Obama Calls Kanye a ‘Jackass’ for VMA Outburst
September 15, 2009 by Porky
President Obama called musician Kanye West a “jackass” during an interview Monday with CNBC, an ABC News anchor reported to his followers on Twitter. But the tweet caused some red faces at ABC, and the network soon apologized for publicizing what had apparently been an off-the-record comment.
“Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a ‘jackass’ for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT’S presidential,” “Nightline” co-anchor Terry Moran wrote Monday evening. Moran has more than 1 million followers on the microblogging service.
CNBC objected to the post, which was apparently from a portion of the interview that was supposed to be off the record. Moran quickly deleted the comment (although it still can be accessed online), and an ABC spokesperson apologized for the tweet in a statement first posted on Politico.
Moran “prematurely tweeted … before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again,” the spokesperson said.
The president was apparently responding to West’s interruption of Taylor Swift after she won an award at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. West took the microphone from Swift to proclaim that Beyonce had a better video than she did.
West later apologized for his actions.
Source: Washington Post
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I think West was outta line with what he did to Taylor Swift…….i also think that he owes her more than an just appolgizing to her because that was just rude…..and he should’ve thought about wat he was goin to say before he said it. Because he could’ve hurt her feelings……and just for what he did, lots of his fans might not like him anymore or maybe some people just might not respect him anymore.