Kanye West admitted he has an addiction to pornography that “destroyed” his family.
The “Jesus Walks” rapper went off on Instagram about Hollywood being a “giant brothel” and took issue with his former mother-in-law, Kris Jenner, for allowing her daughters, Kylie and Kim, to do Playboy magazine cover shoots, in 2007 and 2019 respectively.
“Hollywood is a giant brothel,” West wrote in one of the since-deleted posts. “Pornography destroyed my family[.] I deal with the addiction[.] Instagram promotes it[.] Not gonna let it happen to Northy and Chicago[.]”
Instagram has been under fire for hosting Pornhub until a few days ago, which hosts “child sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and the grooming of young children,” according to the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
Other posts reportedly showed a feud with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian over their four children: North, Saint, Psalm and Chicago.
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But West is certainly not alone in his public admission of porn addiction and its harmful effects.
Fight the New Drug, a non-profit dedicated to informing the public about porn’s harmful effects, has numerous articles on studies and research to back up its claims.
According to FTND, “dozens of studies have repeatedly shown that porn consumers tend to have lower relationship satisfaction and lower relationship quality.”
In addition to a number of negative impacts, reports also indicate that porn consumers are twice as likely to experience a divorce or breakup.
FaithWire’s Tre Goins-Phillips points out the biblical viewpoint on porn.
“It is a sin and an affront to God’s design for human sexuality, designed to be enjoyed within the confines of a marriage between one man and one woman for life,” he wrote. “In Matthew 5:28, for example, Jesus condemned the root issue of pornography — lust — when He said, ‘Anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart’ (NLT).”
Kudos to Kanye for admitting he has a porn addiction. I pray he and his family find hope and healing, including real love and intimacy.
Caleb Parke is the SMG managing editor. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and connect with him at calebparke.com.
