Kanye West reportedly loses $35 million contract over Grammys stunt with Bianca Censori

According to a lip-reading expert, Kanye had instructed his 30-year-old wife to remove her fur coat and “make a scene”.

It was reported that the pair had been escorted out of the Crypto.com Arena, but another insider claimed the couple “left of their own accord”.

While he’s bragged about beating the Grammys, it hasn’t done much for West’s finances or reputation, with West said to have lost a US$20 million ($35.4m) contract in Japan following the stunt.

A source told DailyMail.com “Kanye is just ******* up every opportunity that comes to him. The stunt was creepy beyond belief and has been greeted with horror in Japan”.

West was scheduled to perform two shows at Tokyo Dome in May, but his latest stunt has prompted a change of mind among the event organisers in Japan.

The insider added: “Japan is having a cultural awakening about women’s rights and the MeToo movement is really strong here. What he did is being seen as an act of coercive control which is utterly unacceptable. He has completely culturally misjudged Japan”.

West is said to have “greatly misjudged the tolerance of the Japanese people”.

The rap star – who has been married to Censori since 2022 – has been living in a hotel in Japan for much of the last year, and he never imagined that the concert organisers would withdraw their support.

The source explained: “The investors in Japan who are backing the concerts are extremely upset by this. It is highly likely that they will pull the funding for the shows.

“He has greatly misjudged the tolerance of the Japanese people towards these activities. He’s just not welcome anymore. This will be a big blow for him because he has been living in Japan for around a year now, almost full time, and I guess he did not see this coming.”

– Additional reporting, NZ Herald