Y He So Mad Fo? Y He Such a A**Hole?

I watched the new Leno show last nite only long enuf to see a funny spoof of "Cheaters" (where Kevin Eubanks was cheating on Jay, lol) and the "Run This Town" performance w/ Jay, Ye and Rihanna. Before the song, though, Leno asked Kanye about his ugly outburst at the VMAs...and while some of yall might feel Kanye has apologized enuf, Jay Leno took it a step further:

JAY LENO: Let me ask you something. I was fortunate enough to meet your mom and talk with your mom a number of years ago. What do you think she would have said about this?

KANYE WEST: [A long pause.]

LENO: Would she be disappointed in this? Would she give you a lecture?

WEST: Yeah. You know, obviously, you know, I deal with hurt. And, you know, so many celebrities, they never take the time off. I’ve never taken the time off to really — you know, just music after music and tour after tour. I’m just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else’s hurt. My dream of what awards shows are supposed to be, ’cause — and I don’t try to justify it because I was just in the wrong. That’s period.

But I need to, after this, take some time off and just analyze how I’m going to make it through the rest of this life, how I’m going to improve. Because I am a celebrity, and that’s something I have to deal with. And if there’s anything I could do to help Taylor in the future or help anyone, I’d like — you know, I want to live this thing. It’s hard sometimes, so –

LENO: Thanks for coming here, and thanks for doing that.

So that long pause is definitely where Kanye almost cried. IDK how I feel about Jay getting that personal; that was a low blow. However, I felt all along that a lot of what's been going on with 'Ye has to deal with grief over his mom's death. I hope he will take the time to step away from his bald, non-heterosexual gf, the 'flashing lights' and fashion designing and whatnot to really try to process it all and deal with it, cuz Kanye just might be my favorite rapper. And sumtimes extrememly talented ppl allow their personal issues to overshadow their careers. (MJ, Whitney, etc)