W magazine is trying to pull a recent cover shoot they did with Travis Scott and Keeping Up With The Kardashians alum Kylie Jenner, following the Astroworld Festival tragedy. Earlier this month, Travis, who wasn't aware of the deaths, held the first-ever Astroworld Festival in his hometown of Houston, Texas. The two-day concert was originally scheduled to take place in 2020 but was postponed to November 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. What was supposed to be a fun night for people to listen to Travis' music turned into a tragedy.
On Saturday, November 6, ten people died, and many were severely injured after a crowd surge at the festival. While no one knows why or how the crowd surge happened, authorities are now investigating the situation. Travis, as well as the company responsible for organizing the event, Live Nation. Kylie, Travis, and the rest of the Kardashian family publicly gave their condolences to those who lost loved ones at the festival.
According to Page Six, editors are reportedly scrambling to pull its upcoming edition with Travis and Kylie on the cover following the Astroworld tragedy. The issue, which features an interview with the couple was shot and printed before the November 5-6 concert. The issue has yet to be shipped, and the team at W is now working tirelessly to recall the magazine before it hits store shelves. "W editors have cleared any planned coverage of Travis and Kylie from their website, but the magazine was already printed, and now they are trying to stop the delivery trucks," an insider confirmed to the news outlet. After what happened at Astroworld, the W editors reportedly feel "the interview and cover lines seem inappropriate" now.
After the tragedy took place, many fans criticized Travis over Astroworld. People, even his most die-hard fans, feel he could have stopped the chaos by ending his show sooner. However, a spokesperson for the rapper says he had no control over stopping the concert, claiming it was up to the executive producer and the concert producer to make that decision. In addition to the 30-years-old's magazine cover with Kylie being pulled, Nike even postponed their sneaker collaboration with Travis. This news comes after the victims from the Astroworld tragedy filed more than 100 lawsuits against Travis and his team. Kylie was there when the Astroworld tragedy took place, along with her daughter Stormi, who she shares with Travis, and her older sister, Kendall Jenner. Both Kylie and Kendall gave their condolences to the families who lost their loved ones at the festival.
Travis is completely devastated by the incident and is looking to be responsible for the solution even though he wasn't responsible for the tragedy. The rapper is thinking about his cover shoot with the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star and is focusing on helping the victims any way he can.
Source: Page Six
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