Kanye West appeared on the ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’ today to promote his “Runaway” 40-minute movie, which he premiered in LA last night.
Kanye, who contemplated suicide after his mother died, told Ellen that he moved overseas on the advice of rapper Mos Def following the Taylor Swift/ VMAs gaffe last year.
He said when he returned to the states from his self-imposed exile, he lived in Hawaii for 6 months to focus on his music.
Kanye told Ellen that as a result of the backlash he would never sit in the audience at an awards show again.
“Just for your whole world to completely crash off of a.. a moment of sincerity or alcohol… or whatever it is,” said Kanye.
“Those don’t usually go together,” said Ellen as her audience chuckled. “Usually the alcohol rules out the sincerity part.”
