The saga continues for the Kanye West story, but his time President Obama has unwisely gotten himself involved. (Remember Henry Louis Gates Jr and the Harvard Police?) The President called Kanye West a “jackass” for interrupting the MTV Music awards during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech. You can find the audio of the President’s incident here.
If you want to pass up on the audio, here is the transcript of the event:
“I thought that was really inappropriate. It’s like, she’s getting an award, why are you butting in?” Obama says in the audio clip. “I hear you. I agree with you. The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person. She’s getting her award. What’s he doing up there?”
Someone asks, “Why would he do that?”
Obama groans, comically: “He’s a jackass!”
There’s a nervous explosion of laughter from the others in the room, which Obama immediately reacts to: “Now, now, all this stuff… I’m assuming all this stuff — come on guys, cut the president some slack. I’ve got a lot of other stuff on my plate.”
How did this come about? How could we catch such an unusual Presidential event? Why would a President or any politician say something like that on the off chance of it being recorded? How did someone get a recording of this?
Here’s how:
