Kanye West Defends Himself after Wheelchair Incident

I don't think there's a person on earth who is more pompous than this fool...

(From PEOPLE)


Kanye West has responded to the concert flap already being dubbed "Wheelchair-Gate" – attempting to explain the incident his wife, Kim Kardashian, deemed "clouded by lies."

The rapper, 37, made headlines over the weekend for calling out a fan in a wheelchair – and another with a prosthetic leg – who were unable to stand as he requested at his show in Sydney on Friday.

In a five-minute speech the rapper delivered onstage at a concert in Brisbane, Australia, Monday night, West addressed the incident and invoked everyone from Ben Affleck to Whoopi Goldberg while offering his point of view.

"So, people on the Today show, I'm not sure I keep up with the news, but if Michael Strahan is still at the Today show – no, Good Morning America, Matt Lauer, the girls on The View – Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Roberts, if y'all run this, take a step back and look at this: I'm a married Christian man with a family," he said, per The Daily Beast.



"At my concerts, I make sure everybody has as good a time as possible. So all this demonizing me, it aint' goin' to work after a while. Pick a new target," he declared.



West stopped Friday's concert after he noticed the two people not standing, despite his order, but backed off after members of his team verified they were physically unable to stand. A source close to the rapper later said he had "no malicious intent to offend."

On stage Monday, West did not repeat that sentiment – instead defending himself as an artist and family man.

"If you take someone that can go from being a rock star across the globe and everything and make the decision to pick one woman and raise a family ... there's enough things workin' against you," he said. "I'm not going to make one of them Ben Affleck statements and s---."

"This is real expression. This is real artistry," he also says. "You know, an artist's career doesn't happen in one cycle of news – an artist's career happens in a lifetime. And if you're a true artist, you're willing to die for what you believe in."

Kardashian also defended her husbandon Instagram Monday in the wake of the controversy.

"Its frustrating that something so awesome could be clouded by lies," she wrote in part. "Kanye never asked anyone in a wheel chair to stand up & the audience videos show that. He asked for everyone to stand up & dance UNLESS they were in a wheel chair."

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Ugh! I cant stand him and I certainly don't mean to defend him but but I do feel like this has been blown out of proportion. I mean, he didn't realize the men were unable to stand.

Either way I agree, he is a total pompous DB.

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Kanye West Defends Himself after Wheelchair Incident

He is such a piece of shit.

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I'm sorry, but literally stopping the show to make sure everyone is standing on their feet is absurd. Fine, I get that he did say "unless you're in a wheelchair," but to have his guards go and check is beyond ridiculous. I have gone to shows and concerts and haven't stood up. Billy Joel never stopped a show to make sure everyone is on their feet.

BTW... what does Ben Affleck have to do with anything?

Kanye West Defends Himself after Wheelchair Incident

LOL @ good Christian man. Ooooookay

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WTF is he even talking about??

I swear he's one of those people who rambles on and on about nothing, using big words he doesn't understand tyring to sound intelligent .......and speaks complete NONSENSE

The TWO of them should only communicate via their publicists -

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Kanye West Defends Himself after Wheelchair Incident

Wanna punch him in the face

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I can't stand him or Kim Kardashian. I wish people would stop buying into them so that they would disappear off the radar.

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Yet people still pay to go to his shows and watch his wife's reality show.
When will people stop patronizing these assholes???

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WTF is he even talking about?! I think he just strings words together so people give up and stop listening.

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Kanye West Defends Himself after Wheelchair Incident

Number 1..I couldn't understand a word in the article. He is a babbling idiot and makes no sense.

Number 2...please make him and his wife go away.

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He makes me when he talks.

Kanye West Defends Himself after Wheelchair Incident

I'm going to try his strategy next time I do something wrong--- I'm just gong to divert to Ben Affleck. Too funny!!!

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lmao at "artist", "rockstar", "Christian man", "raise a family"... They really are delusional.

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Kanye West Defends Himself after Wheelchair Incident

I feel stupid when I read his posts because I just don't get what I am reading.

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Posted by MC09

I have enough hate to go around! I have enough hate for him, his c0cksucking fat ass wife, her gypsy fat ass family, assh0le athletes with anger management issues, vapid reality tv "stars", and plenty more to spare!

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he makes no sense

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This is my favorite line:

"....And if you're a true artist, you're willing to die for what you believe in."

If he is willing to die for anything related to this incident, he is a bigger jackass than I thought.

If I were rich, I would buy a block of front row tickets and bring a bunch of people to sit through the whole show without getting up once, just to piss him off.

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I want to punch him in the face. Get a life. He makes ZERO sense when he talks, trying to use big words that he obviously doesn't understand. What a moron. People who paid money to hear his dumb music do not HAVE to do what he says. I wish people would just ignore him and his airhead wife so they would just. go. away. already.