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Rachel Riley, 34, was left angered by remarks from Wiley, 41 after he embarked on a social media rant against the Jewish community today. The Countdown star who is Jewish fired back that the grime artist’s “unprompted” and “antisemitic” tirade should “end his career”.
She wrote in a now-deleted tweet: “You may have just done a duet with Jedward if she is so eager to finish her career.
“An unsolicited anti-Semitic public collapse, still underway, is a long way to go.
Rachel was not the star who criticized Wiley’s movements as a musician, Example also intervened.
He tweeted: “I went to Twitter for the first time in 12 hours … F-kinell Wiley, why do you have to pull out all the burning guns like that?”
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“One of my favorites of all time. I don’t see a back turn for you now. Even with an apology. 2020 is the year of the settlement and not the department (sic)”.
While comedian Shappi Khorsandi also called the rapper on Twitter from the platform.
She said: “Hi @Twitter, you suspended my account when you discovered A tweet in which I called an ace from afar. (asterisks to do it again) WHY is the @WileyCEO account still active? Antisémitisme.”
David Baddiel suggested that the platform delete Wiley’s account because he said the platform had acted “pretty quickly” in other cases.
Wiley’s still going. And @twitter, in its failure to act, when they act pretty fast in suspensions normally, enhances and intensifies the idea that hate speech against Jews is a lesser, more insignificant form of the category, maybe not hate speech at all. https://t.co/3ssbt5WJDJ
He explained: “Wiley’s still going. And @twitter. In their inability to act, when they act temporarily and suspended, it reinforces and intensifies the concept that hate speech against Jews is a minor, more insignificant form of the category, perhaps not hate speech at all.”
Rapper Wearing My Rolex showed up at a perorata on social media, in which he claimed that the Jewish network had made him feel “sick” and claimed that he was the explanation for why they were “rich in the British music industry.”
He also retwed a comment that read: “Please, PLEASE, F-K UP. I’m so ill of the Jewish king’s health right now. You are the most vile other people in human history.”
He also stated: “If you paint for a company owned by two Jewish men and still challenge Jewish net paintings, of course you will be fired.
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“Actually, there are two teams of other people that no one sought to challenge #Jewish #KKK, but being in business for 20 years, you’re starting to perceive why (sic).”
Some tweets were not available after violating Twitter regulations and Wiley’s temporarily suspended account.
The Campaign for Anti-Semitism reported Wiley’s tweets, and a spokesman said, “Our crime unit has reported this matter to the Metropolitan Police, as we Wiley committed the crime of incitement to racial hatred, which can result in a really extensive criminal conviction. Training
“We also asked Twitter and Facebook, which owns Instagram, to close their accounts, to have thousands of followers, to avoid a new wave of anti-Jewish poison.”
His manager John Woolf A-List Management had “severed all ties” with Wiley following his “anti-semieric” comments.
Woolf, who is Jewish, turned to Twitter this morning to face the audience.
He said: “Following Wiley’s anti-Semitic tweets today, at A-ListMGMT, we have broken all ties with him. There is no position in society for anti-Semitism.”
He added that he would speak to him and “help him teach him.”