ITM lifted its self imposed ban on Kanye West coverage when the chronic narcissist spectacularly imploded at the MTV Video Awards back in September, embarrassing himself and country music cutie Taylor Swift with an onstage meltdown. After back pedaling with a frank apology on US television, it looked as though Kanye was finally going to get help for his debilitating ego-affliction, that is until the rapper announced he’d be hitting the road with that other pop ambulance chaser Lady GaGa for a joint tour, entitled Fame Kills. As it turns out, the title was eerily appropriate, as the GaGa/Kanye tour has died before it even began.

As was announced earlier today across a slew of media outlets, the plug has been pulled on the combo tour, canceling more than 30 North American tour dates. Whilst no explanation was given for the cancelation, online gossip has spread faster than genital herpes at a formal after-party with some parties claiming that Mr West backed out of the tour to go into exile in rehab. No no no, right?

“Before Kanye West rushed the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards, the singer was filmed on the awards show’s red carpet drinking Hennessey cognac straight from the bottle,” MSNBC wrote. “Star magazine and other publications are reporting that West is blaming alcohol for his breach in decorum, and that… he’ll head to rehab.”

Whilst it’s not crazy to think that Kanye might have a drinking problem (we heard 808s & Heartbreak, after all) we reckon there could be a hefty load of tabloid fakery behind this. For starters, who the hell uses the word ‘decorum’ anymore? And also, there’ve been conflicting reports declaring that it was in fact Lady GaGa’s decision to withdraw from the Fame Kills tour.

MediaTakeOut today published an ‘EXPLOSIVE REPORT’ proclaiming that a “source close to ‘Ye” has revealed that “it’s Lady GaGa who wants out, not Kanye”, with three exclamation marks for extra emphasis.

ITM also has source close to ‘Ye and they can explosively reveal that after rehab, Kanye will board a spaceship with Tiesto and Luke Steele to record a concept album on the moon, called Total Eclipse Of The Fart. Sounds amazing, right?

Jokes aside, it’s at this stage unclear exactly how far down the toilet Kanye’s credibility has sunk, but rest assured, ITM will be on hand to document any future developments whilst at the same time making photoshops that read “I’mma let you finish Kanye, but Jay-Z and R. Kelly had one of the most disastrous joint tours of all time”! Stay tuned.