Listen to President Barack Obama call Kanye West a “jackass” for interrupting Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards. Obama called Kanye West a “jackass” over at an off the record interview with John Harwood of CNBC.

Obama called Kanye West a jackass because West interrupted the acceptance speech of Taylor Swift which she was delivering when she won for Best Female Video at the VMAs. Swift’s song “You Belong with Me” beat “Single Ladies” of Beyonce, which caused the outrage of Kanye West.

Obama hastily took back what he said, asking the CNBC crew to keep his remark private, especially since the real interview had not even started yet. The comment, however, was overheard by ABC employees and was quickly posted on Twitter.

Listen to the tape where Obama called Kanye West a jackass below: