Anyway, you all may remember five years ago when celebrities came together for a telethon to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Kanye famously spouted off "George Bush doesn't care about black people," as he stood next to a very stunned looking Mike Meyers. In an interview with Lauer early in the week, George W. Bush called that moment the most disgusting moment of his presidency. Nevermind the thousands of servicemen and women who died fighting two wars, a financial meltdown that nearly sent us into a new depression and a huge surplus left over from the Clinton administration that was completely blown. Kanye West was apparently more disgusting than all of those things. But hey-- that's neither here nor there.
So Kanye is being interviewed and gets incredibly pouty when being asked about the Taylor Swift mic-snatching moment at last year's VMAs on MTV. As he is being asked about that incident, the producers roll footage of it. If you want to see the actual moment, skip to about six minutes into the video below.
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So Kanye claims the Today Show set him up, and was so angry that he cancelled a concert that was set for Friday on Today, and in all his maturity, fired off some nasty tweets about Matt Lauer and Today.
But does he really have anything to be angry about? I know the media gets blamed for ambushing people and whatnot, but did this really cross the line? Would love to hear feedback from some viewers on this one!
I think that I hear a lot more about Kanye West than his talents would merit. So he's getting mentioned on national news over and over, which can't be a bad thing for an entertainer.
ReplyDeleteI think he was surprised, and then made another headline out of it, while setting himself up as a victim of the media, which is generally unpopular.
So the score seems to be Kanye 2, Bush/Lauer 0.