When Kanye West and Bianca Censori stepped out in New York last weekend, they shocked many as Censori was wearing only edible underwear and heels. According to Page Six, who published the pictures, West paid Censori $100,000 to step out in the outfit in public.

‘A lot of the outfits aren’t to her taste. But she tells him she will wear them — if she’s paid,’ a source reportedly told the publication. ‘She’s essentially monetizing her image,’ adding that she’s earned nearly $3 million from wearing outfits West tells her to for events or to step out in public.

West has not publicly responded to claims he pays Censori to wear revealing outfits. Censori’s two-piece was made from blue, white, green and yellow candies – and it’s unsurprisingly led to backlash online.

‘Please stop,’ one critic posted online, while another queried whether Censori was happy in general, sensing her demeanour said more than what meets the eye. ‘Has there ever been a woman who looks more miserable? Those are dead eyes,’ another critic has said.

Another user posted: ‘How is she not charged with public indecency?’ West’s fellow rapper 50 Cent also weighed in on Censori’s look, calling her ‘dirty’ and joking about her being called ‘a victim later’. ‘Look at ye dirty little wife walking around the city naked,’ he wrote in his post. ‘LOL is she gonna be a victim later.’

Further trivialising speculation that the model might be subjected to coercive control from West, 50 Cent added ‘this looks like free will to me… Any way it was really hot today.’

The rapper later removed the post, confusingly putting this move down to the timing of when he posted it. ‘I took the last post down. I didn’t realise it was Sunday,’ he wrote. Since then, Censori has been spotted out with West in New York wearing black mini shorts and a feathery black jacket, with matching black tie-up stilettos. 

This isn’t the first time that Censori has attracted critics’ attention with her sartorial choices. Earlier this year she turned many heads with her nearly-nude ensemble on the Grammy’s red carpet. Censori wore a black fur coat, which she later removed to reveal a nearly-nude, sheer bodysuit. She then reportedly angered locals at a Spanish market while wearing a fishnet top that exposed her nipples. Critics have been divided on whether this counted as indecency, as Spanish law permits women to be topless in public, including at markets, due to a 2020 Catalan equality law.

It was also revealed earlier this month that Censori has set up her first US company, named Bianca Censori Inc. The company was registered last month in the state of California.

West has also recently made headlines due to his appearance at P Diddy’s trial in New York. Diddy is on trial for sex-trafficking and racketeering, and denies all charges. Back in February, the rapper posted his plea to President Donald Trump on X to ‘PLEASE FREE MY BROTHER PUFF’, referring to Diddy’s alias as Puff Daddy.

When West initially tried to enter the courtroom, he was told he couldn’t enter and watched proceedings in an adjacent room with one of Diddy’s sons. His bodyguard and another Diddy supporter also sat with them. The rapper reportedly listened to about half an hour of testimony before he left the courthouse, confirming to reporters he was there to support Diddy.

Since then, West has been put on the friends and family list so that he can attend his trial going forward, with speculation also rife as to whether he will speak as part of Diddy’s defence.

The rapper caused controversy earlier this year with a barrage of anti-semitic tweets. He posted on X promising to wear a swastika t-shirt that was being sold on his site while onstage at the 2026 Super Bowl. ‘Next year I’m performing at the superbowl wearing my wittle T-shirt,’ he wrote. ‘People with money bought my wittle t shirt.’

The Anti-Defamation League hit back at West by posting on X (formerly Twitter) back in February calling out his decision to sell said t-shirt. ‘As if we needed further proof of Kanye’s antisemitism, he chose to put a single item for sale on his website – a t-shirt emblazoned with a swastika.

‘If that wasn’t enough, the t-shirt is labelled on Kanye’s website as “HH-01,”which is code for “Heil Hitler.”

‘Kanye was tweeting vile antisemitism nonstop since last week. There’s no excuse for this kind of behaviour. Even worse, Kanye advertised his website during the Super Bowl, amplifying it beyond his already massive social media audience.’

After the huge ad advertising his site aired on the Super Bowl, Shopify took measures to take down the shop on his website due to the existence of the swastika t-shirt. Last month, West posted online about being ‘done’ with this kind of behaviour, with fans supporting this move. ‘I am done with antisemitism,’ he wrote on X on 22 May 22, which garnered 167,000 likes.