US President calls Kanye West a jackass
US President Barrack Obama has called hip-hop star Kanye West a “jackass” over his antics at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The colourful remark was made during an interview with US network CNBC and was meant to be kept off the record.
But the comment leaked out to news sites after a news reporter from rival network ABC posted the comment on micro-blogging site Twitter.
“Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a ‘jackass’ for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT’S presidential,” reporter Terry Moran wrote.
Rapper West interrupted country music starlet Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech during the music awards show on Sunday night.
After invading the stage he whisked the microphone away from the 19-year-old singer, who was collecting Best Female Video for You Belong With Me.
He then turned to the audience and shouted that the gong should have gone to his friend Beyonce, for Single Ladies.