While many, including Barack Obama, have been quick to suggest that Kanye West's outburst at last week's MTV Video Music Awards was a bit stupid, Jay-Z has come to his defence, telling Jo Whiley: "He's just a super-passionate person".
West, as we all know, interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for the Best Female Video award to tell the assembled audience that Beyonce's 'Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)' was a far more deserving winner. Jay-Z said: "Of course it was rude because it was moment but that's the way he really felt. I think it was rude but the way they're treating him... He's on the cover of every paper. He didn't kill anybody. No one got harmed".
A good point, I think you'll agree. Life would be a lot more simple if everything was judged on whether or not anyone was killed.