Kanye West’s former chief of staff shared text messages that allegedly show the rapper asking his dentist for laughing gas.
Milo Yiannopoulos posted a screenshot of the group conversation between himself, West and Dr. Thomas Connelly on his X account on Tuesday to prove that the Yeezy founder had developed an addiction to nitrous oxide (better known as laughing gas).
“PROOF: Thomas Connelly agrees to supply his severely addicted patient Ye with nitrous oxide for recreational use at his then-residence Chateau Marmont – the site where dozens of celebrities died of overdoses and suicides,” Yiannopoulos, 39, wrote next to the photo.
In the captions, the dentist responsible for West’s $850,000 titanium teeth appears to write: “This has to be a long-term goal: legalizing nitrous oxide for recreational use. In the meantime, let’s master the delivery system with a two-year head start.”
Yiannopoulos, however, vehemently denies Connelly’s alleged wishes and responds to the message: “You’ve got to be kidding me. Prolonged abuse of laughing gas causes birth defects. Problems with B12. Your spinal cord disintegrates. Why would anyone want to introduce another drug to an already depressed, addicted, demoralized and apathetic population of dopamine slaves?”
West, 47, seems unfazed by Yiannopoulos’ warning and reportedly asks the dentist directly: “Can I have the Nitrus (sic) today, Tom. You said you’d bring it in today. I’ll ask.”
Connelly then reportedly told West, “Yes, I can do that,” after confirming that the “All of the Lights” rapper was at the Chateau Marmont.
Representatives for West and Connelly did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Yiannopoulos claimed online last week that the dentist got West addicted to laughing gas in order to “impair West’s mental faculties so that Connelly and his business associates could squeeze millions of dollars out of him.”
The far-right political commentator also claimed that he “exposed the fraud” and “intervened,” which angered the “Jesus Walks” artist and led to Yiannopoulos’ exit from Yeezy earlier this year.
Yiannopoulos, who had worked for West since 2022, confirmed that he had filed a complaint against Connelly with the California Dental Association, claiming he was “a dangerous sexual predator who targeted African-American celebrities.”
He released the affidavit, which said the dentist charged West $50,000 a month to supply him with nitrous oxide for recreational use.
A spokesperson for Connelly denied the allegations to TMZ on Wednesday, saying Yiannopoulos’ X-post was “not only factually incorrect, but also intentionally misleading.”
The spokesman also accused Yiannopoulos of making false statements to attract attention and damage Connelly’s reputation.
