This story has gotten so far that I’m even starting to feel bad for Kanye West. Not only have a bunch of celebrities dogged him out for his rude outburst at the VMAs during Taylor Swift’s acceptance of the Best Female Video award, but now the president of the United States has chimed in, and he apparently thinks Kanye West is a “jackass.”

According to a tweet from ABC reporter Terry Moran:

That tweet has since been deleted, but not before Politico.com caught it. An ABC spokesperson explained to Politico that that comment was from an off-the-record portion of a CNBC interview, and while reporting on the interview, ABC News employees tweeted the comment before the “editoral process” was complete.

If Kanye West wasn’t smarting before (which he probably was, considering that he’s apologized twice since the incident) he’s got to be now; getting a diss from Kelly Clarkson is a lot different than getting one from our coolest president.

Update:

Audio of Obama calling Kanye a jackass below:

[audio:http://media.prefixmag.com/site_media/uploads/mp3s/obama-kanye-jackass.mp3]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6561813519faab34/

Via:

http://nahright.com/news/2009/09/15/audio-president-obama-calls-kanye-a-jackass/

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