Kanye West Taking "Some Time Off" After Taylor Swift Diss
In an interview on Jay Leno's first primetime show on NBC Monday night, Kanye West blames the pain from his mother's 2007 death for causing him to ambush Taylor Swift at Sunday night's MTV VMAs.
"You know, I deal with hurt," said West -- who grabbed the mic from Swift, 17, as she accepted her Best Female Video award. "And you know, so many celebrities, they never take time off. I've never taken the time off to really -- you know, just music after music and tour after tour.
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"I'm just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else's hurt -- and I don't try to justify it because I was just in the wrong. That's period," he went on. "But I need to, after this, take some time off and just analyze how I'm going to make it through the rest of this life, how I'm going to improve. Because I am a celebrity, and that's something I have to deal with.
"And if there's anything I could do to help Taylor in the future or help anyone, I'd like -- you know, I want to live this thing. It's hard sometimes," he said.
When Leno asked West if his mom, Donda, who died from plastic surgery complications, would have been disappointed in his behavior, he admitted, "Yeah."
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West -- who appeared on the show to perform "Run This Town" with Jay-Z and Rihanna -- said it's been an "extremely difficult" day.
"Just dealing with the fact that I hurt someone or took anything away, you know, from a talented artist or from anyone, because I only wanted to help people," he said. "My entire life, I've only wanted to give and do something that I felt was right. And I immediately knew in the situation that it was wrong, and it wasn't a spectacle or just -- you know, it's actually someone's emotions, you know, that I stepped on. And it was very -- it was just -- it was rude, period.
"And, you know, I'd like to be able to apologize to her in person. And I wanted to...." he said.
When Leno asked when he knew he was doing something wrong, West said, "As soon as I gave the mic back to her and she didn't keep going."
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357kanye sucks
i HATE kanye i LOVE taylor kanye needs to get his act together
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I would've thought Eminem was racist if he did it to Beyonce and I wouldn't be buying his music either
Joe Wilson was right by the way
see, you just did it again
you keep taking my comments off bcause I'm right and you're wrong
disagreeing is a lot more different than dissing
Excuses, Excuses
That is BS about his mom, we all know he did it because he's racist.
i hope Kanye is banned from the award show next year
I will never buy any of his music.
I will NEVER buy his music
and he's racist
he's not even talented in any way
and i will NEVER buy any of his music, he is a racist a#######.
That was some bs excuse Kanye gave on the Leno show. The truth is he is racist and couldn't stand it when Taylor won and Beyonce didn't. He really looked like a total idiot when Beyonce won and turned the mic over to Taylor. Beyonce has a lot of talent and class, unlike Kanye.
Kanye West is a loser. He gets on The Jay Leno Show and blames the fact that he didn't have time to grieve his mother's death as a reason for embarassing Taylor Swift. Nice try. He blames every one of his stupid actions on circumstance or another person instead of himself. The guy needs to grow up and get real and start taking personal responsibility for his own actions. No one has respect for someone that acts like him.
Really? who does this? taylor deserved her award. she did nothing to deserve that asshole's words. he just wants the world to agree with him.and beyonces song suck. put a ring on it. put a ring on it.put a ring on it. put a ring on it. put a ring on it. is that anoyying? or how about to the left to the left to the left to the left to the left. WTFS?! taylor is the best. she prety,kind,and kanye is racist. worst,it mortified ms. swift and her mom. :[
the man said sorry. she still has her award. get over it.