Monday 8 August 2022 02:01 PM Kanye West shares fake newspaper claiming Pete Davidson's death trends now

Kanye West has come under fire for mocking up a fake New York Times newspaper front page announcing Pete Davidson's 'death', just two days after the SNL star split from Kanye's ex-wife Kim.  

Kanye, 45, now just has one post on his Instagram grid which includes the picture, which reads: 'Skete Davidson dead at age 28,' - a celebration of Pete's dead relationship status with Kim, 41, rather than 28-year-old Pete's life status. [Kanye nicknames Pete Skete]. 

The newspaper has Monday's date and also a tagline which reads: Kid Cudi meant to play funeral but fearful of bottle throwers.' 

This is in reference to Kid Cudi, 38, cutting his headline set at Rolling Loud short on July 22 due to people throwing bottles at him. He filled in for Kanye at the last minute  but then Kanye turned up later anyway and performed. 

Kanye, who goes by the name of Ye was close friends with Cudi since the mid 2010s and while they've had a rocky friendship, they were said to have fallen out again this year due to his friendship with Pete.   

While some fans were amused by the post, namely the Kid Cudi reference, others called Kanye out for the inappropriate nature. 

They wrote in the comments: 'Take this down god. you’re free to rise above. love you.'

'So EVERYONE @kimkardashian dates is gonna be treated like this ?'

'This is not even funny...'

'Watch the energy you put into the universe man! Not cool man you better than this!

'You're embarrassing! Stop this nonsense and focus on your craft and kids! This boy is 28! If you want to troll anyone, troll yourself for marrying that plastic and meddling in that coven of a family. As a fan I hate this for you. Grow up!'

'@instagram this is really not ok to tolerate.' and 'LMAO u gotta chill brozay.' 

Kim and Pete announced their shock split on Saturday after a nine month romance. An insider told DailyMail.com that the pair have decided to just be friends - citing demanding schedules and the long distance as Pete works on a project in Australia while Kim is based in the U.S.

Pete has spent months filming his upcoming movie Wizards! in Australia, where Kim visited him in July for a romantic getaway in the Daintree Rainforest.

However their luxury stay at a lavish five-star 'eco lodge' in the jungle was evidently not enough to salvage the couple's relationship.

News of their split comes a day after a source told People that the 'long distance hasn't been easy for Kim' as Pete continued shooting Wizards! abroad.

An insider has now explained to E! News: 'They have a lot of love and respect for each other, but found that the long distance and their demanding schedules made it really difficult to maintain a relationship.'

Kim and Kanye married in 2014 but she filed documents to be recognised as legally single in December following their split and she and Pete were first linked the October before.

Kanye had been trying to win his wife - who he shares four children with back and famously took a shot at Pete when he buried a replica of him alive and decapitated him in a new music video for his song Easy.

The musician presented a series of graphic depictions via clay animation aimed at the Saturday Night Live personality in March.

West, who collaborated with The Game on the track, rapped: 'God saved me from the crash, just so I can beat Pete Davidson's a**.' 

In the clay-animated clip, Kanye kidnapped Pete in the video and threw a bag over his head before tying him up and throwing him on the back of an all-terrain vehicle. 

The Pete figure was then seen tied up in ropes and being dragged through the sand before being buried alive with his head positioned above the dirt.

West's caricature grabbed a package of rose seeds and poured them over Davidson's head, before watching the flowers bloom.

He then cut the flowers off Pete's head and packed them into the back of a pick-up truck resembling the same vehicle he parked outside of Kim's house on Valentine's Day.

Kanye ended the clip with a direct message to the Saturday Night Live star: 'Everyone lived happily ever after, except Skete' before crossing out the name and writing ' you know who.  

'We havin’ the best divorce ever,' he rapped in the song. 'If we go to court, we’ll go to court together. Matter of fact, pick up your sis, we’ll go to Kourt’s together. I watched four kids for like five hours today.

'I wear these Yeezy boots everywhere, even in the shower today. I got love for the nannies, but real family is better. The cameras watch the kids, y’all stop takin’ the credit.' 

Many people took to social media condemning the imagery West used to depict Davidson's demise and the message he's sending to Kardashian

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