Sigh. For the billionth time, Kanye West is out and about apologizing for his obnoxious behavior. Kanye kept his commitment to appear on the first episode of Jay Leno's new prime-time show, and he had a few things to say about his behavior the previous night.

"Have you had a tough day?" Leno asked West, 32, as the studio audience erupted in laughter. Speaking seriously, West replied, "Yeah, it's been extremely difficult." He admitted to "just dealing with the fact that I hurt someone or took anything away, you know, from a talented artist or from anyone, because I only wanted to help people." Explaining why he was giving a shout-out to the other nominee, Beyoncé, West said, "My entire life, I've only wanted to give and do something that I felt was right. And I immediately knew in the situation that it was wrong, and it wasn't a spectacle or just – you know, it's actually someone's emotions, you know, that I stepped on." Concurring with many of the sentiments expressed by critics since the incident, West said, "And it was very … rude, period. And, you know, I'd like to be able to apologize to her in person." West said he knew he'd erred "as soon as I gave the mic back to her and she didn't keep going." Summing up what he did and how he now feels about it, West said, "I'm just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else's hurt."

Kanye continued to further rationalize his behavior:

“So many celebrities, they never take the time off,” he said. “I’ve never taken the time off to really — you know, just music after music and tour after tour. I’m just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else’s hurt. My dream of what awards shows are supposed to be, ’cause, and I don’t try to justify it because I was just in the wrong. That’s period. But I need to, after this, take some time off and just analyze how I’m going to make it through the rest of this life, how I’m going to improve.”

Ya know, Kanye, you pull this shit at pretty regular intervals. And normally it's not that big of a deal to me, because you're not out hurting other people, you're just making a giant ass of yourself, which is your prerogative. I think you're a genius -- I'll say that flat-out -- but that doesn't mean you don't have to play by the same rules of social conduct as the rest of us. You said this in your song "Can't Tell Me Nothing":

I feel the pressure, under more scrutiny / and what I do? / act more stupidly / bought more jewelry / more Louis V / my momma couldn't get through to me / the drama, people suing me / I'm on TV talking like it's just you and me

I mean, the entire song is basically you talking about how you realize what an asshole you've been since you got famous, how you regret those decisions. I'm pretty sure the last statement is a reference to this insanity: Even if you were correct on that point, you know you have a tendency to behave inappropriately on live television. So WTF were you doing drinking a whole damn bottle of Hennessy before the show? How could you possibly expect that to end well? You don't need to pull shit like this -- your talent speaks for itself, and you have a perfectly large platform from which to reasonably express your concerns. Stop apologizing, Kanye, and start changing your behavior. Update: Found the embed code for the Leno spot! Thank you to all of you who sent it to me! You guys ROCK. Tell me he doesn't look hungover. :) /> Sigh. For the billionth time, Kanye West is out and about apologizing for his obnoxious behavior. Kanye kept his commitment to appear on the first episode of Jay Leno's new prime-time show, and he had a few things to say about his behavior the previous night. "Have you had a tough day?" Leno asked West, 32, as the studio audience erupted in laughter. Speaking seriously, West replied, "Yeah, it's been extremely difficult." He admitted to "just dealing with the fact that I hurt someone or took an...