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Kanye West’s fans accuse rapper of breaking quarantine rules after flying from LA to London for fashion show
KANYE West flew in to the UK for a fashion show — and landed himself in a row over whether he broke quarantine rules.
The superstar rapper was snapped in Los Angeles on Tuesday before arriving in London on Friday.
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And, as he was snapped sauntering around the capital, fans asked why he was not self-isolating.
Covid rules state anyone flying into the UK from the US must stay indoors for two weeks.
One of his social media followers railed: “Why can celebrities fly where they want? I don’t understand. I’m confused. I can’t go to the USA now.”
Another fan said: “Doesn’t it apply if you’re rich?
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“Where and when is he self- isolating — money doesn’t differentiate coronavirus.”
A third hit out: “Shouldn’t let him into the UK. We’re not allowed to enter the US.”
Self-isolation exemptions can be granted for unique work reasons.
However, although Kanye, 43, attended the star-studded London show, it was not known whether he was here for work.
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And there is no air corridor in place between the UK and US, which has suffered the most coronavirus cases and deaths in the world.
Kanye and his daughter North, seven, stepped out in Vote Kanye hoodies — plugging his US presidential bid — at the Bottega Veneta show at Sadler’s Wells theatre in Clerkenwell, North London.
Other celebs there included model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, 33, and Kanye’s fellow rappers Stormzy, 27, and Skepta, 38, who was with his two-year-old daughter River.
After the show Kanye and his girl headed to department store Selfridges.
His wife Kim Kardashian, 39, is expected to join them later for the UK launch of her SKIMS bodywear range. In July, the couple were feared to be splitting after he claimed they had considered aborting North before he got a “message from God”.
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She called him “brilliant but complicated” and claimed his bi- polar disorder had heightened the “pressure and isolation” he felt as a public figure.
The Sun on Sunday contacted Kanye’s agents for comment on his apparent failure to self-isolate but they did not reply.
Most destinations worldwide insist on a 14-day quarantine for arrivals with only a handful exempt from advice against “all but essential” international travel.
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