He's an idiot and has probably ruined his career.
This guy is a real peace of work!
You would think he ruined his career, but he has had similar outbursts before.
I think people just like a good train wreck
. I pulled this from
Wikipedia about him...
Controversies
West has had several controversies throughout his career. On September 2, 2005, during a
benefit concert for
Hurricane Katrina relief on NBC,
A Concert for Hurricane Relief, West was a featured speaker. Controversy arose when West was presenting, as he deviated from the prepared script. The actor Mike Myers, with whom West was paired to present, spoke next and continued to read the script. Once it was West's turn to speak again, he said "George Bush doesn't care about black people." At this point, telethon producer Rick Kaplan cut off the microphone and then cut away to
Chris Tucker, who was unaware of the cut for a few seconds. Still, West's comment reached much of the United States.
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In January 2006, West again sparked controversy when he appeared on the cover of
Rolling Stone in the image of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns.
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Later in 2006, West had his first of a number of incidents involving music award events. After the 2006 Grammy nominations were released, West said he would "really have a problem" if he did not win the Album of the Year, saying, "I don't care what I do, I don't care how much I stunt — you can never take away from the amount of work I put into it. I don't want to hear all of that politically correct stuff."
[88] On November 2, 2006, when his "Touch the Sky" failed to win Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards, West went onto the stage as the award was being presented to Justice and Simian for "We Are Your Friends" and argued that he should have won the award instead.
[89][90] Hundreds of news outlets worldwide criticized the outburst. On November 7, 2006, West apologized for this outburst publicly during his performance as support act for U2 for their Vertigo concert in Brisbane, Australia.
[91] He later spoofed the incident in the season premiere of Saturday Night Live's 33rd season. On September 9, 2007, West suggested that his race had to do with his being overlooked for opening the
2007 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) in favor of
Britney Spears; he claimed, "Maybe my skin's not right."
[92] West was performing at the event; that night, he lost all 5 awards that he was nominated for, including Best Male Artist and Video of the Year. After the show, he was visibly upset that he had lost at the VMAs 2 years in a row, stating that he would not come back to MTV ever again. He also appeared on several radio stations saying that when he made the song "Stronger" that it was his dream to open the VMAs with it. He has also stated that Britney Spears hasn't had a hit in a long period of time and that MTV exploited her for ratings.
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On September 13, 2009, during the
2009 MTV Video Music Awards while
Taylor Swift was accepting her award for Best Female Video, West
went on stage and grabbed the microphone to proclaim that
Beyoncé's video for "
Single Ladies", nominated for the same award, was "one of the best videos of all time". He was subsequently removed from the remainder of the show for his actions.
[94][95][96] When Beyoncé later won the award for Best Video of the Year for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", she called Swift up on stage so that she could finish her acceptance speech.
[94] West was criticized by various celebrities for the outburst,
[95][97][98][99][100] and by U.S. President
Barack Obama, who pronounced West a "jackass" in an "
off the record" comment.
[101][102][103][104][105] West posted two apologies on his blog, one the night of the incident and the other the same day he appeared on
The Jay Leno Show, on September 14, 2009, where he apologized again.
[98][106] After Swift appeared on
The View two days after the outburst, partly to discuss the matter, West called her to apologize personally. Swift said she accepted his apology.
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