{"id":10033,"date":"2026-04-08T01:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/aubrey-oday-kanye-west-concerts-defends-criticism-1236217420\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T01:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:12:45","slug":"aubrey-oday-kanye-west-concerts-defends-criticism-1236217420","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/aubrey-oday-kanye-west-concerts-defends-criticism-1236217420\/","title":{"rendered":"Aubrey O\u2019Day Defends Her Decision to Attend Ye\u2019s L.A. Concerts: \u2018We Consume Work From Imperfect\u00a0Creators\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/british-prime-minister-criticizes-london-festival-booking-ye-kanye-west-antisemitism\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">British prime minister<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/pepsi-drops-wireless-festival-sponsorship-kanye-west-1236215480\/\">PepsiCo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/david-schwimmer-slams-kanye-west-wireless-festival-disgrace-1236216710\/\">David Schwimmer<\/a>, among others, are publicly denouncing the artist formerly known as Kanye West, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/aubrey-oday\/\">Aubrey O\u2019Day<\/a> has other plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn a series of posts and replies to other users on X, the former Danity Kane member is defending her decision to attend both of Ye\u2019s sold-out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/ye-sofi-stadium-bully-concert-6-most-memorable-moments\/\">comeback shows<\/a> at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, last week. O\u2019Day was first called out for going to the shows after <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ItsDazzleBitch\/status\/2040982210812014823\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">an X user reposted a video<\/a> of the singer talking about seeing Ye for the second night in a row and asked why she didn\u2019t talk about going to the concerts on X.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/aubrey-oday-reflects-intense-weeks-diddy-doc-premiere-1236136181\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/aubrey-oday-kanye-west-concerts-defends-criticism-1236217420\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Aubrey-ODay-nov-2023-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Aubrey O'Day\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAubrey O\u2019Day Reflects on \u2018Intense, Overwhelming\u2019 Weeks Since Diddy Doc Premiere &amp;\u00a0Hospitalization\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/aubrey-oday-diddy-verdict-failed-justice-survivors-1236013756\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/aubrey-oday-kanye-west-concerts-defends-criticism-1236217420\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Aubrey-ODay-dec-2024-a-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Aubrey O'Day\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAubrey O\u2019Day Says Diddy Verdict Failed to Deliver Justice for Survivors: \u2018Women \u2026 Are Not Disposable\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/cardi-b-credit-card-fraud-1236217075\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/aubrey-oday-kanye-west-concerts-defends-criticism-1236217420\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2269086514-e1775588690636.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt='Cardi B performs during her \"Little Miss Drama\" tour at Madison Square Garden on March 25, 2026 in New York City.' data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tCardi B Says She Was the Victim of $60,000 Credit Card Fraud: &#8216;I Don&#8217;t Play About My F\u2014ing Money&#8217;\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cNow why wouldn\u2019t you share with Twitter that you went to see Kanye 2 nights in a row??\u201d the user posted, tagging O\u2019Day. \u201cAll that hootin and hollerin about Diddy\u2019s abuse, but you fail to keep that same energy with Kanye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tO\u2019Day has s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/aubrey-oday-diddy-verdict-failed-justice-survivors-1236013756\/\">poken out against Didd<\/a>y for years. Danity Kane was formed on Diddy\u2019s series <em>Making the Band<\/em> and signed to his label Bad Boy Records. O\u2019Day was kicked out of the group in 2008, and in an appearance on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/callherdaddy\/reel\/CmHWjdopw8j\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Call Her Daddy<\/a><\/em>, she alleged that the falling out happened because she refused to comply with non-musical requests from the rapper. In the years since, O\u2019Day has continued to speak out against Diddy, including in the recent Netflix documentary <em>Sean Combs: The Reckoning<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTo X users, O\u2019Day\u2019s support of Ye stands in direct opposition to her outspokenness against Diddy. The original <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ItsDazzleBitch\/status\/2040982210812014823\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">X post<\/a> ended by calling the singer a \u201cf\u2014ing hypocrite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRather than ignoring the post, O\u2019Day replied with a defense of her decision to see Ye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI can hold two truths at once,\u201d she starts before saying that she\u2019s lived through and does not excuse abuse. She then says that she does not believe that \u201cengaging with someone\u2019s art\u201d is the same as \u201c[co-signing] every opinion or action they\u2019ve ever had.\u201d O\u2019Day says that if this were the case, many people in the entertainment industry would not have careers and that there is more \u201cnuance\u201d to these situations. \u201cIf supporting art required endorsing every belief of the artist, none of us would have careers, or playlists.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can hold two truths at once.<br \/>I\u2019ve been vocal about abuse because I\u2019ve lived it, and I don\u2019t excuse it, ever. That hasn\u2019t changed. But I also don\u2019t believe engaging with someone\u2019s art means I co-sign every opinion or action they\u2019ve ever had. If that were the rule, most of this\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ThOn6iG5A8\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/ThOn6iG5A8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aubrey O&#8217;Day (@AubreyODay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AubreyODay\/status\/2041178885715566959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis explanation was not enough for people who do not agree with her stance, with another X user <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=87443X1644751&amp;isjs=1&amp;jv=15.7.1&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fmusic%2Frb-hip-hop%2Faubrey-oday-kanye-west-concerts-defends-criticism-1236217420%2F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fsupremebitchkb%2Fstatus%2F2041328594027475025&amp;xs=1&amp;xtz=420&amp;xuuid=daf4885aa279ab5a273e397daa66422e&amp;cci=994b3e8ff81d45b279fc5b8324f7e747\" target=\"_blank\">replying to her post<\/a> by calling her a hypocrite and saying \u201cby your logic we should ignore all of the things you said about Puffy because he makes good music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tO\u2019Day again took to the social platform to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AubreyODay\/status\/2041599855982997713\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">double down<\/a> on her statement, explaining that a \u201cblanket \u2018cancel everything\u2019 stance\u201d is not realistic for her as an artist and that the user she is replying to is \u201cnot accounting for real-world complexity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe idea that you have to erase art to prove morality, or perform constant outrage to stay \u2018consistent,\u2019 isn\u2019t integrity..it\u2019s a simplified version of ethics,\u201d she continues. \u201cI\u2019m allowed to hold nuance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe singer then says that she has remained consistent on her position on Diddy for 20 years and had her life and career negatively impacted by doing so \u201cin ways you\u2019ll never fully understand.\u201d She concludes by saying she will no longer be \u201coutsourcing my values to a comment section anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn another response, she wrote: \u201cYou\u2019re pushing a binary moral model-good people get total support, bad people get total rejection. Real life doesn\u2019t work like that. Humans hold complexity all the time.. we love people who\u2019ve hurt us, we consume work from imperfect creators. We live in nuance and still know exactly where our values stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlthough she claimed to be done interacting with comments, O\u2019Day replied to a few more users who questioned her position. In these follow-up interactions, she continued to reference \u201cnuance\u201d and push her idea that engagement does not mean endorsement. In <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AubreyODay\/status\/2041602192692613416\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">one reply<\/a>, she brought up the Epstein Files, saying, \u201cA lot of $ in the Epstein files funded a lot of sh\u2013 that you like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tO\u2019Day eventually concluded the conversation on X with a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AubreyODay\/status\/2041610956908990489\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">standalone post<\/a>, not responding directly to anyone anymore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cMost people want clean heroes &amp; clean villains, because it\u2019s easier. I\u2019ve seen too much in my lifetime to simplify people in that manner,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI understand the complexity, and I choose every day how I engage with it consciously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tO\u2019Day\u2019s X back-and-forth defense of Ye happened the same day the rapper\u2019s appearance at London\u2019s Wireless Festival was thwarted by the British government when the entity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/uk-authorities-deny-ye-travel-visa-wireless-festival-antisemitism-1236215786\/\">denied his entry into the country<\/a>, citing his history of antisemitism. As a result, the festival \u2014 which previously lost four corporate sponsors when Ye\u2019s headlining spot on the lineup was announced \u2014 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/kanye-west-banned-uk-wireless-festival-canceled-1236216629\/\">completely canceled<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/supremebitchkb\/status\/2041328594027475025\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the British prime minister, PepsiCo and David Schwimmer, among others, are publicly denouncing the artist formerly known as Kanye West, Aubrey O\u2019Day has other plans. 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