How an Aussie man squatted in Kanye West's Calabasas mansion for one week without anyone realising By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:17, 28 October 2024 | Updated: 06:17, 28 October 2024 e-mail View comments An Australian comedian has revealed how he squatted in Kanye West 's mansion for an entire week without anyone realising. In early 2023, Jewish documentarian, satirist and author John Safran spent seven days in the rapper's home in Calabasas, California , after he travelled from Melbourne to LA to investigate a slew of anti-Semitic remarks made by the rapper. He revealed on HIT FM's Carrie and Tommy radio show how he managed to get into the property - an abandoned 320-acre property in Calabasas which was previously headquarters for West's famous 'Sunday Service'.
John explained how one night he realised he needed to stay in the property to write a book about the experience, which he later titled Squat. 'I think part of it was he (Kanye) stopped paying his security people and neighbours told me they hadn't seen him there for months and months,' John explained. 'I needed a writer's retreat and he had come out as supportive of Hitler at the time so I went to LA and New York catching up with people in his circles who had views on the hand.
' Safran said getting into the property was easier than it first seemed. 'There is a big gate and behind it is a forest. You keep on walking and the fence ends and the bushes start so you just slide through that and go down.