Kanye West checked in with his Twitter followers (@kanyewest) this morning to talk about the fallout from last year’s MTV Video Music Awards, where he walked on stage to grab the microphone from Taylor Swift to talk about how Beyonce should have won Best Female Video. Kanye also apologized to Taylor and added her as the second person he followed on Twitter in addition to Justin Bieber. In a series of several dozen Tweets, Kanye said:
Man I love Twitter… I’ve always been at the mercy of the press but no more… The media tried to demonize me
They wanted yall to believe I was a monster in real life so you guys wouldn’t listen or buy my music anymore
I feel like they were waiting for the opportunity to go in all the way on me and when it came they beat me to a pulp
Even now a lot of articles start there first 2 paragraphs about how much of an asshole I am
I accept the idea (ideal) that perception is reality
When I say perception is reality I mean whatever you think is the truth… is your truth
Some people’s truth is Kanye is racist… It’s not my truth but I do believe it’s my Karma…. walk with me…
Even though the NBC telethon was widely praised yall didn’t think they was just gone let me get away with that did yall???!!!
With the help of strong will, a lack of impathy, a lil alcohol and extremely distasteful & bad timing … I became George Bush over night
How deep is the scar… I bled hard.. cancelled tour with the number one pop star in the world … closed the doors of my clothing office
Had to let employees go… for the first time I felt the impact of my brash actions … I felt the recession from an ownership side
People booed when I would go to concerts and the performer mentioned my name.
Remember in Anchor Man when Ron Burgandy cursed on air and the entire city turned on him? But this wasn’t a joke. This was & is my real life
There are people who don’t dislike me… they absolutely hate me!
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