Justin Bieber has reportedly ended his longstanding friendship with Kanye West in support of his wife Hailey.
The news comes after 45-year-old rapper Ye took to Instagram to post a now-deleted rant, branding the model ‘Drake‘s girl’, despite her four year marriage to Justin.
He also accused her of getting a nose job in the bizarre post, allegedly forcing the Purpose singer, 28, to cut ties and stand by his wife.
Cutting ties: Justin Bieber, 28, has reportedly ended his close friendship with Kanye West after the rapper posted a scathing social media rant towards Justin’s wife Hailey
According to TMZ, Justin believes that his former pal ‘has gone way too far to carry on their friendship’.
A source told the publication that both Hailey and her husband believe that Ye has crossed the line, with the latter deciding to stand by his wife.
‘Justin has always been and sensitive to Kanye’s issues, but this time, he’s gotta distance himself,’ they explained.
MailOnline have contacted Justin Bieber and Kanye West’s representatives for comment.
Another feud for Ye? The rapper, 45, took to Instagram to troll the model, 25, after she defended Vogue editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson for criticizing his White Lives Matter shirts
Taunting Drake and Justin Bieber: While the supermodel, 25, has been happily married to pop star Justin since 2018, the 45-year-old Famous rapper seemingly called her Drake’s ‘girl’
In the social media tirade towards Hailey, Ye shared an Entertainment Tonight article which was published back in 2016, titled: ‘Getting Serious? Drake Wears Hailey Baldwin‘s ‘H’ Necklace After Date Night.
Writing to Justin in the caption, he said: ‘Get your girl before I get mad, You [supposed] to be my friend right. You wasn’t there when the Kardashians kidnapped my kids.’
Ye has made repeated claims that his estranged wife Kim Kardashian ‘kidnapped’ their daughter Chicago when she threw the youngster a secret birthday party in January this year and refused to tell him where it was.
While Kim- who co-parents North, nine, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm, three with the rapper – has denied this claim.
Trolling: West also shared a screenshot of an E! News article discussing Bieber’s support for Karefa-Johnson with the caption ‘Wait Am I canceled again??? Justin please let me know’
Surgery: Kanye accused Hailey of having a nose job in the rant, despite the model denying cosmetic surgery on her nose
He also dubbed Hailey ‘nose job Hailey Baldloose’ in another post, despite the model claiming she has never had cosmetic surgery on her nose.
Before sharing a screenshot of an E! News article discussing Hailey’s support for Karefa-Johnson with the caption ‘Wait Am I canceled again??? Justin please let me know.’
The comment section was flooded by confused fans, many of whom wrote that Justin Bieber, who is battling Ramsay Hunt syndrome ‘doesn’t deserve this.’
The attack was a result of Hailey defending Vogue contributing editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson.
Offensive: West recently hit out at the Vogue contributing editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, who called his season 9 collection of YZY ‘offensive’ and ‘violent’ – with Hailey jumping to her defence
‘They do’: The controversy began when the rapper donned a White Lives Matter T-shirt to his Paris Yeezy show
Ye came after the fashion writer on social media after she spoke negatively of his recent Yeezy fashion show, and branded his decision to wear ‘White Lives Matter’ T-shirts as ‘damaging’.
Making fun of Gabriella’s appearance in response, the rapper posted a picture of her and wrote: ‘I KNOOOOOOW ANNA [Wintour] HAAAATES THESE BOOTS. This is not a fashion person. You speak on Ye. Ima speak on you. Ask Trevor Noah.’
But showing her solidarity for Gabriella, Hailey took to her Instagram Stories to pen: ‘My respect for you runs deep my friend!
‘To know is to adore you and to work with you is an honor, the most kind. the most talented. the most fun. the most chic,’ she concluded.
And she wasn’t the only one to do so, with Gigi Hadid – who is now embroiled in a vicious war of words with Ye – branding him a ‘bully’ and a ‘joke’ while defending the Vogue editor.
‘You wish u had a percentage of her intellect. You have no idea haha … If there’s actually a point to any of your s*** she might be the only person that could save u. As if the “honor” of being invited to your show should keep someone from giving their opinion ..? Lol. You’re a bully and a joke,’ wrote Gigi.
Ye has since deleted the scathing posts from his Instagram, which boasts 18M followers.
Angry: And Hailey wasn’t the only one to do so, with Gigi Hadid – who is now embroiled in a vicious war of words with Ye – branding him a ‘bully’ and a ‘joke’ while defending the Vogue editor
Gigi commented: You wish u had a percentage of her intellect. You have no idea haha…. If there’s actually a point to any of your s** she might be the only person that could save u… You’re a bully and a joke [sic]’
