We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again." "This was done before our editorial process had been completed. Now THAT'S presidential."ĪBC later apologized to the White House for making the comments, that were off-the-record, public: "In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview," it said. The remarks were made public when ABC reporter Terry Moran tweeted out the footage writing: "Pres Obama just called Kanye West a 'jackass' for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Elijah Nouvelage / MEGA/Getty / GC Images President Barack Obama and Kanye West - the President's previous remarks concerning the rapper have resurfaced on social media. Swift had just won the award for Best Video by a Female Artist when Ye stormed the stage, telling her: "I'mma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!" Obama's remarks about Ye date back to September 2009 and the media storm created when the musician, who now goes by the name Ye, interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards. The musician has since been suspended from Twitter after sharing an image of a swastika blended with the Star of David. ![]() Ye, who wore a mask during the interview, also denigrated Jewish people and Israel, while claiming nobody knew the meaning of antisemitism until he started sharing conspiracy theories about the Jewish race over the past few months. 10x4Sg1mZz- Jack Cocchiarella December 2, 2022Ĭocchiarella shared the video in the wake of Ye's controversial appearance on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' InfoWars on Thursday, in which the rapper praised Adolf Hitler and argued that the Nazi regime did some good. President Obama called Kanye West a “Jackass” in 2009.Īs always, President Obama was right.
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