Kanye West – Interview With Matt Lauer On The Today Show
By Petar Kujundzic / Interviews / November 11, 2010 / 2855 Views

Two days after Kanye West's Twitter rant over Matt Lauer and The Today Show, the complete interview was aired this morning (November 11). West and Lauer got into a conversation about former US president George W. Bush's statement that Kanye West's outburst regarding the non-response after Katrina was the low point of his presidency. The rapper revealed that he empathized with Bush because he too was called a racist after interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. "Today" played a clip of the infamous VMA-incident while West was responding. Being accused of shady practices, Lauer labeled his strategy as standard procedure. Check out the whole interview above.

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  • http://twitter.com/ilikegirlsdaily I Like Girls

    Kanye needs to stick to making music and just shut up. It just hurts sales.

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  • Justinmjvickers

    Matt Lauer can suck my balls through my drawers. fucking media trying to skew an image so that Bush looks like a hero now? are you fucking kidding me? Kanye might not be the best well spoken person, especially when getting attacked, but come on now..

  • Tyler

    i love how the media only cares about the past and not the fact that kanye has gone through so many steps to right his wrongs

  • Ezikiel Smash

    Fuck WHITE media. I worked in local television news for 3 yrs and I'll never do it again. You think those WHITE anchors aren't racist? Man, I use to here the most racist shit in my life during commercial breaks..."It only happens in the BLACK neighborhoods"...."why are those BLACKS in the north (WHITE) part of the city robbing, killing, etc."....the list goes on. Racism is real and Matt Lauer is a bitch for not addressing it.

    I've got to respect Kanye, he definitely kept it street during the interview, lol.

  • Goonbag

    LOL when you Dood was like Just take a look at Bush's face he was taking the piss!!!

  • OJ Homer Simpson

    "Matt Lauer Can Suck it."
    -Will Ferrell from Land of the Lost

  • Jarred

    I must SAy..... This dude catches a lot of shit for not just sitting down and swallowing what is all to often crammed down our throats!!!!! Bush is a WAR CRIMINAL and A RACIST!!!! and Beyonce smashing everything Taylor Swift has or will ever do!!! Fuck That Props to Ye for holding ground!!! and fuck the today show too!!

  • Wilson

    this guy needs to learn to shut up, what this is, is an outspoken idiot, making himself once again and no doubt the last time, look absolutely stupid and ignorant in the public eye. Keep it up...it'll end up being the way he'll be remembered...not his music.

  • Jada225kiss

    I do not think Ye is worried about his sales....in fact, I would say his actions feed his popularity. I personally enjoyed the Taylor Swift incident even though he was wrong doing it, but it has me, like many others, paying more attention.

  • fdola

    @ 6:50 please don't let that happen.. it's ridiculous. HaHa Kanye is funny

  • Chuck Tayla

    FUNNIEST WORDS I'VE EVER SEEN! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA!

  • Ninjaman

    White media my ass. It's Liberal Media and they hate Bush as much as they hate Kanye. They did it for drama, and if you don't like stop watching all the bull shit reality/Jerry Springer crap that keeps getting all the ratings. Shady and underhanded no. Sooo lame, yes

  • http://twitter.com/MaskedMouchacho Robin

    FUCK MATT!

  • http://twitter.com/MaskedMouchacho Robin

    Never seen such a racist as Bush and Matt..

    Leaavveeee Kaaannyeeee Alllooonneeeee Booehh

  • http://twitter.com/Dolnenzo Derrick W.

    duck my sick

  • sky_walker

    i really doubt if it hurts his sales!!! really!

  • elitone23

    He is an American citizen and has the right to freedom of speech. rockstar or not.

  • elitone

    He is an American citizen and has the right to freedom of speech. rockstar or not.

  • elitone

    ye must decide if he is a rockstar or a representor of man. ALL fans of Hip-Hop must check out: Immortal Technique.

  • Juwellnyc

    Hell! no this shyt wont hurt his sales! U crazy his music is on some next shyt jus cause hes says some shyt wont affect his music. If anything this is gonna boost his sale even more!

  • Juwellnyc

    My question is Why the fuck is the media stressing this shyt now. This shyt happened what 3 yrs ago or some shyt when katrina hit N.O.. like why the fuck is this shyt resurfacing now jus cause bush got his little shyty book droppin now the media gotta blow this shyt up and make it the climax of his book. Ima go buy that shyt and tare the pages out and wipe my ass with it. Fuckin cunt bitch!! Quit cryin about what someone labeled you as. If you know u not something then dont stress it. Seriously that shyt was corney matt. Cause if a man is owning that he made mistakes at times theres no need to be replaying that shyt back. Ye! album droppin 11/22 go cop that shyt!

  • Juwellnyc

    My question is Why the fuck is the media stressing this shyt now. This shyt happened what 3 yrs ago or some shyt when katrina hit N.O.. like why the fuck is this shyt resurfacing now jus cause bush got his little shyty book droppin now the media gotta blow this shyt up and make it the climax of his book. Ima go buy that shyt and tare the pages out and wipe my ass with it. Fuckin cunt bitch!! Quit cryin about what someone labeled you as. If you know u not something then dont stress it. Seriously that shyt was corney matt. Cause if a man is owning that he made mistakes at times theres no need to be replaying that shyt back. Ye! album droppin 11/22 go cop that shyt!

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  • Luoshuakurdock

    Matt is the biggest dick towards Kanye.
    Kanye want's his portayal pure simple heard and seen.
    This story is more about finding favor with the people... it's all bullshit and should be put behind us.

  • Chris

    I agree with ye. The fact that he's trying to be real and empathetic about his actions while they play that video. People who aren't familiar with that incident or understand the point he wanted to get across during that interview are going to be judging him solely on that replay. Seriously, this happened a year ago and he's obviously changed his mentality of things. It shows in his character that he has grown from his mistakes. I'm pretty sure Taylor Swift has already let that go and is moving on. It's old news. He is a human being. Forget the celebrity status. We all make mistakes. The fact that he wants to set the record straight on national TV and it comes straight from the heart while they play that video is like a slap in the face. People should just let it go. Media really takes things out of proportion especially when race is involved when it really has nothing to do with race.

  • Justin.C

    FUCK Matt Lauer, FUCK Matt Lauer, FUCK Matt Lauer, and or the people he talk's for.

  • goonie

    this is a bullshit interview. once again the media is trying to approach Ye as the bad guy, despite the fact that kanye has made mistakes. and has recognized and apologized for his mistakes. how come matt lauer didn't acknowledge the positive stuff like the g.o.o.d friday music drops. and the rosewood movement? that's a story right there, no musician has ever released a new song once a week for a constant 3 monthes. the swift and bush drama is over. stop trying to kindle old gossip and mishaps.

  • Seeoh

    dumb ass kanye

  • http://twitter.com/maddblackmon Keith Stone

    its funny because NBC stays on Ye's dick. SNL, The Today Show, Macy's Parade, but they let this shit happen.