingly from Kardashian that pleaded with him to stop publicly slamming Davidson before somebody gets hurt.

“U are creating a dangerous and scary environment and someone will hurt Pete and this will all be your fault,” the text read.

He captioned the post: “Upon my wife’s request please nobody do anything physical to Skete I’m going to handle the situation myself.”

He then went on to release the Eazy music video.

West has made it clear he wants Kim Kardashian back, despite having two new girlfriends this year. Picture: Angela Weiss / AFP

West recently claimed Kardashian couldn’t prove he wrote scathing social media posts about her and Davidson, therefore it couldn’t be used as evidence in their messy divorce battle.

According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, West’s lawyer said the messages were hearsay and inadmissable in court.

It came after West had wrote on Instagram that he was taking “accountability” for his social media rants.

“I know sharing screen shots was jarring and came off as harassing Kim,” he wrote. “I take accountability. I’m still learning in real time. I don’t have all the answers. To be good leader is to be a good listener.”

Originally published as Kanye West’s bizarre defence for disturbing Pete Davidson music video