A charitable organization, “Goodwill” has tendered an apology for using rapper, Kanye West‘s facial expressions to demonstrate to staff on how not to behave to clients.
The organization had earlier used the photos and distributed it in a newsletter to its staff, telling them “the Kanye Resting Bitch Face” won’t be tolerated.
A Goodwill rep told TMZ,
they meant no disrespect when they used Kanye’s mug as a way of schooling supervisors on how to react to different scenarios in the workplace. Goodwill says it felt it was being “relatable” by using the rapper’s face, but in hindsight they realized it was wrong. The newsletters has now been pulled from all its stores and donation centers.
The rep says:
“We’d like to apologize to Kanye West, his fans and the community for the use of his image to illustrate an internal training message. It was unacceptable and Goodwill takes full responsibility for this action and meant no disrespect to Kanye.”