Kanye West Defends Chris Brown, Calls OJ ‘Amazing’

Kanye West is changing his tune on the Chris Brown and Rihanna alleged assault. The candid rapper briefly weighed in on the altercation during the taping of VH1's Storytellers earlier this month. "Can't we give Chris a break? ... I know I make mistakes in life," he said.

During the performance, West went on to talk about other headline grabbing celebrity legal woes. "Michael Jackson, amazing. Michael Phelps, amazing ... He's a real f---in' person; he makes mistakes," he said referring to the pictures that surfaced of Phelps' smoking marijuana. The crowd reciprocated with cheers but the Chicago native didn't stop there. "O.J. Simpson, amazing. Is he not? What he did, when he did, what he did. Was he not amazing though?"

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Leslie Mann, Kanye West and Producer Judd Apatow at the Premiere of Columbia Pictures' "Pineapple Express" on July 31, 2008 at Mann Village Theatre, CA..The Premiere of Columbia Pictures' "Pineapple Express".Mann Villate Theatre .Westwood, CA United States.July 31, 2008.Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage.com..To license this image (15941869), contact WireImage.com

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Rapper Kanye West arrives to the premiere of Columbia Pictures "Pineapple Express" at Mann Village Theater on July 31, 2008 in Los Angeles, California..The Premiere of Columbia Pictures "Pineapple Express" - Red Carpet and After Party.Mann Village Theater.Los Angeles, CA United States.July 31, 2008.Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.com..To license this image (15941046), contact WireImage.com

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Kanye West arrives at the Premiere of Columbia Pictures "Pineapple Express" at the Mann Village Theater on July 31, 2008 in Los Angeles, California..The Premiere of Columbia Pictures "Pineapple Express" - Arrivals.Mann Village Theater.Los Angeles, CA United States.July 31, 2008.Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage.com..To license this image (15940839), contact WireImage.com

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However many of the rapper's remarks have been cut out of the show when it airs Saturday. Producer Bill Flanagan nixed the comments and some of stories for time not for political correctness. "A lot of the stories that Kanye told were long," he said. "I tried to get the essence of his comments." West's performance for VH1 story tellers lasted three hours but was edited down to 90 minutes, which is 30 minutes longer than the usual one hour show.

West performed 14 songs, which included 'Touch the Sky,' 'Stronger' and 'Amazing' and 'See You in My Nightmares.'

Last month in an interview with radio host Ryan Seacrest, West stated that he was "devastated" upon hearing the news of the alleged beating. "I feel like just as a person...that should never happen, it should never come to that place."