After Kanye West‘s outburst at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards, in which he interrupted Taylor Swift during her award acceptance speech, pretty much everyone had an opinion–including President Obama!
Now, West is responding to Obama referring to him as a ‘jackass’ for his behavior, and it seems like West isn’t taking it too personally.
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In the most recent issue of XXL, (via KarenCivil.com) West said, ‘When Obama called me “jackass”, after the Taylor incident, I thought that the person who taped that wasn’t supposed to tape it. Obama was supposed to be speaking off the record. Obama has way more important stuff to worry about than my public perception.’
‘He was trying to pass the healthcare bill,’ West continued, ‘And if he said that to relate to the room or lighten the room up and the whole mood, then I’d be more than happy to be the butt of all of his jokes if it in the some way helps his overall mission. I’m a soldier of culture. I’m resilient. I’m sure I’ll still beat him in basketball.’
West is getting ready to release his new album, tenatively titled ‘Dark Twisted Fantasy’ on November 16th and recently performed new song ‘Runaway’ at the 2010 VMAs.
