Kanye West has stood up to defend himself as regards to the recent media lash, which accused him of insisting that a handicapped fan must stand during one of his concerts.

During a performance in Brisbane on Monday, West took a moment to explain his side of the story and criticize the media for highlighting Friday’s misunderstanding.  He said,

“They’ve got this thing where they want the masses, the people who’ve never even heard one of my albums, to somehow read a headline that reads negative and to think that I’m a bad person. But the thing is … I’m a married Christian man with a family,” West said during his five-minute speech. “At my concerts, I make sure everybody has as good a time as possible. So all this demonizing me, it ain’t going to work after a while. Pick a new target, because I’m not one of these dumba** artists that you’re used to.”

His wife, Kim Kardashian West, also took on Instagram backing her husband’s justification on the wheelchair incidence. She said, “It’s frustrating that something so awesome could be clouded by lies in the media… Kanye never asked anyone in a wheel chair to stand up & the audience videos show that. He asked for everyone to stand up & dance UNLESS they were in a wheel chair.”