"Never have I ever been friends with Jeffrey Epstein"
Host Jack Whitehall alluded to the news in a new promo
The Festival Republic boss also said not consulting the Jewish community over the now-cancelled event “may prove to be a mistake”
The booking had prompted widespread criticism, including from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer
The Campaign Against Antisemitism said that they will “be organising a mass demonstration outside the Festival” if the gigs go ahead, and wrote that “organisers should be ashamed of themselves”
His comments come following a backlash over West's booking for London’s Wireless Festival
The rapper's appearance at the London festival has been condemned due to his history of anti-Semitism
It comes after Wireless' organiser defended the rapper's controversial booking
