Yesterday, reports began to surface that Kanye West had paused his show until everyone stood up—and mistakenly asked handicapped attendees to do so as well. But new footage of the show paints the events in a different light. While Kanye was eager to get fans on their feet and enjoy the show, he just went right back to the performing after he realized the fans were disabled.
The crowd initially boos and chants “stand up” along with Ye, but as soon as Kanye realized the fans were wheelchair-bound, he said it was totally fine and launched back into the song.
Watch the incident here:
A source with ties to Kanye’s camp who was at the show said that the incident was blown out of proportion and pointed out that Kanye always asks for audience participation. He certainly has no malicious intent toward handicapped fans.
In fact, he recently took the time to give a disabled fan in Austin, Texas the mic he used while performing the show. Did that spread like wildfire to every outlet? Nope, most people probably didn’t even see that story.
Was it an awkward moment, yes, but the video definitely proves it wasn’t a malicious one.
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