As we previously reported, Kanye West stormed the stage in New York to tell the crowd Beyonce should have won the prize for best female video. Since then, he has called Swift personally to apologize.
Mr Obama had this to say about the incident: "I thought it was inappropriate, it's like she's getting an award, why are you butting in?... The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person, she's getting her award, what's he doing up there?"
He then made an off the record comment while chatting with a CNBC reporter: "He's a jackass." The comments came to light after ABC News staff mentioned them on Twitter. The network said some of its employees had overheard a conversation between the president and the reporter and did not realise it was off the record.
The network apologised to the White House and CNBC and removed the Twitter posts. West, who was booed every time he appeared on stage after the incident, wrote on his blog afterwards about how sorry he was to have ruined Swift's big moment.
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