The rapper was allegedly upset over his not being offered food while in the dressing room backstage. After spotting a man eating chicken, West blurted, “Why wasn’t I offered chicken? You want me to perform for free, [and] everyone is eating… why am I not eating?”

When the waitress explained that he never asked for food, ‘Ye yelled, “Well, I’m asking now!” After receiving chicken, he allegedly proceeded to take a bite and then throw the rest in the trash.

As far as celebrity demands go, that’s nothing compared to pros like Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez. If Kanye really wants to show us his power, he should demand a rare species of squab that only lives in the Maldives and tastes best when braised with a pound of the best saffron. That’s how a real celebrity makes a demand.

A well-placed insider says [Kanye] has a problem with alcohol and can’t stop getting into rowdy drunken states where he loses control of reality. Our source said: “His drinking is getting worse. When he has too much he can be mean and obnoxious. If he doesn’t get help soon, things could really spiral out of control.”

Apparently the egomaniac is planning to check into rehab after he finishes his Fame Kills tour with Lady GaGa, 23, in January.

“Kanye doesn’t want to spend time in rehab but knows he needs help and is taking steps in the right direction,” the source added.

Listen, Kanye, I’m really happy for you and I’mma let you finish, but Lindsay Lohan had one of the best rehab stints of all time! OF ALL TIME!

I mean, she fucked Riley Giles in there.

Later, Beyonce won the award for Video of the Year and invited Taylor Swift onstage to “have her moment”. And Kanye was asked to leave the building, did so, and then wrote a caps lock apology on his blog, which he’s since taken down. We’re skeptics and frankly we’re not sure if the whole thing was a stunt in the vein of Eminem-Bruno’s nuts, but as a possible explanation, Kanye was seen stumbling around with a bottle of Hennessy before the incident. God, he is just such a badass! So in my face. You can tell by the fact that he is wearing sunglasses indoors and has one flap of his leather chemise tucked and one untucked. Society just can’t rein him in!

We live-Tweeted that shit. Follow us! Please?

The entire time Kanye is going, ‘They need more fur in this show’. He just wouldn’t shut up about how he loved fur. I mean, he’s saying this to me, the PETA guy and Paul McCartney! I was just so grossed out by him. I’m like, ‘You’re an idiot!’ There are so many people who I think are a waste of skin and he’s up there. I should wear him. Go on, donate yourself Kanye. People can wear your fur.

God, Kanye, you’re hilarious. But you know what would have been even better? You should have brought your own fur. Just armloads of it, piled high on your lap while you awaited the emergence of the models, then you should have jumped up on the runway and covered each girl with a stole. So funny. And we’re almost sure that Pink doesn’t have the forethought to carry around buckets of red paint with her, so don’t worry about that.

His book is 52 pages — some blank, others with just a few words — and offers his optimistic philosophy on life. One two-page section reads, "Life is 5% what happens and 95% how you react!" Another page reads "I hate the word hate!"

Sounds cool and inspirational and like it just might give you the motivation to put down that bag of Cool Ranch Doritos and start coming up with some sick beats that will make you rich and famous, right? Maybe not, but it is pretty impressive, given Kanye's thoughts on books:

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life.

This just shows how different Kanye West is from CelebNewsWire. We weren't going to tell you about this, because it's a little embarrassing, but we had an interesting encounter over our Memorial Day weekend. We were on our way to the Jewel to pick up some more Hennessey when we saw one of our favorite books walking down the street. We started to run, yelling, "Jane Eyre, Jane Eyre! I love you. You're my favorite book, can I have your autograph?" But then when Jane Eyre turned around, it was actually Wuthering Heights and we were so embarrassed. We don't really like that book, so if anyone needs a solid Wuthering Heights autograph, we might be willing to sell.

Oh, and by the way, the 500 or so words in Kanye's book? Yeah, he needed a co-author for those.

Kanye West claims he is the most intelligent rapper in the world.

The 31-year-old star refuses get drawn into hip-hop feuds because he would outwit all of his chart rivals.

He said: "I feel like if a rapper disses me, they're just trying to get a rise out of me and get me to play in their field to find some way that they can beat me. I feel like there are a lot of rappers that can beat me in ignorance. So why would I play a sport that I'm not particularly trying to get better at or beaten in? There's a lot of rappers that can beat me in ignorance, but there's only a few that can play with true intellect."

Despite his boast, Kanye is adamant he does not have an inflated opinion of himself and is only too happy to work with other artists – but only if they are "geniuses".

He said in an interview with Complex magazine: "The fact that I love to collaborate with people, I think, is a very non-arrogant thing. I absorb information, and I want people to know where the information is coming from so those people can be in a position for people to listen to them and capitalise off of the genius they bring to the table – because I only surround myself with geniuses."

That's kind of like the argument "I won't fight you because I'm a pacifist" when really it's just because they'd get their ass kicked. I won't feud with you because you would win, which would show that you're stupid because I'm smart enough . . . to lose? Because smart people like to lose? We lost you somewhere there, Kanye. Probably because you're a genius and we're not. We're too dumb to understand your superior logic. Guess that's why you haven't been returning our phone calls.

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ï So maybe Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green aren't really broken up after all. Because, apparently, she's "addicted" to his ding dong. Here, have a bucket for that retching. There ya go. (Yeeeah!)

ï Ashlee Simpson brings Bronx Mowgli out into the urban jungle. Hahahaha, get it? (CelebWarship)

ï Miley Cyrus admits she underwent harrowing bullying at school. Then she came home and jumped in her swimming pool full of mink stoles and had the Hope Diamond for dinner. (Wesbster's Is My Bitch)

ï Kanye West's new beard girlfriend, Amber Rose, is frankly quite hot. (Drunken Stepfather)

ï James Franco got a book deal. Okay. (Celebitchy)

ï Hollywood dudes who wear too much makeup. Hahahaha! Look at you! Nice mascara, pansy! Bwahahaha! (Bitten and Bound)

ï Phil Collins has retired from music to collect artifacts from the Alamo. Because he can. (Holy Moly)

Kanye West's "greatest pain in life" is not being able to watch himself perform because he is "God's vessel".

The 'Stronger' rapper believes he has been chosen to have such superior musical ability and his only regret is being unable to see himself on stage.

He said: "God chose me. He made a path for me. I am God's vessel.

"But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live."

We were a bit curious about Kanye's claims, so we got on the horn and had a little chat with our friend God, and he said, "My vessel? I don't know what that jagweed is talking about. I'm not taking credit for him. He's on his own. I'm totally Team Rihanna, and Kanye's defending Chris Brown. In my book (you know, the Bible, the most popular book of all time?), that makes him a douche."