Washington,
(ANI):
US
President
Barack
Obama
called
singer
Kanye
West
'jackass',
for
interrupting
Taylor
Swift
at
the
MTV
Video
Music
Awards.
ABC
spokesperson
Terry
Moran
had
posted
the
leader"s
off
the
record
comments
on
social
network
site
Twitter.
However,
the
channel"s
spokesperson
has
clarified
that
it
was
mistakenly
posted
on
the
net.
"In
the
process
of
reporting
on
remarks
by
President
Obama
that
were
made
during
a
CNBC
interview,
ABC
News
employees
prematurely
tweeted
a
portion
of
those
remarks
that
turned
out
to
be
from
an
off-the-record
portion
of
the
interview," the
Politico
quoted
a
source
as
saying.
“This
was
done
before
our
editorial
process
had
been
completed.
That
was
wrong.
We
apologize
to
the
White
House
and
CNBC
and
are
taking
steps
to
ensure
that
it
will
not
happen
again," the
source
added.
The
White
House
has
maintained
silence
over
the
issue.
Meanwhile,
Kanye
West
has
said
that
he
is
ashamed
about
the
incident.
West
had
cut
Taylor
short
to
suggest
that
Beyonce
deserved
the
award
instead
of
her.