Jonah Hill has included a Kanye “Yee” West joke in his new movie outcome It all stems from a post by the rapper on Instagram in 2023, where he said that the actor’s performance in… 21 Jump Street Make him “like the Jewish people again.”
The actor, who is Jewish, addressed the controversial rapper’s “weird public matter” during a recent appearance on Apple Music. Zane Lowe Show. West has faced widespread backlash over the past few years for making numerous anti-Semitic statements and releasing a song called “Heil Hitler.”
“I felt like he did this weird public thing as a kind of make-up, like, ‘It’s all good because I love Jonah,’” Hill said of the rapper’s 2023 social media post. “[It] She sat with me in a way that made everything okay. I still love him, and I hope that no matter what happens, he can heal or whatever, and that everyone can heal from all of these things. … I hope he can heal and make it right with the people he needs to make it right.” [with] In the Jewish community. He and I didn’t get the beef.
Earlier during his conversation with Lowe, The Wolf of Wall Street The actor revealed that the joke is on outcome His character’s assistant would say, “We’ve done the research and it turns out that hating Jews doesn’t hurt your career, it helps your career,” and then he would move on to a picture of West.
“The reason I put that out there wasn’t just to take a picture of Kanye. I love the Kanye that I’ve met over the years. I love the artist. I think there’s no artist that I probably love more in any genre ever. I think he’s probably the greatest artist of all time. And he believes that,” Hill explained, laughing. “He’s a genius, and hate stuff is bad. What will you say? It sucks, no matter who you are, to hear that. Now, do I know what’s going on? no. Am I going to punch someone while they’re down? No, of course not.”
He added: “I put that out there like, ‘You’re going to put it.’ 21 Jump Street Poster there that says you no longer hate Jews? That’s so wild. I’ll put a picture of you saying that hating Jews helps your career. This is clearly a joke on my part. It doesn’t help your career, but I’m just having fun. I am a comedian.
Elsewhere, Hill also said during a separate interview with SiriusXM’s Julia Cunningham that the joke was also meant to point out that “the culture is so weird and it always has been and always will be. And one of the funny things about this is you can go on a tour that hates Jews and then the tickets sell out.” [SoFi Stadium]”.
West recently sold out two nights at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, for concerts supporting his album Bully. He is also scheduled to headline the UK Wireless Festival, despite several companies withdrawing their sponsorship due to his booking. The festival’s managing director has since defended West as a headliner, and asked people to “offer him some forgiveness and hope.”
In addition to his anti-Semitic rhetoric and the song “Heil Hitler,” the “Heartless” artist also used a Super Bowl ad in 2025 to direct viewers to his Yeezy website that featured T-shirts emblazoned with swastikas. West has since apologized for his anti-Semitic remarks in an ad on Wall Street Journal earlier this year, but he did not address the controversy further.
