Kanye 'ashamed of rude VMA outburst'

Kanye West has admitted that he feels ashamed of his stage rant about Beyoncé at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards.

The 'Love Lockdown' star sparked criticism when he interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for 'Best Female Video' to suggest that Beyoncé would have been a better winner.

Speaking on Jay Leno's new primetime show, he said: "It's been extremely difficult, just dealing with the fact that I hurt [someone] or took anything away... from a talented artist, or from anyone because I only wanted to help people.

"My entire life I've only wanted to give and do something that I felt was right and I immediately knew in this situation that it was wrong and it wasn't a spectacle, it's actually someone's emotions... that I stepped on."

He added: "It was rude, period. I'd like to be able to apologise to her in person... I'm just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else's hurt."

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