Kanye West has apologized to MTV for behaving like a brat.
The rapper threw a strop backstage at 2007 MTV Video Music Awards after he walked away empty-handed for the second year in a row and claimed he had been "disrespected".He also said that him being black was the reason he was overlooked to open the show in favour of Britney Spears, claiming: "maybe my skin's not right".
Backstage he was visibly upset and was filmed shouting "That's two years in a row, fuck MTV" and telling anyone who would listen that he would not be returning to the station.
But today, the 31-year-old star humbly apologised for his public tirade and said he was ashamed of his "spazz out".
Speaking to American Idol host Ryan Seacrest on his LA radio show, West said: "That was completely immature and disrespectful and non-appreciative of what MTV did for me; MTV made me.
"I should never do anything to disrespect that... I sincerely apologise for that and I've grown from that."
West also insisted he wanted to change the public perception of him as an arrogant star.
He said: "I'm embarrassed by some of the things I say. It's one thing to be confident, it's another thing to just be completely a spoiled brat.
"I was really spoiled because my first album got the most nominations ever, I was performing at the Grammys out of the blue... As soon as I hit the game, I hit the ground running; I had respect, I had accolades, I had record sales.
"It's time for the honesty to cut through and to grow up and be a man."
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