MTV is putting the kibosh on reports that Kanye West has been blacklisted from participating in tomorrow night’s Haitian Earthquake Relief telethon. On Thursdaym PopEater’s “Naugthy But Nice Column” scooped that producers for Friday’s Hope For Haiti Now charity special didn’t want the impulsive “Golddigger” star anywhere near the event after his infamous “Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People” rant during a 2005 television event to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Not to mention his near career-ending Swift stage-crashing at last summer’s Video Music Awards.
“After what he said on the Katrina telethon and the way he behaved at the MTV Video Music Awards, everyone agrees it’s just best that he does not participate…..Kayne has to make everything about himself. He will do anything to steal the spotlight and, well, this night it’s just not about him,” a source was quoted as saying.
A rep for MTV, who is producing tomorrow’s telethon, says that simply isn’t true, adding that the network has indeed reached out to Yeezy.