Bianca Censori and Kanye Drove Off Without Milo Yiannopoulos After ICE Grabbed Him

Milo Yiannopoulos had worked for Kanye for years, most recently as chief of staff. He’s since been deported to the UK.

Kanye West and Bianca Censori step out together at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025. Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images.

Kanye West and Bianca Censori were photographed leaving Louis Armstrong International Airport early Friday, less than a day after ICE agents arrested his former adviser Milo Yiannopoulos there. West briefly rose into view from behind the front passenger seat of their chauffeured car. He had performed at Caesars Superdome the previous night as part of his Ye Live in New Orleans run.

Kanye West and Bianca Censori ride in the back seat of a chauffeured car leaving Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans on August 28, 2026, the morning Milo Yiannopoulos was detained by ICE. Photo by Backgrid.

The Department of Homeland Security said agents arrested Yiannopoulos on Thursday. A spokesperson said he “chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws.” An immigration judge had ordered him deported on July 22 after he failed to appear for a hearing.

Kanye West takes the stage at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on August 28, 2026. Photo by Erika Goldring / Getty Images.

Court documents show Yiannopoulos worked for West from 2022 to 2024. After leaving his formal role in May 2024, he remained what he described in a filing as “an irregular consultant drafted in on urgent, complex, unusual or especially sensitive matters.”

Milo Yiannopoulos takes the stage for the “Bishops Enough Is Enough” rally at Baltimore’s MECU Pavilion in November 2021, an event organized by far-right Catholic outlet Saint Michael’s Media. Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images.

Their relationship began in the fall of 2022, as Ye assembled a team for a possible 2024 presidential run following his “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE” tweet. Ye said on Timcast IRL that November that an Alex Jones producer had introduced them and that Yiannopoulos encouraged him to bring Nick Fuentes into the fold.

At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025, Kanye West and Bianca Censori appeared together on the red carpet. Photo by Daniel Cole / Reuters.

Days later, paparazzi filmed Ye pointing to Yiannopoulos outside his atelier and saying, “This is Milo right here, working on the campaign.” Yiannopoulos laughed and replied, “I guess it is. Thanks, I accept.”

Milo Yiannopoulos addresses reporters outside Simon & Schuster’s New York offices in July 2017, the day he filed a $10 million complaint against the publisher over a cancelled book deal. Photo by Drew Angerer / Getty Images.

Yiannopoulos later took credit for helping arrange Ye’s November 22, 2022, dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Donald Trump and Fuentes. He left the political team that December after Ye’s remarks about Hitler on Infowars, returned in 2023 as director of political operations and later Yeezy chief of staff, then resigned again in May 2024 over Ye’s plans to launch a pornography venture.

Milo Yiannopoulos addresses reporters in New York City on February 21, 2017, days after controversies over his statements cost him his Breitbart role and a Simon & Schuster book deal. Photo by Drew Angerer / Getty Images.

Yiannopoulos had previously resigned from Breitbart in 2017 after video surfaced of him making comments about pedophilia. In a 2025 social media post, he urged the Trump administration to deport millions of people, writing that “nothing else matters.”

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