Kanye West Defends Chris Brown During VH1 ‘Storytellers’ Taping

Reuters reports that some comments made by Kanye West during the taping of VH1’s ‘Storytellers’ won’t make it to Sunday’s airing. The rapper seemed to defend Chris Brown following the alleged assault of his girlfriend Rihanna, telling the audience, “Can’t we give Chris a break? I know I make mistakes in life.”

Some others: “Michael Jackson, amazing… Michael Phelps, amazing. He’s a real fu**in’ person. He makes mistakes… OJ Simpson, amazing. Is he not? What he did, when he did, what he did. Was he not amazing, though?”