Kanye West Is the King of Flying Coach

Celebrity A-listers, no matter how embattled, are generously synonymous with all the privileges afforded to the 1%. So onlookers were astonished when Kanye West and his wife, Bianca Censori, were spotted humbly flying economy class last week after a recent trip to Italy.

In a viral Tiktok of the couple, West can be seen dozing in a white bathrobe and slippers while Censori scrolls through her phone next to him. And indeed, the pair appear crammed into the lacking-in-leg-room seats that the rest of us know so well.

After going on a series of antisemitic rants and getting axed from many of his business deals as a result, West has lost a significant amount of his once-immense fortune since 2022, when his billionaire status was knocked down to a net worth of around $400 million.

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