ABC News reporter Terry Moran caused quite a commotion tonight on Twitter after writing the following:
“Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a “jackass” for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT’S presidential.” (AUDIO NOW AVAILABLE)
Although Moran quickly removed the tweet, he has over a million followers, and it quickly bounced around Twitter through various users and can still be found here.
An ABC spokesperson explained to Politico what happened:
In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview. This was done before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again.
The White House has not commented on the incident, but I’m sure we’ll hear more in the coming days.
After randomly popping up on stage during Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ closing performance at last night’s VMAs, Lil Mama has issued an apology to them both:
“I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys. I admire them and look up to them as role models. ‘Empire State of Mind’ had my emotions running high. In that moment I came up onstage to celebrate my two icons singing about NY.”
We still think she had a sip from Kanye’s Hennessy. Speaking of Mr. West, he has issued another apology to Taylor Swift via his blog:
KANYE’S OTHER APOLOGY
Hilarious pictures and videos popped up like crazy following the incidents. Check out some of our favorites below.
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Did you think the VMA posts were over? Not quite. Here are a few photos from some of the poppin’ after parties from Sunday night. Jay-Z, Lady Gaga and a few others hosted some get togethers and can you believe Lil Mama had enough nerve to come to one of the after parties? LOL!!
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Rihanna and her best friend Melissa were spotted heading to Jay-Z’s VMA after party at the 40/40 club on Sunday night.
The singer was a no show at the award show, but you can catch her performing tonight on Jay Leno’s new show (along with Jay and Kanye West) -should be very interesting!
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