Astroworld victim’s family brand Kanye West ‘hurtful and idiotic’ for threatening to pull out of Coachella unless Billie Eilish apologizes to Travis Scott… as singer fires back at rapper saying she was ‘just helping a fan’

The family of the youngest victim of the Astroworld tragedy, nine-year-old Ezra Blount, is slamming Kanye West for his ‘idiotic’ demand that Billie Eilish apologize for her veiled criticism of Travis Scott.

Beron Blount, Ezra’s grandfather, spoke out in an interview with Rolling Stone following Ye’s Instagram threat to pull out of his Coachella performance if Eilish didn’t say she was sorry.

Travis Scott, meanwhile, is being slammed on Reddit for having ‘no remorse’ over the fatal incident because he liked Kanye’s social media post.

‘To hear Kanye’s words, that’s hurtful to us. What an idiotic thing to say,’ Bernon told the outlet.

Bernon and his wife Tericia are the grandparents of the youngest victim of the Astroworld crowd stampede that killed 10 people. Ezra, nine, fell from his dad’s shoulders during the surge and landed in a coma, dying later in the hospital.

On Thursday, Kanye took to Instagram to demand that Billie Eilish apologize for her recent comments regarding Travis Scott and the Astroworld tragedy.

His statement came after Eilish, 20, recently stopped her show to give an inhaler to a fan who couldn’t breathe, and made a comment that many took to be a dig at Scott.

‘I wait for people to be OK until I keep going,’ the Ocean Eyes singer said, seeming to allude to Scott’s ᴅᴇᴀᴅly Astroworld Festival while shaming the rapper’s conduct on stage.

The singer’s comment caused the audience to begin cheering loudly, and she proceeded to resume her show.

Ezra’s grandmother, Tericia Blount told Rolling Stone: ‘I think it’s just crazy, and I hate to use that word, but I think it’s ridiculous. She’s making sure that she is caring for the patrons at her concert, and I just think that’s crazy of Kanye to even let that demand come out of his mouth.’

In response to Billie, who never actually mentioned Travis or Astroworld, Kanye penned on Instagram: ‘Come on Billie we love you please apologize to Trav and to the families of the people who lost their lives.

‘No one intended this to happen Trav didn’t have any idea of what was happening when he was on stage and was very hurt by what happened,’ he continued.

‘And yes Trav will be with me at Coachella but now I need Billie to apologize before I perform,’ he concluded, though it’s unclear whether Scott will be performing with the rapper on stage.

Eilish replaced Scott on the Coachella bill after the tragic events at Astroworld.

Meanwhile the singer commented back saying, ‘literally never said a thing about travis. was just helping a fan.’