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...
Ahhh, Monday-morning quarterbacking. Rumors abound on the Internet today that perhaps MTV intentionally staged the Kanye rant for the publicity. (Note: I don't think that's true at all. In case you didn't hear, I think Kanye's an obnoxious alcoholic piece of shit who needs to think good and hard before he next decides to get wasted at a live televised event.)
But then it gets even weirder. RealNetworks -- the company I work for, and which handles most of the advertising on this site -- has a music product called Rhapsody (which FINALLY runs on the iPhone now, woot woot!). Rhapsody had purchased ad space at the VMAs long ago, to run immediately after Taylor Swift's performance of "You Belong to Me." The ad has a voice-over that says “This moment belongs to Taylor Swift." In light of the voice-over and the Kanye West incident prior, there have been rumors circulating that Rhapsody was somehow involved in MTV's "staging" of the Kanye West rant.
Apparently news of my love for Taylor Swift is so widespread at that company that a rep for the PR and marketing team actually stopped me in the hall today to let me know that the company had NOTHING to do with any rumored "staging" of the Kanye rant. I thought that was pretty funny. They were worried I'd hear the rumors and be pissed. The company also took to the RealNetworks blog today to deny any involvement: Let’s go ahead and put this rumor to rest. IF the “Kanye Incident” is part of a larger PR stunt by our friends at MTV, it’s news to us.
And I believe them, because if RealNetworks did have anything to do with my beloved Taylor Swift's shining moment being ruined, I'm sure my badge wouldn't have worked this morning. There's NO WAY they would have let me in the building knowing how pissed I would have been.
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Ahhh, Monday-morning quarterbacking. Rumors abound on the Internet today that perhaps MTV intentionally staged the Kanye rant for the publicity. (Note: I don't think that's true at all. In case you didn't hear, I think Kanye's an obnoxious alcoholic piece of shit who needs to think good and hard before he next decides to get wasted at a live televised event.)
But then it gets even weirder. RealNetworks -- the company I work for, and which handles most of the advertising on this site -- has a music product cal...
Hey y'all. I know everyone's waiting for me to weigh in on this Kanye nonsense from last night. I'll tell ya what: I heard the news (I wasn't watching the show live), and I was fucking pissed. Taylor Swift is the little sister I adopted without her permission, and NOBODY gets to fuck with her like that. I think she handled herself perfectly, both during and after the incident, and I think Kanye West is a fucking alcoholic who should know by now that drinking prior to live, televised awards shows never results in him conducting himself appropriately. I feel sad for him; I'm sure his embarrassment today is surpassed only by his hangover. But just as I was getting all worked up about that, scouring the web for more information, I saw the news that they found the body of that missing Yale grad student, and suddenly a stupid Kanye West rant didn't seem so important. My heart just breaks for the family and friends of that girl. It's so unspeakably tragic.
But I suppose there was just anger in the air this weekend, as Serena Williams completely lost her shit on the tennis court at the US Open on Saturday night. The lineswoman calls a foot fault on Serena during her second serve, and Serena then appears to threaten to do something involving the tennis ball and the lineswoman's orifices. For whatever reason, I'm loving this clip. I mean, THIS is the kind of forum where you fight back against decisions -- far more appropriate than frightening poor Taylor Swift at the VMAs. And then the lineswoman goes and tattles on Serena and she basically forfeits the match. Anyway. It's a fun clip. />
Hey y'all. I know everyone's waiting for me to weigh in on this Kanye nonsense from last night. I'll tell ya what: I heard the news (I wasn't watching the show live), and I was fucking pissed. Taylor Swift is the little sister I adopted without her permission, and NOBODY gets to fuck with her like that. I think she handled herself perfectly, both during and after the incident, and I think Kanye West is a fucking alcoholic who should know by now that drinking prior to live, televised awards shows never results in him conduc...
Ever since I started posting videos on YouTube, I seem to get an endless stream of emails from you guys asking me how I do my eye makeup and what products I use. So I thought it would be a fun little Friday treat to do a little vid explaining all of this. I'm personally addicted to watching YouTube vids about how people do their makeup, so I'm delighted to add to the stockpile. Watch above to have all your questions answered.
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Ever since I started posting videos on YouTube, I seem to get an endless stream of emails from you guys asking me how I do my eye makeup and what products I use. So I thought it would be a fun little Friday treat to do a little vid explaining all of this. I'm personally addicted to watching YouTube vids about how people do their makeup, so I'm delighted to add to the stockpile. Watch above to have all your questions answered.
To make it easier on y'all, the products mentioned here come fro...
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When they were filming this, I'm sure they knew they had thoroughly jumped the shark, but little did they know that, over a decade later, this scene would be a fitting parallel for the show's remake.
The Ashlee Simpson-starrer's series premiere scored horrible ratings. In fact, the WORST. The show came in last place in network ratings, despite a ton of hype. (Although I'd been hearing from insiders for months that the CW was crazy to ever even air it -- everyone knew it was crap.) It'll be off the air after another one or two episodes air, if that. Wendie totally called it. In fairness, I predicted this back in April, but at the time I thought they'd get at least a half-season. I'd like to edit that to say I think they'll get at least their first paycheck. Maybe. />
Please watch the clip above, from the original Melrose Place, when Kimberly puts a bomb in the complex and everyone blows up.
When they were filming this, I'm sure they knew they had thoroughly jumped the shark, but little did they know that, over a decade later, this scene would be a fitting parallel for the show's remake.
The Ashlee Simpson-starrer's series premiere scored horrible ratings. In fact, the WORST. The show came in last place in network ratings, despite a ton of hype. (A...
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