Mon:17-11-2008

- Kanye Arrested Again!

Star Takes To His Blog For His Version Of Events

Oohh Goody!

Another CAPS-heavy blog from Kanye: that means he's grumpy and we have another week of drama to drool over!

Slowly becoming the preferred medium of all bitter celebs, the hitmaker enjoys taking to his blog on occasion, namely when publicity doesn't paint him in a favourable light. 

More memorable blogs include his Boonaroo Squid Brains rant (read story here), a vigorous denial of a need for anger management (read story here) and his gush-laden blog when he received Vanity Fair recognition for his wardrobe choices earlier this year (read story here).

And now, thanks to the unprecedented press he has received from the world wide media concerning his most recent Pap Bash (he was arrested and released last Friday after an incident involving a photographer outside the Tup Tup nightclub in England), Kanye has once again taken to his trusty blog to give his version of events.  And, while we don't even want to think what would become of news entertainment headlines if the star didn't fail to adjust his controversial behavior, if you believe his rant, he might just have a point. 

He says.

I PUT MY HAND UP TO THE CAMERA IN SELF DEFENSE!

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENEDWHEN I LEFT THE CLUB, I WAS ENCOUNTERED BY A THIRSTY PAPARAZZI AS USUAL. HE FELT HE HAD MORE RIGHTS TO MY SPACE THAN ME, SO I PUT MY HAND UP TO PREVENT HIM FROM TAKING MY IMAGE. I DIDN'T ASSAULT HIM BUT MERELY PUTTING MY HAND UP TO COVER HIS LENS. MY SECURITY YELLED, "GET THE CAMERA OFF HIM." I GUESS IN ALL THE COMMOTION THE CAMERA SCRAPED HIS NOSE.

THREE HOURS LATER I GET A KNOCK AT MY HOTEL DOOR. THERE WERE FIVE POLICE OFFICERS IN FRONT OF MY ROOM AND I HAD NO IDEA WHY. I HAD MY SECURITY GO SPEAK WITH THEM. THE COPS WERE VERY CORDIAL BUT TOLD ME THEY HAD TO ARREST ME BECAUSE A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THAT WAS THE BOGUS PART. THEY PLACED ME IN HANDCUFFS AND DROVE ME TO THE STATION. THEY SPOKE ABOUT HOW THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A PUBLICITY STUNT BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER BUT THEY STILL HAD TO GO THOUGH THE MOTIONS. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL THERE WERE PAPARAZZI HANGING OVER THE BRIDGE ABOVE THE HOTEL TRYING TO GET A SHOT OF ME GETTING OUT THE POLICE VAN. EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T CHARGED, THE DAMAGE WAS DONE. SURE ENOUGH THE NEXT MORNING, PLASTERED ACROSS EVERY MEDIA OUTLET KANYE GETS ARRESTED. IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT I WASN'T CHARGED OR THE FACT THAT I HADN'T ASSAULTED ANYONE. ALL THAT MATTERED WAS THAT I WAS ARRESTED.

SIDEBAR, THEY QUOTED ME AS SAYING"GET THE CAMERA OFF HIM!" LIKE I WAS TALKING IN THIRD PERSON. HE TRIED TO MAKE ME SOUND LIKE A CRAZY PERSON AND PEOPLE BELIEVED HIM. WHAT MERIT DOES THIS GUY HAVE THAT HE CAN SAY SOMETHING ABOUT ME AND PEOPLE TAKE IT AS LAW? THE FACT THAT HE COULD GET ME ARRESTED OFF A MERE COMPLAINT BUT I CAN'T ASK HIM TO STOP TAKING PICTURES OF ME IS VERY LOPSIDED.

WHO'S WINNING, ME OR THE MEDIA?"

I AM PROTECTING MY PERSONAL SPACE SINCE THERE ARE NO LAWS TO PROTECT THAT FOR ME.

The blog goes on (and on and on) to say that there ought to be a law preventing photographers from selling pictures of him without permission.  And while the British paps and goss hungry tabs never seem to let sensationalism stand in the way of a good story, it's interesting to note his last 'arrest' comes only a few weeks after he was embroiled in a fight with another pap at the Honalooloo airport (read story here). 

While he may have a hard-won point, wouldn't it be beneficial (not to mention cheaper) to assume a new strategy for wrangling those annoying shutter bugs 'Ye?

And no, we don't mean a well aimed bitch slap. But feel free, we're sure the tabloids will love it...

By Penelope Quinn

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