Reuters is reporting that Kanye was his usual outspoken self when taping the special for VH-1 which resulted in some of his comments being edited out the final show. Kanye West pissed off blog coming right up…..
During the taping, according to a Reuters reporter, West was aggrieved that Radiohead singer Thom Yorke had allegedly snubbed him backstage at the Grammys five days earlier. That hurt, West told the audience, because he idolizes the British band, and considers it one of his few creative rivals.
“So when he performed at the Grammys, I sat the f— down,” West said.
A little later, West asked the crowd, “Can’t we give Chris a break? … I know I make mistakes in life.” He was referring to R&B singer Chris Brown, who was arrested on the night of the Grammys on suspicion of beating his girlfriend Rihanna.
In the same context, West earned loud applause with his declaration: “Michael Jackson, amazing. Michael Phelps, amazing … He’s a real f—in’ person; he makes mistakes,” referring to the champion swimmer’s recent bong pipe brouhaha.
VH1 has cleaned up those comments a bit, and it also included West’s less-popular follow-up observation: “O.J. Simpson, amazing. Is he not? What he did, when he did, what he did. Was he not amazing though?”
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I don’t with some of those comments (O.J. Simpson) but that was one hell of a performance there. Sick!
Agree***
Yeah I disagree with the OJ thing too……but I still luvs ya.
OJ got famous doing some amazing things. Then he f#%ked up. Doesn’t take away from what he did that was great.
But I don’t agree with Kanye acting like a b%tch just because some white guy didn’t acknowledge him.