Kanye West has finally accepted that he made a mistake by storming the stage on September 13, 2009 and spoiling Taylor Swift’s big night at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards (video after the jump). Kanye confessed in a radio interview that he crossed the line when he declared the Best Female Video award belonged to Beyonce, and not Taylor.
Contactmusic quotes Kanye as confessing in an interview with “Funkmaster Flex” on Hot 97,
She just talked about how people would come up to her in the grocery store and bring it up, and she would defend (me). It’s an amazing, compelling situation. I try to downplay it, but, for the sake of being able to try to sell records and just get acceptance on that level that I did as a pop artist, there’s just so few black men make it that far. That’s a responsibility, that’s why so many fans of mine were upset because they’re like, ‘Man, you’ve got a powerful situation where you can put your music out like that and do award shows and everything. You can’t be so reckless with your opinion. Like, we can agree with you but you’ve got to play it in another type of way, because you can’t throw away the opportunity.’ Some of that power was taken away with that moment. I made a mistake. My timing was definitely, extremely off… If I hadn’t said anything, everything would have just went smoothly.
It was totally unexpected but I have to admit that I’m impressed with Kanye West. This is definitely a better way to prove that you are a man, because circulating pics of your manhood on the internet is so off-putting. You did it, Kanye! Now just maintain this cool attitude and you will notice that your fanbase is soaring to a new high.
