Kanye West’s former chief of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos, made several allegations against the rapper and his dentist, Thomas P. Connelly.
In a court affidavit, Yiannopoulos, who served as West’s chief of staff from 2022 to 2024, said his duties included “solving mysteries and fixing problems where others have failed.” He left the job in May of this year.
Yiannopoulos claimed in the affidavit that the Grammy-winning artist’s staff were concerned about his “dependence” on nitrous gas and alleged he was being abused by a dentist, the Daily Mail reports.
In his filing, he compared “West’s widely reported bipolar diagnosis and the side effects of long-term nitrous gas abuse.” These side effects include reckless behavior, paranoia and mood swings.
He defended his “respectable track record,” saying he has worked for several wealthy individuals in Florida as well as Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
In addition, Yiannopoulos noted that he was “motivated by urgent concern” for West’s “health and safety.” He expressed doubts about Connelly, the dentist who installed West’s permanent titanium grill. These concerns include “the illegal supply of massive quantities of nitrous gas to a rich, famous patient, apparently for entertainment.”
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Former West employee opens up about rapper’s nitrous gas dependency
According to Yiannopoulos’ declaration, Connelly allegedly “provided West with consultants … who demanded exorbitant sums for their services” and suggested “sweeping and disruptive changes” to his business. In addition, he claimed the dentist hoped West’s increased reliance on nitrous gas would “seal the deal.”
He said that members of the rapper’s staff became concerned after seeing “four large surgical tanks of nitrous oxide in Bianca Sensari’s apartment.” One of West’s staff members claimed he saw him “administer nitrous gas provided by Connelly.”
Yiannopoulos further claimed that West was “almost constantly in and out of the inhaler mask,” “talked about it constantly in meetings,” and “communication was becoming incomprehensible and contradictory.”
According to him, the dentist’s goal was to “exploit” West’s “psychological vulnerabilities.”
Without directly mentioning West, Yiannopoulos claimed Connelly “stole millions of dollars … from a patient he knew was confused, dependent, vulnerable and intoxicated.”
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In 2015, West said he developed a “completely new outlook on everything” after receiving nitrous gas from a dentist.
In contrast, Yiannopoulos claimed in July that West “became addicted to nitrous because of his dentistry doctor, Death.” He claimed staff members did nothing while watching Ye “permanently destroy his brain with neurotoxins.”
