Trevor Noah calls on Kanye West to be counseled, not canceled, in wake of Grammys canceling the rapper's performance

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"I said counsel Kanye not cancel Kanye," the Grammys host tweeted after West's representatives confirmed that the rapper had been pulled from performing over "concerning online behavior" -- including comments directed at Noah. As Variety's Jem Aswad points out, the Grammys were right to pull West. "There are many reasons why a Kanye West performance on live network television would be a prohibitively risky proposition," says Aswad. "Based on his social media posts and activity in the past few months alone, he might use the stage to continue his online harassment of Pete Davidson, his estranged wife Kim Kardashian’s new boyfriend; he could attempt to lobby public sentiment for custody of his children; he could make some statement in support of accused sex offender Marilyn Manson or unrepentant homophobe DaBaby, both of whom he has featured at his recent concerts or listening events; he could make more misguided statements about slavery or revive his stumping for former President Trump. Conversely, he could use the platform to do something that isn’t self-serving, self-referential or sheer trolling, like when he unexpectedly said 'George Bush doesn’t care about Black people' during a televised Hurricane Katrina fundraiser in 2005."