Milo Yiannopoulos has resigned as Yeezy's Chief of Staff, according to Rolling rock. In a copy of his resignation letter he received TMZblamed Ye's plans to enter the porn industry for his departure.
In the letter, Yiannopoulos wrote that he “cannot be complicit in the production or dissemination of pornographic films and literature” for several reasons, including that such films “represent an immediate danger to my life as a recovering addict and an unacceptable risk to my spiritual and my physical health as an ex-gay.”
Closing out his statement, Yiannopoulos said he would effectively resign “by Friday, May 31, 2024, or the first download of pornography, whichever comes first,” while adding that he would return to Yeezy “if, at some point in the future, the company abandons publicly and definitively any plan to produce, distribute or profit from obscene content.”
Milo first began working with Ye following the rapper's failed 2020 election campaign, when he recruited the far-right political pundit as a consultant in 2022 to help with his 2024 campaign. Yiannopoulos has also been at the center of controversy earlier this year that involved Yeezy and marketing/internet personality Julieanna “YesJulz” Goddard. Goddard, who joined Yeezy to help develop it Vultures 1he claimed he was unfairly denounced among other things.
The artist formerly known as Kanye West has reportedly linked up with porn industry veteran – and ex-husband of Stormy Daniels – Mike Moz to form Yeezy Porn. TMZ reported that other key employees have left the company in recent weeks, with Milo saying he plans to return to the company if Ye hits the eject button on all the porn.
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