Here is Kanye on Jay Leno last night. Jay sat down and had a talk with Kanye about the now infamous incident from the VMAs. The best part of the 4 minute clip is when Jay asks Kanye what his mom would have thought about what happened. Kanye pauses for a long moment and tears up. As much as Kanye acted like a douche, it was a heart felt, genuine moment.

I admire Jay for how he handled the situation. He didn’t ridicule him or make light of the situation. He sat down and talked to him man to man, and I think said what really needed to be said to Kanye. Not in a million words, but in one question, that clearly got to Kanye.

As for Kanye…he does appear truly remorseful. Will he change his ways? I think the world is tired of his antics and if he wants to stay relevent, he will need to. If he truly wants to be a better person, he will need to.

Me? Have I forgiven him? Undecided. I will save my judgement for how he handles this situation moving forward. A tiger says he wants to change his stripes…but is it that easy? What he did was mean spirited and self indulgent and not the first time he had done something like this. But I do believe everyone deserves a second chance.

Tanya: Personally I’d stop inviting him to award shows. Remember when he stormed out of the American Music Awards in 2004 because HE was the best new artist and it was a conspiracy that he didn’t win? Or at the 2006 MTV Europe Awards when Justice won for best video and he ran on stage and said that he should have won because it “cost a million dollars and Pamela Anderson was in it.”  “I paid a million. It took a month to film. I stood on a mountain. I flew in a helicopter over Vegas . . . . I did it all to be the king of all videos.”

It’s fun to watch him have hissy fit, but the problem with his outbursts is that he’s discrediting and belittling the work that other people have put into their music and videos. As an artist he should have a little more respect.

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