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Here is the audio of Obama calling Kanye West a jackass

From the Huffington Post:

During a CNBC interview on Monday, President Obama called Kanye West a “jackass” regarding his behavior at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Obama’s colorful remark was actually made in an off-the-record portion of the interview that was tweeted — and then deleted — by ABC News reporter Terry Moran.

“Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a ‘jackass’ for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT’S presidential,” Moran wrote.

Politico’s Michael Calderone has ABC’s statement apologizing for Moran’s journalistic breach.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    Although its messed up how this story got out, Mr. Obama you should learn to be more even handed about these things…what’s wrong with not commenting on it? or what’s wrong with maintaining that cool demeanor you displayed when Joe Wilson called you a liar, TO YOUR FACE? Maybe this demeanor of yours is just as phony, as your “Yes We Can” slogan!!

    The fact that a reporter is asking you about Kanye West and not about Robert Benmosche (for those of you only concerned about who lil Wayne has gotten pregnant, look that up) and his comments is very telling to me…It appears that they are treating you more like a figure head, and not a man who is supposedly the leader of the free world, although, many of us out here know that you really aren’t that anyway!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    Kanye wasn’t a jackass when you were using him to get some votes!!! its crazy how the media can get Mr. Obama to turn on his friends…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/malicious_intent/ malicious_intent

    _A_ Shut up!! Kanye was a Jackass!! Its always been protocol when something is off the record with a reporter for it not to be repeated. You don’t think other leaders curse and talk a little less presidential once the cameras or microphones are off? Stop being an apoligist for bad behavior of black folks just because they are black. Grow up dude!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1Divine_soul/ 1Divine_soul

    THIS IS HORRIBLE…OBAMA SHOULD STOP COMMENTING ON RACIAL ISSUES, HE IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE THE CONFUSED LITTLE MULATTO BOY IN THE BACK OF THE CLASSROOM….GOD!! OBAMA, HOMIE IMA BE PRAYING FOR YOU, FOCUS ON THIS HEALTHCARE AND ECONOMIC FIASCO, LET FOOLS TALK, THESE LOWCLASS CELEBRITIES COME FROM TRASH TO TREASURES!! FOCUS ON YOU EXECUTIVE STATUS AND FOCUS ON CONGRESS AND WHAT THEY ARE YELLING OUT AT YOU,K CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THEY GOT POWER OF THE PURSE!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    Off Air portion… Tweeted then deleted? I’m not to sure if Obama would even talk like that… I have seen nothing in President Obama’s words to suggest he would even use language like that to discribe a person.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/citygirla86/ citygirla86

    _A_ WHY ARE YOU HATING ON YOUR PRESIDENT. KANYE WEST WAS A JACKASS FOR DOING WHAT HE DID AT THE VMA’S, AND OBAMA ONLY CALLED HIM WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE WAS THINKING ABOUT CALLING HIM THAT NIGHT SO WHY R U UPSET??? IT’S NOT LIKE KANYE WEST IS TRYING TO HELP YOUR FAMILIES, OR TRYING TO CHANGE THE WORLD. YOU ARE BENEFITING FROM WHAT OBAMA IS DOING, BUT YOU ARE GOING BROKE SUPPORTING KANYE’S ASS CAUSE YOU BUYING HIS STUFF SO HE CAN GET RICH!!! NOW THINK ABOUT THAT DUMB A**

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LIBRAGIRL26/ LIBRAGIRL26

    First of all _A_ lets get one thing straight I did not vote for president Obama because of Kanye. I voted because I was ready for change. The president has not turned on anyone. He is doing his job and I believe(in my own opionion)that he is doing a great job. Kanye west is a jackass and a cry baby!!! He needs to get a life and leave other people alone. Big ups to Beyonce for how she handled the situation that was really nice.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/realnadia4u31/ realnadia4u31

    Let me start off by saying I do not agree with Kanye behavior. On that note, I am absolutely astounded that the President would even give his opinion on this issue. It seems to me that he did not call that Representative a JACKASS after he DISREPECTED him in front of the whole world. He called the BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS STUPID and the WHITE PEOPLE HAD A UPROAR. But of course you don’t heard a word from these people when he call a BLACK MAN a JACKASS. That right MR. PRESIDENT show these CRACKERS that it is ok…for you to call a BLACK MAN a JACKASS…but when it comes to a WHITE MAN…you just SMILE and say “NOT TRUE”.

    p.s. I see the MEDIA is not reporting on Federer (Men #1 Tennis star) CUSSING out an umpire during the FINAL OF THE US OPENS. They have this buried on the BACK PAGES………..HYPOCRISY, DOUBLE STANDARDS, and the PRESIDENT is LEADING by EXAMPLE. You already have WHITES…talking about they didn’t heard it on other BLOGS. (But this is a TYPICAL response…nothing surprising there folks).

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1RealG/ 1RealG

    Obama keeps it 100!
    truth hurts

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/very-shy-gurl/ very-shy-gurl

    This isn’t even a race issue! Kanye was a jacka** for wat he said. I mean come on its MTV!! MTV is more of the white people majority votes anyway it appeals more to the Pop and Rock music so idk y its such a suprise dat she won.Beyonce is more in the R&B category anyways. Obama was thinking what everyone else was thinking. So all of yall who think he has turned on his own people are stupid and have nothing else to do but bring out the race card. It’s seriously getting old.. get over yourselves..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkpuddn/ blkpuddn

    DON’T BELIEVE IT UNTIL I HEAR IT MYSELF!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/realnadia4u31/ realnadia4u31

    Here is the COUNTER:

    Michael Vick apologized………..LOST COUNT

    Serena (Black) apologized……….3 TIMES

    Kanye (Black) apologized………..3 TIMES

    Joe Wilson (White) apologized……. ONCE

    Michael Phelps (White) (picture with BONG)…apologized…hmm…ONCE

    Federer (white) (cursing out an OFFICIAL in US OPEN finals) apologized….NONE

    African Americans have to continuously apologize for their discretions. But some Whites feel as though they do not have to apologize that many times…especially when there is an issue with RACE. Joe Wilson even said “I APOLOGIZE ONCE….AND I NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE anymore. WAKE UP….BLACK PEOPLE….you been sleeping too long.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/realnadia4u31/ realnadia4u31

    I wrote an opinion on this article and they deleted it. There were not curse word used…… THIS SITE IS DEPRIVING MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Maybe those people is not as crazy as I thought.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/babyg1rl007/ babyg1rl007

    This is one of the few times we KNOW Obama wasn’t lying. Kanye IS a jackass. It doens’t take an Ivy League education to know that.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Darkskin_80/ Darkskin_80

    it is what it is but i just hate that the media chooses to rely on his word for questions such as “who’s gonna win the super bowl, nba finals, etc.” while tearing him down on the real topics. he needs to make them get some get right on the real. you think they’ll ask any other president this? of course not

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kraycarr/ kraycarr

    I don’t think obama should’ve spoke on the situation…now its gonna give da white man something else to talk about…but Kanye f**ked up this time! I think he just lost majority of his white fans…his next album is goin to flop!!! lol..but seriously

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/easily-known/ easily-known

    So what? People think he is not supposed to be human because he is the president. He is still a person. Yes he is supposed a role model but guess what he is right! Kanye was being a jackass! Pres can comment on everything and anything he wants to as well as anyone else. “Freedom of speach” But yea kraycarr is right, just something else for the white man to talk about! Maybe pres needs to get control over the media, make some laws about that, these people are out of control! They need to deal with that fact that we have a black president and live wit it cause they have atleast 3 and half more years and hopefully four more after that!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    realnadia4u31 @ I agree… we have to CONSTANTLY apologize whenever something happens

    but on another note…. I didnt watch the awards, there was nobody I really wanted to see

    Kanye’s outburst on stage was probly “THE” best part of the whole awards ceremony LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    @malicious Intent…exactly when or where did i try to excuse Kanye’s behavior?..My post wasn’t about Kanye’s comment, it was about the President speaking on it…The President needs to realize he doesn’t need to inject himself into everything that’s going on (Gates arrest for example) then have to apologize like Chicken George a day or two later!!…he could have passed on commenting and no one would have cared, but nope, he fell into the trap once again…For the record Malicious Intent, Kanye was dead wrong, and I have said so on blogs that were actually dealing with that incident…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jhollins/ jhollins

    Here is the COUNTER:

    Michael Vick apologized………..LOST COUNT

    Serena (Black) apologized……….3 TIMES

    Kanye (Black) apologized………..3 TIMES

    Joe Wilson (White) apologized……. ONCE

    Michael Phelps (White) (picture with BONG)…apologized…hmm…ONCE

    Federer (white) (cursing out an OFFICIAL in US OPEN finals) apologized….NONE

    African Americans have to continuously apologize for their discretions. But some Whites feel as though they do not have to apologize that many times…especially when there is an issue with RACE. Joe Wilson even said “I APOLOGIZE ONCE….AND I NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE anymore. WAKE UP….BLACK PEOPLE….you been sleeping too long.

    Cosign….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GaThickGurl2006/ GaThickGurl2006

    I dont know why yall think this is a race issue. It is far from being a race issue. Obama was just answering a question and replied, basically he was thinking the same thing everyone else was thinking in America… Im pretty sure if it was a white man he still would have said the same thing. Im tired of everyone talking about race when we’re talking about president Obama I guess no one has anything else to talk about anymore other than race….Please!!!! everyone needs to get a life.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jhollins/ jhollins

    Kanye was wrong as hell. I’m note condoning what he did in any way but this is just one of those things that make you go hmmmm…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LastManStandingTall/ LastManStandingTall

    Apologizing for doing something that you KNOW was wrong before you did it does not get you off the hook for doing it. Has anyone besides me noticed that Kanye has failed to say that it would never happen again? You know why? Because it probably will happen again. I believe that a lot of you are quick to forgive this overrated azzhole because he dissed a white girl (a 17-year-old country singer). I doubt that he would have even done something like this if the girl was black. That makes him a racist and I believe a lot of you are racist as well. Good for Obama for speaking the truth, even though it was “off the record.” It’s the realest thing he’s said all year. For those of you who don’t believe it, I hope you find a cure for your cranial-rectal condition. For those of you who believe it but don’t support the president on this one, did you support Obama when he said that the cops who arrested the Harvard professor “acted stupidly?” If you did, it was probably because the arresting officer was white, which, again, makes you a racist. I don’t condemn racists so much as I condemn racists who DENY that they are such. When Kanye and all of you own up to your racism, and not one moment before, then we can all move on.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    I’m very interested what the right wingers are gonna say about this since they judge everything Obama does. But since he stood up for a white girl they have to say something about this.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MonsterSlanga/ MonsterSlanga

    president obama has the right to say whatever he wants point blank

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/only-1-touch/ only-1-touch

    I’m crazy disapointed in Kanye, hopefully he will learn from this situation because his fan count is about to drop foreal. I don’t really think it is anything that the president needs to speak on directly but at the end of the day if President Obama wants to make a comment then we going to listen. I value The presidents opinion but in this case it does not make or break anyone, the mutual feeling existed as soon as Kanye snatched the mic. He was on the Canibus tip trying to snatch folks mic. he better hope swift don’t have a LL Cool James mentality..lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mike_diesel27/ mike_diesel27

    This is fake as 30 dollar bill. The journalist didn’t even put their name on the article. They’re saying he said it “off the record” during an interview. Then it was tweeted and deleted (that rhymed lol). If you seriously believe this, you’re as dumb as a box of hammers. Sounds like sabotage to me. But even though I don’t believe Obama said that about him, Kanye West is a jackass lol. But seriously, whoever wrote this article should kill themselves….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/21stHoliday/ 21stHoliday

    I think it’s a fake too. Check out how the media can lie about things and get people to believe it and takes sides. The media is disgusting. This is an obvious LIE…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KaliMaat/ KaliMaat

    @jhollins;

    You said it best. These house negros gonna continue kissing ass like they do best. Nothing new.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Dr_Beat_Itup/ Dr_Beat_Itup

    It just goes to show its even black people who hate Obama just as bad as racist mafukas like Glen Beck. I mean for real people: black, white, asian, can a nigguh get a break? I mean word get off that man ballz and let him do what he do. Somma yall ain’t say s**t when Busch was s**ttin on you and your children wit that no child left behind bulls**t. It seems like we can’t have s**t and we are the reason.

    I’m commin up wit a new campaign WWJD What would Jews Do? Cause we sure need to be more like them…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/single_housewife/ single_housewife

    i think it is fake…. let us listen to a recording or anything… these people make up anything! i looked every where and i haven’t heard anything… he** yesterday they had kanye interrupting him at a speech saying beyonce had the best video… SEE…. its fake no proof to prove otherwise

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Haitian_Sausage/ Haitian_Sausage

    In my opinion, i dont think obama should comment on certain things.
    even though i think the Kanye syndrome is spreading

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CamuiMS/ CamuiMS

    you have to be a fool to believe this. Of all the s**t a-holes like Limbaugh and Wilson and right-wingers talk, the president would chose Kanye? Please. People are giving Kanye’s actions too much credit.

    Keywords: OFF THE RECORD

    This just in “Obama also said the sky is tangerine, it’ll rain KitKar bars, and that he is actually a house cat disguised as an alien disguised as a biracial man”. He said all that OFF RECORD though. *rolls eyes*

    i don’t know why people are always trying to stir trouble up for this upstanding man. geez

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/100th_Monkey/ 100th_Monkey

    I am amazed and also disappointed in what I’m reading in here. Apparently, some of you have taken the liberty (or the low road) to turn this into a race issue. As if the ignorance of black folks somehow disappears under the act of pulling the race card. An age old trick to hide our own shortcomings and inability to succeed. Perhaps Taylor Swift should have been a dark skinned black girl in order for the rest of us so-called, “intelligent” black folks to let him off the hook? Does it matter her complexion or ethnicity is? Since when does the mere existence of white people gives us a licence to act like buffoons?

    Meanwhile, those of us with our platinum teeth, our sagging jeans with our boxers showing, our XXL magazines ogling over half naked black women, our wanna-be Internet thugs, our uneducated, under-classed, under-motivated, un-prepared, un-willing, and un-abled brothers and sisters have the audacity to pull the race card?

    President Obama (whether you like him or not) has the right just as any of us at this very moment has the right make a comment on an incident that is currently big pop culture news. As for Kanye’s apology, who really cares? Anyone can apologize, it’s nothing more than a press release and formal statement. Formal statements are hardly apologies. That’s what celebs and other famous people do to save their popularity or in other words, save their sponsorships, endorsements, credibility, record sales, and product merchandising. Kanye doesn’t care about what he did, he does however care about the consequences of his actions, and for THAT he apologizes.

    Someone in here said that black people should wake up? Here’s a better idea . . . how about we stop referring to them as, “white” people and we ask that they stop referring to us as, “black” people. Now THAT’S how you wake up! And if you’re not prepared or unwilling to take such a bold step because of some imaginary “don’t cross the line” theory, then you all keep right ahead acting like jack a$$e$ yourselves.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MsGreenEyes01/ MsGreenEyes01

    I THINK THAT THIS IS A LIE B/C U ALREADY NO IF OBAMA SAY ANYTHIG ROUNG IT IT WOULD B ALL OVER THE NEWS. YALL ALREADY NO ALL THEY WANT TO SEE IS OBAMA FYC UP AND THAT JUST WOULDNT FLY WITH TO MANY PPL. UNLES U CAN SHOW ME A VIDEO OF HIM SAYING SOMETHING LIKE THIS ITS A LIE. I MEAN DUM THEY EVEN PUT IT ON THE NEWS WHEN THEY SAID HE KILLED FLY COME ON NOW. THIS IS BS. THEY WANNA SEE HIM FYC UP

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dizzle03/ dizzle03

    Hey Obama!don’t you got better things to do?….like run the country…u shouldn’t even be speaking on this s**t!…its amazing u can call out blkmen about thier actions but scared to do it when its comes to cops (gates) and f**k all u obama lovers who will get mad because of what i said (and i’m blk also) and Mr. West!…this is way alot of people think you are gay….cause what you did at the vma”s was gay.and why u cheerleading for B any?isn’t that gay-z’s job? u made the brothas look bad …grow the f**k up dude and stop acting like a girl.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cartier81/ cartier81

    Anyone who has a problem with Kanye West is someone who looks at the superficial instead of what is the problem. The whole MTV Music Awards was seriously a mess and the host was not so professional in the way MTV sets its standards. Watching the whole thing seemed to have came about in something that was memorable in a way that seemed decent. The show started out with a tribute to arguably the greatest entertainer in the world and right after the show went completely a different way of doing things. Comments on the show were way beneath Kanye’s actions and how could someone zero in on this man when what he said could have been the highlight of the whole show. Name an artist right now who is making songs history and the awards show worth coming to other than Kanye West. Everything that was on that show other than Jay Z’s and Beyonce’s performances were not what most people would call an exhilirating evening. The categories for the Best Female Video had Beyonce screaming winner with no dismay toward the other artists. It was the most hard work put into a video probably since Scream with Michael and Janet Jackson. Kanye wasnt wrong for what he said had he said what he had when he had his own time on the stage would have been probably more okay for his comments but Kanye wasnt wrong for what he said. P.S. who comes and leads the awards into some dark occult craziness like some of the other individuals. MTV and the rest of the nation should have watched the whole show for they throw fire at Mr. Kanye West.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CNoriega/ CNoriega

    Obama made an off the record comment and people are upset? Kayne West is a egotistical jackass, obama wasnt lying on the guy. If you dont think Kayne is a jackass that means you are probably a jackass too.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LaCessamino/ LaCessamino

    Kanye IS a Jackass. Now everybody wanna shake they head at Obama for sayin what everybody is thinkin. HE IS A JACKASS!!!! Hes a f**kin MORON!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Modesty33/ Modesty33

    Obama did not say nothing different then what was already said by others there as well as on the news. Obiviously Obama watched the awards like others and saw what kanya did which was very rude of him. Obama like all others watching have the right to say what he feels.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LaCessamino/ LaCessamino

    The only thing I disagree with is I woulda used a more colourful adjective.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lil_hotmama_85/ Lil_hotmama_85

    i think that Obama is right….Kanya is a Jackass cuz what he did was wrong…and to say that Beyonce should of won that award is crazy….for Kanye to take that from her and say that he needs to take a break

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KlassyKrown1908/ KlassyKrown1908

    Seriously people, who gives a damn? Stop feeding this garbage. I’m with my man 100th_monkey on what he said about highlighting race. Jacka**es come in all colors, religions, genders, and classes BOTTOM LINE.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    Obama may have the right, like anyone else, but it is not his place as President of the United States to make a comment like that. That was bad judgement by Obama. Actually it was stupid. He apparently didn’t learn anything from the Gates “police behaved stupidly” remark.

    Now, he has branded Kanye for the rest of his life. Called a jackass by the first black president of the United States who he avidly supported during the election.
    Wrong wrong wrong Obama.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Black2dbone08/ Black2dbone08

    YES HE IS A JACK MUDER F**KING ASS

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mike_diesel27/ mike_diesel27

    Damnit people!!!! This is a FAKE article!!! Another way to make black people clash!! Give it up already!! Some of you are making this way more then it is. The person who wrote the article didn’t even put their name on it. “Off the record” and “tweeted and deleted” is all you need to see the proof in this fake azz article…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DominoT83/ DominoT83

    im sorry but president or not…Obama has the right to say whatever he pleases…Calling West a jackass is just being real…Technically its apart of the constitution to have freedom of speech…Therefore why should it be any different for the president? why cant he say what he wants?…thats just my opinion.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ramos39/ Ramos39

    I think it is refreshing that we have a president that will say what we were all thinking. Kanye is a genius but he was way out of line. Like he said himself he needs a break.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    DominoT83, he can’t say what he wants because he’s the leader of the free world. His statements have far reaching consequences. It’s a cost and the RESPONSIBILITY of being a leader.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hipswang/ hipswang

    Yes! He should b allowed 2 say what he dam well wants. 1 – free speech either we’re 4 it or against it. 2 – Kanye IS a jackass! What’s the problem? Mr. Moran’s morals r more in question 4 posting unauthorized info when the president kindly agreed 2 b interviewed at all. Ban kanye from the awards shows!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/minimacon/ minimacon

    Some of yall agree with the president but i say it like this. Everyone says he’s the jackass and now barack makes himself into the same thing. He’s the president and he does not need to be commenting on things like that. Kanye did what he did so leave it alone. Did yall agree with vick when he did the stupid s**t he did, hell no. Most of yall said let the man go and leave him alone so leave kanye alone….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MZ_KNIGHTOWL/ MZ_KNIGHTOWL

    *****************EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GO READ ~~~~!>> 100th_Monkey’s Comment <<!~~~~ I DONT THINK ANYONE COULD HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER!!!!!!!!***********

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/moniQTee/ moniQTee

    I agree with Angilix.

    What ever happened to being professional? There is a price tag attached to being President.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SUMMER_SO_FINE/ SUMMER_SO_FINE

    I AGREE WITH YOU MIKE_DIESEL27 THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE BLACK PEOPLE CRASH. I’m sorry, but I feel bad for Kanye. For the love of God the man made a public mistake Jesus! That doesn’t make him any less or more of anything, just proves he is a human being and despite his fame or position, needs some correcting. HE IS NOT A JACKA$$, I don’t care who called him it. Let God be the judge of his wrong doing. I truely don’t believe Obama would outburst on him like this and if he did, what is this proving. If anything, one who is level headed would address the situation and correct him on it, not make offensive comments towards it because it means nothing. Let’s embrace him and show him that though he is wrong, we still love him instead of leaving him to drown in neglect by comments. Can we POSSIBLY express to him in a positive manner about his behavior and forgive him?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kellie_18/ kellie_18

    OMG i said its da blown up so big tha it is cu its a WHITE GIRL if it was a blk girl it would have been ok yeah wat ever wats next ……kayne is his own self he gone do wat he do best SPEAK HIS MIND so leave him da f**k alone ya should have security next time

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shamel_/ Shamel_

    I seriously doubt Obama would take the time to “entertain” such foolishness. HOWEVER, if he did it is NOT like he is lying. That mutha fugga “is” a JACKA$$ (yeah, I said it)!!! For you that are working diligently in trying to defend Kanye, just know he doesn’t give two shytz about you because he don’t about him damn self. People who “portray” as though they have this INFLATED ego and carrying a demeanor larger than life (or above everyone) is usually because of lack thereof. This is fact not opinion. Kanye is dealing with some deep rooted issues and I pray that he works it out before he self-destructs. What he did was not cool and having an opinion is one thing but putting it out there in front of the world (at someone elses expense) was dead a$$ wrong!!! Had it been your little sister, friend or loved one he did that too you’d be ready to crucify him so keep it “100″ please people!!! Respect is Respect. Now that we have given Kanye what he wants…ATTENTION, it is time to move on (smdh)!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    Look, Kanye may be a jackazz, but he doesn’t deserve to go down in history as the black man who was labeled a jackazz by the first black president of the United States.
    I am very dissapointed in Obama because of this.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trustworthy17/ trustworthy17

    All ya shut up! I’m tired of blacks bashin’ other blacks when a black humiliates a white. Blacks are in fear of fallin victim to a price so they have a obligation to apologize. If he woulda did that to yung berg nobody would have said nothin. But kanye humiliating a sweet little white girl makes other black people paranoid and think they might becomes a product to purchase. most black people are pus*ies. Everyman for him/herself.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/moniQTee/ moniQTee

    THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE.

    Oh wait a minute. YES IT DOES.

    Unless you work in entertainment and truly KNOW what goes on behind closed doors YOU REALLY SHOULDN’T COMMENT.

    MTV has been doing this BULLS**T for years. DO any of you remember that video by Busta Rhymes Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See?

    Well that same year, Will Smith came out with that dumb @ss Jiggy video. Can you guess who they gave the award to?? WHy? Because it was a lame @ss song that WHITE PEOPLE preferred over the ETHNIC video that spared no mercy in the wake of being colorful. It is arguable one Hype’s Best.

    Im not even a Beyonce Fan. REALLY, I hated the song, BUT THE VIDEO went VIRAL and had the whole damn world trying to be Beyonce. AND THIS IS MTV. The network that popularized the Music Video and for them to totally disregard all of the hard work just because of FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET, yup I said it, it WHAT IS TRULY FUKED UP.

    NEVER MIND KANYE

    ALL you “New N!GG@S” with your THird Eye wide SHUT should do your mouth the same.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexxiatgsu/ sexxiatgsu

    Most of the people on here commenting are JACKASSES!!!! How can you criticize Obama for saying something on an OFF THE RECORD interview???? OFF THE RECORD means he can say whatever he wants and not have to worry about it getting out!!! Terry Moran is the WRONG one here!! That information should have never gotten out!!! Kanye was a jackass and OFF THE RECORD Obama expressed his OPINION on the situation because somebody probably asked “What do you think about what Kanye did at the VMA’s?”. The interview was OFF THE RECORD..I REPEAT..OFF THE RECORD. Now take your ignorant azzes back to school and learn how to read before you go talking about things that are completely contrary to what the article said!! Dumb azzes!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/moniQTee/ moniQTee

    “most black people are pus*ies”

    SO TRUE. THE GENERATIONS RUN WEAK.

    YOU PEOPLE ARE SO BLIND AND STUPID AS FUK. ITS AN EMBARRASSMENT. NOT KANYE, but some of you muthaphukas.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Hokage-Sama69/ Hokage-Sama69

    lol..Obama is RIGHT…Kanye and that white “you lie!” dude are both jackasses…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/QueenRayRay/ QueenRayRay

    im getting tired of people thinking it was ok for him to do that. i dont care that he is an azz 99 percent of the time. i dont care if he was right. or that he wants to voice his opinion. This isnt about race because if it was anyone else who did what he did white or black i would still feel the same way. That girl didnt deserve that no one does. If he had a problem with her winning that award take it up with mtv on his time not everyone else time. What he hurt her more than anyone else and she wasnt the one who decided who gets what award. Now the focus is not on whether Beyonce should have one its on how Kanye stole Taylor Swifts thunder and pretty much bullied a young girl. Yea the situation got blown up but at the end of the day it doesnt matter his conduct was horrible and we shouldnt condone just because its Kanye West

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexeeblk/ sexeeblk

    totally agree w/ moniQTee!!! Also, I commend BEYONCE on what she done…it was VERY NOBLE AND RESPECTFUL…KANYE WAS FULL OF THAT HENNEY…JUST LIKE BIG BOI SAID ON HIS RADIO SHOW..MR. WEST WOULDN’T OF PULLED THAT TRICK NONSENSE ON HIP-HOP ARTIST SUCH AS YUNG JEEZY, JAY-Z, OR ANYONE OF THAT CALIBER…SO HE APOLOGIZED AND LET’S MOVE ON…THAT’S THE PART OF THE HARSH REALITY THAT THESE ENTERTAINERS AND BIG SCREEN FOLKS R ONLY HUMAN 2…I CAN SAY ALOT OF NEGATIVE STUFF ABOUT KANYE AND BEING A FAN OF HIM & HIS WORK I CAN SAY ALOT OF POSITIVE…I’M A FAN OF COUNTRY MUSIC (YES, A STRONG BLACK WOMAN LUV’N COUNTRY MUSIC)…THESE ARTIST R JUST HUMAN…NOW BACK 2 REALITY FOLKS!!! =]

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sunshyne_defined/ Sunshyne_defined

    OMG, shut the hell up….Obama didn’t publicly comment on ANYTHING, you morons. He made a statement [which we can't be sure he said, since it wasn't announced in the interview] between him and another party. He’s allowed an opinion, and at least he wasn’t as tactless as Kanye to publicly denounce Kany, though he’d have been correct to do so. The ignorant interviewer is the one who tweeted it, and he should be the one taking flack, that was totally un-professional.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    ‘Off the record’ he should have just said. I don’t feel it’s appropriate to comment, or I don’t have an opinmion, or no comment would have been fine too. Sometimes I think our president talks too much.
    You should know by now there is no such thing as off the record with these people sooner or later it leaks.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_NikkiZ_/ _NikkiZ_

    Everyone has a comment about what Kanye did at the award show….y cant the president??? People are putting him under a microscope and lingering on every one of his words. I think that people need to just get a life and let the man do his job! In my opinion President Obama is right he is a jackass! If i were Taylor Swift i would knocked him in the head with my mic!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/oluwa_toyin1/ oluwa_toyin1

    I’m glad you’ve met all black people@moniQTee…i don’t have to be a boxer or hip hop artist to make a comment on some an apparent jacka$$..i’m a fan(a consumer)this means i have a right to express my opinion..what you said made no sense at all…infact,nothing about you makes sense..you make more sense if you’re not even talking..P.S:lol@ people who have such animosity towards blacks ,yet spend so much time in our forums and our social sites.very good!;)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sunshyne_defined/ Sunshyne_defined

    Ya’ll act like, cause he’s the President, he’s not allowed to express a PRIVATE opinion as any other normal HUMAN BEING. F**k outta here w/that

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/badboydarrin123/ badboydarrin123

    Here we go with this bs about a black man calling out another. Know one posted anything when Obama said the police acted stupidly for the way they handled the harvard professor at his home. Because it was a black man being wronged, it was ok for him to say something. He condemns a black man for his wrongful action towards a white person and now he has no right to say something. The problem is that racism aint going nowhere until both sides admit that we all have a problem. Nuccas too quick to holla racism but spew hatred every chance they get and say they just being real. Kanye is a shiat starter and felt left out so he did what he always does, says some stupid shiat and knows its wrong. Then makes a public apology. He was wrong in apologizing if he believed in what he said. Stand up for your thoughts and opinions if you think they are right and don’t back down to know one, but he knew he was in the wrong, so he apologized for it. And I know yall had a problem with Joe Wilson calling Obama a liar during his address to congress. Should white people be condemned for criticizing Joe for his outburst or should they leave him alone and let him be entitled to his own opinion? We can’t have it both ways, for a white man to be condemned for something he says, but a black man should be left alone for what he says. Alot of peeps on here are confused and are compiling to the racism issues in this country by having that kind of attitude.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/wealthy_one/ wealthy_one

    Only in these United States can a Black Man (never mind the fact that he is the President) be Condemned for speaking the TRUTH and what he believes!
    He speaks the truth to legislators on what he believes and he is called a lie by a white neo-confederate congressman. He speaks the truth in an off-the record conversation and is accused for causing a jackazz to go down in history as a jackazz. The man can’t win because of stupid ignorant azz people…white and black! The President was right when he was called a lie by the conservative redneck right, and the President is right when his comments are called into question by an uneducated ignorant base of the Black Planet community.

    Get educated, read a book! Kanye was being a Jackass when he made that comment. Now! What!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ladyiska/ ladyiska

    idk da the president should talk bout somethin so ridiculous as kayne west drunkself at an award sho but if he did maybe its bcuz he has shook his hand and it was on tv so maybe he felt the need to comment but everyone knows its bs cuz das kayne n he loves the publicity i would love if the president said anything bout me bad or gud hahahah

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    “NikkiZ,People are putting him under a microscope and lingering on every one of his words.”

    Hmm. I wonder why? Maybe because he’s the PRESIDENT!
    To badboydarrin123, I though t it was inapproprite for him to comment on the Gates thing also.

    This wasn’t PRIVATE. Private is among friends and family.
    I HOPE THIS IS ALL A PRANK. I REALLY DO.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/wealthy_one/ wealthy_one

    How do we even know for sure that Obama said or made any comment about Kanye? How do we know that this is not some shyt that some dude made up? Some dude got all yall twisted over some shyt he made up! Dayum!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    I shuddder to think what would have happened if a white president had called Kanye a jackass.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Blkrain71/ Blkrain71

    If someone ask me about Kanye I’d say yes he is A “Jackass” from what i seen of him on TV.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/belizeanricanmami/ belizeanricanmami

    LOL everyone has an opinion and are entitled to it, INCLUDING OUR PRESIDENT. On another note. Kanye had an opinion, how he went about doing it was wrong, classless, and tacky.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    lol @ moniQTee

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sunshyne_defined/ Sunshyne_defined

    Private- [confined to or intended only for the persons immediately concerned; confidential: a private meeting.] This statement, once again, was PRIVATE, only intended for the people immediately concerned, Obama and the interviewer.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bad_guy17/ bad_guy17

    Why is it that every time an African-American does something wrong nowadays we have to refer to the President? Issues like this shouldn’t even have to be consider. President Obama is in charge of the United States of American, not Black people. This is truly getting ridiculous. I mean when an Anglo-Saxon did something wrong during the Bush administration, did we constantly ask President Bush what his thought were on the situation, or any president for that matter. Let the President deal with real issues and us as citizens should stop playing right into the media’s hand, because this is what they want, to tear down President Obama inch by inch, no matter how small the incident may be.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Rachel010/ Rachel010

    HEY I SAW THE WHOLE THING AND HE WASNT TALKING ABOUT KANYE WEST HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT GUY THAT CALLED HIM A LIER, congressman wilson.(LMAO)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/silverkane/ silverkane

    This is to moniQTee:

    First off, you talk about having your third eye closed? You need to work on the two you already had. First off, you need to go to school and get an education before you tell other people to shut it. Second, the VMA’s results are tabulated through voting. I know you’ve spent a lot of time “behind closed doors” so you’re all over it, but the reason Taylor Swift was because she was in a different genre than the other 3 nominees. What that means genius is the pop vote gets split 4 ways between the nominees but where Swift edges everyone else out is with her country supporters. If you did some research and learn how things work before going off like an ignorant, illiterate buffoon, you would have seen why she didn’t win.

    As for the Busta Rhymes comment. Yeah, he had a great video and song and lots of people loved it. But once again, you got a guy who is primarily hip-hop and you have another that is hip-hop and pop. So he pulls in more votes because his demographic is larger.

    You didn’t even answer the question. The president is human like anyone else and all he did was speak the truth. Everything has to be so political all the time. Kanye did act like a jackass and he embarrassed himself. Beyonce was very respectable and noble for giving Swift the opportunity to complete her acceptance speech. I don’t understand why people get ridiculous with President Obama. He comes out and say black people need to take care of their families and help each other and people get pissed. Anyone know the old saying, crabs in a barrel? One gets on top and the others try to pull him back down. I wish President Obama was on the record: Kayne West is a jackass.

    Is Kanye entitled to his own opinion? Definitely. Could he have waited till after the show to say something? Absolutely. Was he rude, disrespectful and out of line? No doubt.

    And to your comment:

    “most black people are pus*ies”

    SO TRUE. THE GENERATIONS RUN WEAK.

    YOU PEOPLE ARE SO BLIND AND STUPID AS FUK. ITS AN EMBARRA**MENT. NOT KANYE, but some of you muthaphukas.

    You’re right, the new generations do run weak. I mean, Kanye was such a gangsta, or big man because he took the mic from a young girl to act like a spoiled child. Yeah, black people are pu$$ies when they want to be educated or better than their surroundings.

    You are the embarrassment. You are the cliche. Black people, stand up, stop buying into the n!gga mentality sold to you by hip hop artists and movies. We are inventors, scientists, statesmen, professors, teachers, doctors, lawyers… stop acting like the bottom of the barrel is the top of the line.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/guy_next_door79/ guy_next_door79

    I don’t get the problem. It says that it was an “off line comment that got leaked and then deleted” I’m sure every person watching that show at home in private, old,young, black, white whatever probably turned to whom ever they were siting beside and said “wow, what a jackass”. Even Kaye admits he was an ass. So the President is wrong for agreeing with everyone else?

    Please….Forgive me if my sypathy for Kaye is a bit short.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sirjones2002/ sirjones2002

    obama is a b**ch a** ni*** for saying that…off the record or on the record…because heres the point…he said this to a group of white reporters…he should have known better, he knew that was going to get out…had these same reporters ask him what he thought about the outburst of the congressman who called him a lie…i promise you, he wouldn’t have said anything…mabey no comment

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/what_ur_waiting_4/ what_ur_waiting_4

    you have to be a f*ckin fool to believe this one. I can’t believe some of y’all…talking about…ahh..obama should be focused on more important issues than kanye. IT’S A FAKE

    His apology is just like every other celebrity’s PATHETIC apology. You give the people what they wanna here than go party it off. lol But..he’s still the sh!t to me…I dig most of his stuff

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/21stHoliday/ 21stHoliday

    this is fake…you must be b!tcha$snigga for believing it

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sirjones2002/ sirjones2002

    21stHOEliday…..attack the topic…not the chatter…you pop princess

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/James086/ James086

    i don’t comment on much, so here it goes. kanye is wrong, simply put. it isn’t about color as it does not matter who was on the receiving end of this particular incident. a point that was made on earlier comments was that he wouldn’t have done that to jeezy, lil wayne, jay-z, or anybody else like that because they would have knocked him the f*ck out. i agree. in fact, he probably wouldn’t have even been able to finish his statement with someone else. that was taylor swift’s first VMA award, and she earned the right to have her moment. she didn’t deserve to have that taken away from her, and neither does anyone else that wins something, regardless of what people think. if that would have been anyone in your family, you’d be ready to fight, so how can this be even remotely excusible? the fact that all kanye is about is drama and attention should not excuse him from being held accountable for his actions. the bigger issue i see with this is that MTV didn’t make extra time for taylor to get her speech out. they could have cut the commercials or pushed them back so that she could speak. then she had to perform after that. beyonce shouldn’t have had to do that, though it was very classy of her to do so. MTV was wrong in how they handled it, especially by drawing more attention to it during the broadcast. the ironic thing about this whole thing is that taylor swift, all 19 years of her, was more mature than both kanye and MTV that night. sad. moving on, the president is a man, but at the same time, he is a politician. he knows that there is no such thing as “off the record.” i hope that he did not say that, but he is dead wrong for commenting on something so trivial if he did. i’m not saying that he is not entitled to his opinion, but to give said opinion to a reporter, on or off the record, is just plain silly. he is the president! score one for kanye. even the president is fueling kanye’s attention fire! ABC should be reprimanded as a simple apology does not suffice on this one, all the way down to the reported who violated ethics of journalism by tweeting that then deleting it. still, i wouldn’t be surprised if the white house releases a statement on this from the president soon. i argue that it is not about color, but rather, it’s all about personal accountability. those that would defend kanye on this one aren’t holding him accountable, but remember this: he doesn’t care about anyone, maybe not even himself.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blacktino007/ blacktino007

    Anyone else here ever get the Impression that the media feels that Prez. Obama is more of a “Celebrity” than a “Head of State” ? It sure seems like it to me, and I think Pres. Obama needs to put a stop to it, or at least curb it a bit before it gets out of hand. On a lighter note i think its kind of ironic and funny that the media , which had sooo much influence on his election , may be subtly undoing the president, as far as credibility goes. think on THAT sh*t.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Hokage-Sama69/ Hokage-Sama69

    who cares it was off the record…not like it was a lie

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    Okay lets just deepen this whole perspective… Okay Kanye is an a$$hole and what do a$$holes do? They produce fertilizer and what does fertilizer do? It makes plants grow. So in this hypothesis… Kanye only makes things grow, hmmm, the truth hurts sometimes huh…lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoThikkItzSikk/ SoThikkItzSikk

    I completely agree with blacktino007, and James086. I believe they both hit the nail on the head, and I couldnt say it better myself!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/doing_me74/ doing_me74

    Ok Obama call him a jackass who cares its probably a lot of people said the same thing. I guess because he the president it make it more true lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/charlie358olay/ charlie358olay

    I think Kanye will take the insult on vacation and come back in no time and make good music. However, his remarks to the audience was short; so his apology to Taylor is most needed.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hello_sunShine/ hello_sunShine

    Umm, Kanye West does have jackass tendencies so I hope no one is upset that Obama said that, even though, it wasn’t that serious for the him to say that in the first place. People have done way worst then what Kanye did, so why are we still talking about it? LOL. I still love Kanye West, so…

    && I agree it does seem that the media views him as a celebrity instead of our President. Get it together people!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hello_sunShine/ hello_sunShine

    OK, so I just listened to the audio, lol && Mr. Obama said Kanye West he was a jackass in a playful way, so…. I got a laugh out of it!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2bUtTeRfLyKiSsEs/ 2bUtTeRfLyKiSsEs

    He is a Jackass and maybe he will realize it now that an influential human being has said so since he OBVIOUSLY doesn’t have any standards. I love that Obama gets involved with the rest of society. In fact, I love that he watches the VMA’s and has an inkling of an idea about what is going on elsewhere besides the White House. That man is so versatile he never seems to amaze me. It’s not just about politics. Billions of dollars are spent on music alone. Why shouldn’t he pay attention?? You go OBAMA, Call it like you see it!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2daTopnonStop/ 2daTopnonStop

    I was praying this wasn’t during a regular press conference, which it wasn’t he was speaking off the record chopping it up w/ the press. Pheww~ But it was funny and I think it was a true statment that A LOT of folks felt~

    Pres. Obama sounded like that cat from “Happy Gilmore” who was following him around the green~ “Hey Happy!…..UUUUUUUUUUUUUUU JACKASS”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/applecandy_string/ applecandy_string

    J. Hollins my mann u got it….. MY PEOPLE PLEEZ STOP APOLOGIZING 4 WAT U REALLY FEEL.. DAMN KAN WE EVEN FEEL……. WITHOUT APOLOGIZING FOR IT.. KANYE MY MANZ…..U WAS VERY COURAGEOUS FOR SPEAKING WAT UR HEART FELT WAS RITE.. JUS DID IT INCORRECTLY THAS ALL… BUT MR. BARACK…. LET IT GO MY MAN.. THESE PEOPLE SPIT ON YOU AND UR WIFE AND KIDS ON THE DAILY…….TO YOUR FACE.. DEATH THREATS, RACIAL INSULTS, THREATS OF IMPEACHMENT.. KALL YOU A LIAR… ON NATIONAL TELVEVISON…AND NOT ONE OF THEM HAS APOLOGIZED OR HAVE TAKEN 1 WORD BACK OF THE VICIOUSNESS THEY EXPRESSED TO YOU…. OBAMA…. U HAVE GONE OUT OF UR WAY TO HUMBLE YOURSELF N STILL ACCEPT THEM.. EVEN OFFERED THEM FOR A ROUND A BEERS OVER AT THE WHITE HOUSE… AFTER BEING CALLED A RACIST ON NATIONAL TELEVISON AGAIN…….U EXTEND A HAND OF FORGIVESNESS. BUT YET U GO ALL OUT TO USE A PROFANE DESCRIPTION OF YOUR OWN PEOPLE…. KANYE SUPPORTED YOU HEAVILY DURING YOUR ELECTION.. SO DID ALOT OF OTHER HIGH PROFILED CELEBS AND ALL OF US DID.. BUT I CAN C THAT YOU EITHER FORGOT.. OR JUST SCARED…… MANN STAND UP FOR WHAT U BELIEVE IN DUDE…STOP BEING PUNKED.. CAUSE THAS ALL I’VE SEEN SINCE U GOT N OFFICE

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stlouis_thugette2008/ stlouis_thugette2008

    HELL NAW!!! Obama? Really? Obama gettin it in!!! LOLZ

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angilix/ Angilix

    Sunshyne_defined, you are missing my point by going all grammatically correct on me and defining the word PRIVATE. What I’m trying to tell you when you’re in politics there is no PRIVATE unless you’re talking to friends and family, and even then you might pizz somebody off.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/100th_Monkey/ 100th_Monkey

    To Silverkane

    100% correct! However my brother, no matter how much sense you make, it will always be above some people’s heads. They’re too busy, “under”standing and not overstanding. I only wish other people would read your post so that they can get a better overstanding on the why’s and how’s on the mechanics of the voting. I applaud you!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mrs2sexxyforya/ mrs2sexxyforya

    Well Obama commenting on Kanye it wasn’t like he was at a public conference or anything. It’s not like he was saying “Ban Kanye!” so its not like a big deal. What Kanye did was wrong yes, but the fact that he was drinking did play a big part in it. And all he was doing was speaking his mind, even though he did it at the wrong moment. But in my opinion I think Kanye made Taylor Swift more popular because I did not know who she was until the vmas. Things happen, so what! It’s life deal with it, just move on. I’m sure he feels bad enough about it, but whats done is done and he or nobody else can change it. Ok so she’s embarrassed, welcome to the world of hollywood, im sure she will go through much more embarrassing moments, and paparassi coming after her. She will be alright, atleast she got to say her speech in the end, even though she didnt even thank Beyonce while she was on stage. But it’s all good!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/omegablackz/ omegablackz

    the man is entitled to his oppion of the matter just because he president the press puts out every word said even if its not a interview just friendly conversation so what if he called the man a jackass i think at least half of America was thinking it

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/187mafia_boi/ 187mafia_boi

    ok.. funny how ppl talk s**t when they got the government protecting them..
    wonder how many people thinks YOUR a jackass.. and a fraud… freedom of speak.. mutha f**ka….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Queencatherine/ Queencatherine

    I know that President Obama was correct in calling Kayne, “an jackass”,
    but President Obama does realize there will be a fallout for his poor choice of words.
    President Obama just did slide out of the drama for calling the
    arresting police officer of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.
    stupid.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/newbie-a/ newbie-a

    They be trying to set president Obama up fa the okie doke!!! fa real

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PrIncesslenice/ PrIncesslenice

    Lol hey the President is human to he said what a bunch of people been saying ever since that night trust me Ive heard worse about Mr.Kanye people are calling him a disgrace to blacks ….I know right not even that serious

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/creativeSLD/ creativeSLD

    I feel so sad about the whole thing. I know what Kanye did was dead wrong, but I wish My President did not add to the problem. Now we got to hear the media have a ball with what he called Kanye. So now what? Obama will be soon apologizing to Kanye? Off the record or not, the media has it now so it’s for all to hear. So sad.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BP_SportsFreaks/ BP_SportsFreaks

    President should remember how Reverend Jackson got caught up speakin into a hot mike. If this man scratches his nose wrong, they’re gonna scrutinize him twice as hard as anyone else.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/badboydarrin123/ badboydarrin123

    The media is the ultimate culprit in putting Obama in situations that are contraversial. I think they will ultimately make or break him in his tenure as president and will be the allie or the enemy for his bid for a 2nd term. Someone on this post made a comment that Obama has been punked since he has taken his oath in February. That’s farthest from the truth. It takes guts to take on large, difficult issues that he is taking on, that others have either failed or swept under the carpet. I applaud his guts and determination for taking on such huge battles. The other aspect is that he is the most personal president we have ever had. How many former presidents even know what the VMAs’ are? He is entitled to his own opinion like everyone else and again, this was off the record and was said jokingly. Everyone’s sinicism is on high right now and maybe we should all take a lighter and more positive approach at issues like this and not take it so seriously.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mike_diesel27/ mike_diesel27

    100th_Monkey and Silverkane, thank you. It’s kind of sad to me that out of 111 comments, only yours make any sense.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/realnadia4u31/ realnadia4u31

    DIVIDE and CONQUER! That is what this WHITE MEDIA wants to do. Some of you will fall for the GAME. Whether President Obama was correct in giving his OPINION is not here or there. We NEED to SUPPORT this PRESIDENT REGARDLESS if we do not agree with some of his POLICIES, ACTIONS, etc. For example…SERENA was PLASTER all over the NEWS and MADE to appologized for going off on a lineswomen. But FEDERER the #1 player did the SAME EXACT thing the NEXT DAY, and the MEDIA bury it on the BACK PAGES. What I am trying to say is the MEDIA..this FORUM is CONTROLLED by certain PEOPLE with a CERTAIN agenda. Putting DOUBTS, CONTROVERIES, and any other things they can into African Americans heads towards this COUNTRY PRESIDENT is a step towards making sure that he only serve ONE TERM. DON’T FALL for it my BROTHERS and SISTERS. KEEP YOUR EYES on the FUTURE and DEFINITELY the PRIZE.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MsMerising/ MsMerising

    @ SILVERKANE.

    Bing! Thank you for breaking down the science behind the voting tabulations and showing the strength in numbers of the country music block. They are a VERY strong demographic (usually in the top3 if not no. 1 for any particular year).

    @ FORUM

    I like Obama. I actually think he’s a nice (sarcastic lol) guy from what I’ve observed. However, I wish he didn’t feel the need to voice his opinion on pop culture. Why? It’s the perfect divide for the ‘conservative’ crowd, or in this case, the ‘urban’ crowd to jump on, attack and implement ‘divide-and-conquer’ techniques.

    Let the President speak on politics and social issues. His take on popular culture (unless he wants to write a book or essay on the matter) is not crucial for his job credentials. This post-modern obsession with celebrity or authority figures and every minute detail of their lives and observations is TM(unnecessary)I.

    My 2 cents.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Monte_Brown/ Monte_Brown

    The president was right. Kanye is a jackass. His behavior is inexcusable. Black men should not defend Kanye West. His conduct was evasive. Why would he do something like that?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jahz_Lynx1/ Jahz_Lynx1

    When Kanye came down the red carpet with a half full liter of Hennessey that should have cued folks that things might get out of pocket. We all know that folks say what is on their minds while under the influence, especially if their brain has a “Oh hell no” moment.

    I had never heard of Swift or heard that song she got an award for. But just to name a few, on YouTube, church sistahs, babies, fat white men, sports mascots, kids in the Philippines, 100 women in Piccadilly Square, a Jonas Brother and a sistah bangin her noggin on a TV sets to the Single Ladies jam/choreography showed how popular the video was. If you include all the satires there are millions of hits to the Single Ladies jam. It was internationally popular.

    So I concur West’s brain even if it was under the influence. I know the first line of Single Ladies, I’d have to Google Swifts to remember her first name and her award winning tune and forget about dancing to it.
    Obama gets no points on his comment b/c when that stuff went down w/Gates and the cop, he commented on the cops behavior. There was no name calling.
    Why does Kanye need to be degraded as a farm animal? Why demote him to anything less than human? I have to give Obama thumbs down for his comment on Kanye as a person.

    If anybody’s a jacka**, it’s Obama and his administration. If you’re a registered Democrat, you’re a Jacka** b/c that the party’s symbol. Therefore, Kanye’s in good company with all us folks that registered and voted Democrat. So party on Kanye, thanks for speaking the truth…next time leave the Yack at home.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bafkachan/ bafkachan

    Celebident…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DaManCan/ DaManCan

    ALL I got to say to brotha Kanye is STOP apologizing to White AmeriKKKa. You coming across as a punk, show some back bone and spine brotha. You said what was on every black person mind, no crime in that. MTV is a racist institution from its very birth. It was Michael broke down their racist walls with THRILLER thus making them who they are today, but its still run by racist white boys who FIX the awards granting process. All they care about is promoting white culture and music, that is their MANDATE, period. STOP apologizing bro, we still love you. Heck I am going to BUY 2 CD’s next time you drop your genius music. We got you bro, no worries. Unlike that idiot 50 Cents ( who did the same dam thing going up on stage when he did not get best new artist at the WHITE Grammies) we aint going to “give you a Black Eye” over your legitimate expression of OUTRAGE over another “FIXED” award show. You and Serena are OUR heroes for standing up and saying SOME THING! no worries ma brotha, we got YOUR back bro!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ms_real2008/ ms_real2008

    And…. Kayne was a jackass for his behavior towards Taylor.
    Read what Kelly Clakson wrote in response to Kayne… it will have you laughing.
    At the end of the day, Kayne is still a musical genius who’ll sell albums and he’ll continue to throw his tantrums. People, stop blaming liquor for other people’s behavior. If he can’t control his liquor, then he shouldn’t drink so much period!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ms_real2008/ ms_real2008

    Correction:
    *Clarkson

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/game-tight/ game-tight

    thats all be honest for a second. musicians and fans alike all know that every awards show is “FIXED”. thats the reason why it took denzel washington 10 years to finally win an oscar. so the need to protest that yo boss’ wife didnt win is pointless. Take the loss like a man and stop throwing childish hissy fits when you dont get yo way. point blank!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trisha_369/ trisha_369

    I DO NOT BELIEVE THE ABOVE VIDEO OF WHAT SUPPOSE TO BE THE VOICE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA…IF YOU LOOK CLOSE THE MOUTH DONT EVEN GO,WITH THE WORDS. PEOPLE NEED TO STOP. I KNOW I WANT BELIEVE THIS SH*T UNLESS I SEE THE PRESIDENT LIVE ON TV APOLOGIZE HIMSELF. NEEEEEEEEXT.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hynosis/ hynosis

    Kanye behaves like a fool sometimes and he needs to
    stop blaming every stupid thing he does on the passing
    of his mother. Stop justifying your actions JACKASS and
    restrain your yourself. The president was right on the
    money !! Use your fame to create an empire and stop acting
    foolish. Why do some brothers always have to make themselves
    look so retarded?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/zesco2k/ zesco2k

    Kanye is a Gangsta, what he did yes was wrong but coming to think about it, MTV cheat lol…..Taylor Swift should be given another award for something else…. All i know about Taylor Swift is she went to VA and was treated like she was elected president they closed tha streets and stuff so she could get in and perform and out lol but tha girl is talented no doubt, her first ever single was all over tha TV, i can remember that… As for Obama’s comment was just out of Anger cos he felt Kanye should have atleast known better not to handle it the way he did!!! I still f**k with Mr. West, he da best in Rap World. I hope he raps about this and let ppl see things tha other way……

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DatSouthernBell2012/ DatSouthernBell2012

    I finally got to see “the incident” on TV, and all I have to say is that when I heard about it from friends, I thought that he said it after the awards, no one told me that he did it during her acceptance speech….that was f***ed up! I mean, damn don’t they have protocol and etiquette rules or something for these things? I mean really, Let Taylor have her moment…it was her first awards show, and he took that moment away from her…so UNCOOL! Obama, wow, come on, everyone was thinking the same thing, but Obama was bold enough to voice it, lol. Hey, he did say that he was the people’s voice, lol; Kanye, it was an inappropriate thing to do, give Taylor her 5 minutes…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/micx2k1/ micx2k1

    F**K Kanye West! He probably did that cuz Taylor turned him down….there was only 1 song he had i thought was funny…Gold Digger other than that I DO NOT LIKE him or his music…I wouldn’t buy it personally

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/alishakel/ alishakel

    President obama should worry about job cuts and leave the entertainment world to entertainers.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Chewy_P/ Chewy_P

    This is hilarious!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Danergous_beauty101/ Danergous_beauty101

    0BAMA IS A GR0WN ASS MAN LIKE KANYE! KANYE IS THE ONE THE SHOULD FEEL BAD BECAUSE EVEN THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS A JACKASS! PPL ARE MAD CAUSE OBAMA SPOKE HIS MIND ABOUT SOMETHIN REAL AND SOMETHING AMERICAN WANTED HIM TO COMMENT ON!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sunflower2678/ sunflower2678

    So the man expressed the same feelings that we all had when that happened. So? Man i tell ya-

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