Kanye West made an appearance on Jay Leno’s debut of his new show last night,and delivered a third public apology to Taylor Swift for cutting off her speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. He talked with Jay just before he was supposed to perform with Jay-Z and Rihanna to the single, “Run This Town.”

Jay asked Kanye what would his late mother have thought about his VMA speech crash. After he sat in silence for about 20 seconds, he said, “Obviously, I deal with hurt, and so many celebrities, they never take the time off, and I never took the time off, really.I’ve really never taken the time off. It’s been music after music and tour after tour. And I’m just ashamed my hurt caused someone else hurt.”

Kanye said the last 24 hours had been very difficult for him. He said he immediately knew he had made a mistake right after he did it,and apologized for it,and would also like to apologize in person. He stated, “It was just very rude, period.I’d like to apologize to her in person.”

Leno asked Kanye, at what moment did he know his speech crash crossed the line. Kanye replied, “As soon as I gave the mic back to her and she didn’t keep going.”

He also teared up on the show, saying that he still hasn’t fully addressed the pain of his mother’s passing. He’s tried to deal with his emotions onstage rather than offstage. He stated, “I have to analyze how I’m gonna make it through the rest of this life and improve.”

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