In a move which has astounded the world of traditional media and saluted the world of digital media and technology in general, an off-the-record statement about rapper Kanye West, made by American president (and very close friend of mine), Barack Obama, was released on Twitter and circulated the globe within seconds; reaching YOU – right here, right now!

To fill you in, Kanye West did what he does best, and that is completely lose the plot and ruin someone else’s day, at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA’s).

According to MTV News:

Kanye West causes a scene

He cut the teen singer off, grabbing the mic and protesting in support of Beyoncé.

“I’m sorry, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time,” he proclaimed as B looked on from the crowd, stunned. His protest against Swift, however, was not well received. West stood briefly on the stage after his comments as the crowd was silent. Audience members then began to clap in support of Swift after West left the stage.

According to reports from inside the house, once cameras cut away from the action, West flipped off the crowd and returned to his seat. Wale then said to the crowd, “You can’t blame a man for speaking his mind.” His words were met with boos, and Wale then said, “Kanye, I tried.”

During the next commercial break, Pink walked by the rapper and appeared to shake her head in disgust before security escorted her away. West remained steadfast amidst the commotion as he kissed his girlfriend Amber Rose.
Kanye West has since apologized to Taylor Swift

But then (and this is where it gets HOT!!), a couple days later, Obama was indulging in some pre-interview banter with some CNBC journalists, who asked for his thoughts on the incident. Thinking the comments were off-the-record (which is generally understood for pre-interview banter) he referred to Kanye West as a Jackass. And that, my friends, got TWEETED! Lag!

Barack Obama
Cans himself..

This, from Politico:

“In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview. This was done before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again.”

Bugger the tweet, let’s have a listen to the actual comment below!

If you don’t have sound or have lost your power to click, here is a transcript.

Q: Were your girls as hacked off as mine were that Kanye gave Taylor Swift the Joe Wilson treatment?

Obama: I thought that was really inappropriate. You know it was like she’s getting an award — why are you butting in? I, I hear you — I agree with you.

Q: So does that count as the first question?

Obama: The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. She’s getting her award. What’s he doing up there? He’s a jackass. (Laughter) No, now — this — all this stuff — I’m assuming all this stuff. Where’s the pool? Come on guys. Cut the president some slack. I got a lot of other stuff on my plate. Yeah. Cause I remember last time it was the fly thing. Now that was the highlight of (trails off)

Q: No that worked out well for you. You were a ninja.

Obama: Except PETA… (laughter)

Awesome – pretty juicy stuff for a Wednesday..