Kanye apologizes on Leno

[professor]

http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/09/kanye-we ... leno-.html

[gutawafang]

HELL YEAH!!! Thank you!!!

[gutawafang]

Lazy people who don't like videos. LOL.

Full text:

JAY LENO: Welcome back, everybody. We're thrilled to

have Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West here tonight. But

before they perform, this really wasn't planned; we

did this kind of last minute. Kanye wanted to talk,

so please welcome Kanye West.

(Applause.)

Have a seat, my friend. First of all, let me say

thank you for honoring this commitment. A lot of

times, people -- things happen. They kind of back out

at the last minute, or they have a publicist or

someone call and say, "Oh, I'm sorry, my client's not

available." So thank you for coming and doing this,

in light of all the things that have been going on.

Tell me about your day. Have you had a tough day

today?

(Laughter.)

KANYE WEST: Yeah, it's been extremely difficult. I

just -- 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. 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 --

JAY LENO: So when did you know you were wrong? Was

it afterwards? as you were doing it? When did it

strike you, "Uh-oh"?

KANYE WEST: As soon as I gave the mic back to her and

she didn't keep going.

(Laughter.)

JAY LENO: Let me ask you something. I was fortunate

enough to meet your mom and talk with your mom a

number of years ago. What do you think she would have

said about this? Would she be disappointed in this?

Would she give you a lecture?

KANYE WEST: Yeah. You know, obviously, you know, I

deal with hurt. And, you know, so many celebrities,

they never take the time off. I've never taken the

time off to really -- you know, just music after music

and tour after tour. I'm just ashamed that my hurt

caused someone else's hurt. My dream of what awards

shows are supposed to be, 'cause -- and I don't try to

justify it because I was just in the wrong. That's

period. 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,

so --

JAY LENO: Thanks for coming here, and thanks for

doing that.

(Applause.)

You're going to sing? Give it a shot?

Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West have a combined total

of 20 Grammys, have sold over 70 million albums. They

are tremendously talented. Tonight they're performing

"Run This Town" from Jay-Z's critically acclaimed CD

"The Blueprint 3." Please welcome Jay-Z, Rihanna, and

Kanye West.

(Performance by Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye West.)

(Applause.)

Yeah. Rihanna, wonderful. Thank you so much. That

was great. Thank you, man. Thank you kindly. That

was great.

[macdaddy019967]

lol now people are against kanye and not 50 cent...
50 cent now is your chance to redeem yourself

[Steve Spag]

Damn, the look on Kanye's face when Leno asked what his mother would say was intense.

[gutawafang]

Damn, the look on Kanye's face when Leno asked what his mother would say was intense.

Yeah, PRICELESS silence!

[professor]

yo its amazing how much ego this dude has, but when you see him talking to leno he looks like a nervous wreck.

[ShadyHerbII]

Damn I think it finally hit Kanye on how much this will impact his career. His fan base will quickly diminish over this publicity stunt he pulled last night. I mean honestly what was the point of attack a 19 year old country singer. Kanye used to be so down to earth and a great rapper. Now he's acting like 50 and thinks hes the shit. He needs to lay low for a long time and think about his life.

[gutawafang]

Damn I think it finally hit Kanye on how much this will impact his career. His fan base will quickly diminish over this publicity stunt he pulled last night. I mean honestly what was the point of attack a 19 year old country singer. Kanye used to be so down to earth and a great rapper. Now he's acting like 50 and thinks hes the shit. He needs to lay low for a long time and think about his life.

Word.

[mistercampbell]

It really sucks to be a Kanye West fan right now, and I'm one of the biggest ones. >_> Eh, he's obviously losing fans over this, but this is a consequence of his action. I'm glad he apologized, but I'm not gonna debate on the sincerity of his apology. I'm still going to listen to his music and still gonna buy his albums because I enjoy what he has done for music, but I'm not gonna praise or defend him for what he did.

[Cypher456]

yeah I agree Kanye West is one of the greatest rappers to ever live. I don't commend what he did to Taylor Swift(I also agree she can't sing and failed to hit that right pitch when she said "I Do...." or whatever) but I'm not going to become a sheep like everyone else saying now I'm not a Kanye fan. People who turn their back on Kanye because of that incident were never his fans in the first place. This is just an award for fucks sake not like shes saving childrens lives in Africa or anything. I was actually laughing when Kanye jumped on stage.