Scooter Braun has had to "mourn" the person Kanye West used to be when they were friends

Since 2022, the Stronger rapper has lost people's respect and faced financial consequences after he made a series of antisemitic remarks.

Scooter - who is Jewish - says he doesn't recognise Kanye anymore and has no "relationship" with the 48-year-old star.

He told Danielle Robay on her Question Everything podcast: "I don't know him anymore.

He continued: "I think the person that I knew wasn't someone who says those things. Sometimes the hardest thing to do with someone you care about is mourn them while they're still here. The person that I knew is not the person that I'm seeing, so I don't have a relationship anymore."

When asked if he thinks the Bound 2 rapper can claw his way back, he dodged the question and insisted: "I have three beautiful kids that need a dad to focus on them and make sure they're prepared and strong in this world. That's going to be my focus."