Kanye West is battling a potentially fatal addiction to nitrous oxide that is being supplied by his dentist, according to his former chief of staff and far-right figure Milo Yiannopoulos.
In an affidavit filed by Yiannopoulos against Thomas Connelly to the California Dental Board, he claims that the dentist is charging Kanye more than $50,000 per month for the gas.
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In the filing, Yiannopoulos makes a number of wild allegations against Connelly, including that he desired to run West’s Yeezy company and develop a “personal use N²O² system” for an annual salary of $2.4 million.
Yiannopoulos also claims that Connelly got the rap mogul hooked on nitrous gas and would deliver canisters of it to his home, while Kanye has been frequently seen inhaling it through an oxygen mask.
Kanye's former chief of staff alleges that his dentist supplies him with nitrous in a predatory manner, leading to an addiction that made him "no longer capable of successfully releasing music or clothing." pic.twitter.com/DYQcoHcpFv
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The affidavit also references a video posted online of Ye appearing to self-administer the gas while addressing boxer Ryan Garcia, saying: “Ryan Garcia, this Ye. I’m on the nitrous.”
Yiannopoulos claims that as a result of his gas addiction, Kanye has developed “distressing” side-effects and his behavior has concerned several Yeezy employees.
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The affidavit cites a claim made by current Yeezy employee Eric Cui in June that Kanye underwent a brain scan which “revealed evidence of permanent brain damage from rampant, prolongued abuse of nitrous oxide.”
Yiannopoulos also says that Connelly defrauds his dental customers by using fake diamonds and that he charged Lil Yachty over $1 million to implant potentially fake diamonds in his teeth.
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Outside of Connelly, the affidavit claims that Kanye West has been robbed of a number of important belongings by an advisor named Paul Johnson.
Yiannopoulos claims items stolen include West’s Grammy Awards, as well as more personal belongings such as his mother’s death certificate and mementos from the births of his children.
Yiannopoulos also took to social media to outline his claims against Connelly.
“Connelly got Ye hooked on nitrous—laughing gas. It is my belief that Connelly sought to diminish Ye’s mental faculties so that Connelly and his business associates could extract millions of dollars from him,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
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“Earlier this year, I uncovered the fraud and intervened. Ye, hooked on nitrous, blew up our relationship on purpose by proposing something he knew I’d have to resign over (because I had told him so): the resurrection of his longtime idle fantasy of making porn.”
He continued: “Thomas Connelly is a dangerous predator who targets African-American celebrities—into whose mouth he puts fake diamonds, as I suspect he did to @lilyachty. He must be stopped. I filed a complaint with the California Dental Board last week to that end.”
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For his part, Connelly denies the allegations, saying they are “not only factually incorrect but also intentionally misleading.”
Connelly also claims that Yiannopoulos is trying to destroy his reputation.
Kanye himself has not yet commented on the accusations.
