Kanye Retouches The Taylor Swift Debacle
Posted by Media Outrage on September 5th, 2010
Kanye West was the butt of every joke and internet parody after interrupting Taylor Swift’s VMA’s award speech and he took to his Twitter to let fans know how painful the ordeal was for him:
But the rapper-producer said that he has experienced enormous pain, been the subject of death wishes and suffered tremendous setback to his career.
“How deep is the scar … I bled hard … cancelled tour with the number one pop star in the world … closed the doors of my clothing office,” he tweeted.
The multiplatinum, Grammy-winning superstar had been one of the decade’s most successful and critically acclaimed stars, despite sometimes boorish behavior and meltdowns at other awards shows when things did not go his way.
However, when he upstaged Swift — the then-teenage darling of pop and country music worlds _the public had had enough. There was tremendous backlash against West — even President Barack Obama was caught calling him a “jackass.”
At the time, he went on Jay Leno’s prime-time show to apologize and said he still had not recovered from his mother’s death two years prior. He said he would be taking time off from the public eye.
That time off came sooner than expected. He canceled a joint tour with Lady Gaga that fall, apparently due to low ticket sales. On Twitter, West talked about the backlash.
“I’m the guy who at one point could perform the Justin Timberlake on stage and everyone would be sooo happy that I was there,” he wrote.
After the incident, he said, “People tweeted that they wish I was dead … No listen. They wanted me to die people. I carry that. I smile and take pictures through that.”
West said he’s now “ready to get out of my own way. The ego is overdone.”
He also apologized to Swift again, and said he has written a song for her that he hopes she will perform.
“If she won’t take it then I will perform it for her,” he said.
West is working on a new album that is supposed to come out sometime this fall. A recent member of Twitter, West has been an active user, posting not only his feelings, but new songs and other updates. He has over 900,000 followers since he joined earlier this summer.
“Man I love Twitter … I’ve always been at the mercy of the press but no more … The media tried to demonize me,” he tweeted Saturday.
Mediaoutrage- Your thoughts on Yeezy??
September 5th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Kanye works my damn nerves with his egotistical ass! I don’t buy any of his apologies…everything about him is for show for his own benefit. Keep it moving dude!
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September 5th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
damn dude that is done and over with, move the fuck on from it, its done and what the fuck you gonna spend your days apologizing and agonizing over it, PLEASE SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY!!! who really cares?
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Yvonne Reply:
September 5th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Yea, why is he bringing this up all over again. Just like you said LowRidaz…move the f*uck on. I had forgotten all about it until I read this post. Damn.
Worse than my relatives at the family gatherings…they thrive on bringing up shit that happen 10 years ago just to keep some useless drama going. lol.
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LowRidaz Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 8:43 am
LMAOOO oh my god, i just knew my family was the only ones that like to keep shit circulating, same with me , family fatherings aunts, cousins, just keep shit going and always bringing up old shit, never talking about new shit or future shit, that is why we stay away from everyone!!! lol and the worse part…. its ALL THE WOMEN, then men arent like that in my family
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September 5th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Whatever!! Taylor should of clocked his behind with the mic just for being an ass.
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September 6th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Whatever Yeezy, you didn’t even @ reply her on Twitter. Sure she might have heard you apologize, but you didn’t apologize TO HER.
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September 6th, 2010 at 11:26 am
He’s apologizing again…just in time for the VMAs.
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September 8th, 2010 at 4:21 am
He should never bring it up. People are forgetting about it, and remembering him as a creative artist. Now he’s going to bring up that old resentment Taylor’s fans had against him…and now he will be hated all over again. This n*gga is crazy!
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