Were Kanye West and Bianca Censori Really Kicked Out of the 2025 Grammys?

Mar. 15, 2025

Kanye WestandBianca Censoriwere not kicked out of the 2025 Grammys on Sunday, PEOPLE confirms.Shortly aftertheir red carpet appearance, reports circulated that the couple had been removed from the event. However, PEOPLE has learned they were not kicked out. Rather, West was nominated and walked the carpet — then chose to get in his car and leave.He then posted — and deleted — images from the evening onhis Instagram account, captioning one of the photos with “love story."(West was nominated in the best rap song category for “Carnival” off his albumVultures 1.)The rapper, 47, and his wife, 30, shocked fanswhen they arrived, with West wearing an all-black and Censori in a long black fur coat. She removed her coat on the red carpet,revealing her nearly naked look with a nude-hued sheer dresswithout underwear or a bra.Censori, who completed her head-turning look with a sleek bun and minimal makeup, posed for cameras while West stood off to the side.Kanye West and Bianca Censori at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 2, 2025.Matt Winkelmeyer/GettyThe Yeezy founder’s appearance marked his first time attending the Grammy Awards in 10 years. He last appeared at the event in 2015, when he was nominated for best rap/sung collaboration and best rap song for “Bound 2” from his 2013 LPYeezus.At that ceremony, West performed “FourFiveSeconds” withPaul McCartney, 82, andRihanna.More recently, West credited his daughterNorth West, whom he shares withKim Kardashian,for helping him fall in love with music again.Kanye West and Bianca Censori at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025.Jon Kopaloff/WireImageThis little girl made me love music again 🥲," West captionedan Instagram post, sharing a black-and-white photo in the studio of his daughter in a striped sweatshirt, jorts and fur boots with a keyboard in the backdrop.Kanye West at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 2, 2025.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty"She asked me to make beats for her I got back on the ASR Chopped up beats for her album and chopped every beats with my bare hand for BULLY," he wrote, appearing to refer to his own album in the works,Bully.West and Kardashian also share sonSaint, 9, daughterChicago, 7, and sonPsalm, 5.The Grammys are broadcasting live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on CBS or stream them live and on-demand on Paramount+.

Kanye WestandBianca Censoriwere not kicked out of the 2025 Grammys on Sunday, PEOPLE confirms.

Shortly aftertheir red carpet appearance, reports circulated that the couple had been removed from the event. However, PEOPLE has learned they were not kicked out. Rather, West was nominated and walked the carpet — then chose to get in his car and leave.

He then posted — and deleted — images from the evening onhis Instagram account, captioning one of the photos with “love story.”

(West was nominated in the best rap song category for “Carnival” off his albumVultures 1.)

The rapper, 47, and his wife, 30, shocked fanswhen they arrived, with West wearing an all-black and Censori in a long black fur coat. She removed her coat on the red carpet,revealing her nearly naked look with a nude-hued sheer dresswithout underwear or a bra.

Censori, who completed her head-turning look with a sleek bun and minimal makeup, posed for cameras while West stood off to the side.

Kanye West and Bianca Censori at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 2, 2025.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

The Yeezy founder’s appearance marked his first time attending the Grammy Awards in 10 years. He last appeared at the event in 2015, when he was nominated for best rap/sung collaboration and best rap song for “Bound 2” from his 2013 LPYeezus.

At that ceremony, West performed “FourFiveSeconds" withPaul McCartney, 82, andRihanna.

More recently, West credited his daughterNorth West, whom he shares withKim Kardashian,for helping him fall in love with music again.

Kanye West and Bianca Censori at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025.Jon Kopaloff/WireImage

Jon Kopaloff/WireImage

This little girl made me love music again 🥲," West captionedan Instagram post, sharing a black-and-white photo in the studio of his daughter in a striped sweatshirt, jorts and fur boots with a keyboard in the backdrop.

Kanye West at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 2, 2025.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

“She asked me to make beats for her I got back on the ASR Chopped up beats for her album and chopped every beats with my bare hand for BULLY,” he wrote, appearing to refer to his own album in the works,Bully.

West and Kardashian also share sonSaint, 9, daughterChicago, 7, and sonPsalm, 5.

The Grammys are broadcasting live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on CBS or stream them live and on-demand on Paramount+.

source: people.com