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Kanye West made the headlines over the weekend after stopping his Sydney show in order to ask a disabled person in a wheelchair to “stand up”.

Kanye West, 37, stopped his concert at the Qantas Credit Union Arena in Sydney, Australia, and repeatedly asked a wheelchair-user to stand up, and caught on YouTube.

“I decided I can’t do this song, I can’t do the rest of the show until everybody stands up,” Kanye West told the crowd.

“Unless you got a handicap pass and you get special parking,” he added.

It turned out that some of his fans did qualify for a “handicap pass” and, rather than being passed over, they were brought to the attention of the entire arena who urged the disabled fans to “stand up, stand up” as prompted by Kanye West.

Another fan who remained sitting was then pinpointed by Kanye West who complained: “This is the longest I’ve had to wait to do a song, it’s unbelievable.”

With the crowd booing, some closer to the fan tried to signal to Kanye West that the boy was in a wheelchair.

After apparently seeking further verification from a bouncer, Kanye West realized he had made a mistake.

“If he’s in a wheelchair, then it’s fine,” the rapper said before launching into his next song.

Kanye West stopped his concert at the Qantas Credit Union Arena in Sydney and repeatedly asked a wheelchair-user to stand up

Kanye West stopped his concert at the Qantas Credit Union Arena in Sydney and repeatedly asked a wheelchair-user to stand up

Despite encountering much negative attention in the media over the weekend, according to the Courier Mail, Kanye West has once again decided to ask for proof of disability from the fans in the crowd at his latest show in Brisbane.

“If you cannot prove to me that you are in a wheelchair you need to be standing, if you can it is OK to sit down,” Kanye West is reported as saying.

According to those in attendance, Kanye West defended himself against the media furore in a five-minute rant saying: “I’m a married, Christian man with a family, pick another target.”

Kanye West has been criticized about the incident in Sydney by local disability campaigners.

“To call out people for not standing up, when they are disabled and cannot stand up, in front of thousands of people, is humiliating,” says Craig Wallace of People With Disability Australia, in the Herald Sun.

“What if it was a young person who’s coming to terms with their disability?” he adds, saying Kanye West should apologize and would also benefit from disability awareness training.

For Suzanne Bull, the CEO of a charity that improves deaf and disabled people’s access to live music venues, it is important to teach others that not all disabled people are in wheelchairs.

“There are a range of facilities that disabled people need from a music venue,” she says.

“For example, non-wheelchair users find the viewing platform safer to be on in large crowds, visually impaired people need front row-seating, and provision needs to be made for assistance dogs.”

Though widely reported as another of Kanye West’s now famous gaffes, some fans at the gig have defended him saying he exempted disabled people from his game from the start. They say he made it clear that if they were in a wheelchair they need not stand.

Jessica Kearney was in the arena at the time and says West’s comments have been unfairly attacked.

“There was no malice, if anything the audience (myself included) “booed” the person as no-one knew that person was in a wheelchair,” she says.

“Kanye asked and no-one replied, even though he repeatedly said, ‘If you’re in a wheelchair that’s ok.'”

In the past, Kanye West has shown support for disabled fans. In June 2014, he asked his security team to give a wheelchair-user his microphone as a gift after spotting he had been blocked in and was unable to see the show properly.

Though stars often urge their audiences to get up and dance, disabled fans aren’t often forced into proving their disability to those they admire.

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Sacha Baron Cohen shocked at the BAFTA Britannia Awards in Hollywood after pushing an elderly woman in a wheelchair off the stage while accepting an award.

The incident was actually a prank by Sacha Baron Cohen, known for his past roles as Borat and Bruno.

Sacha Baron Cohen shocked at the BAFTA Britannia Awards in Hollywood after pushing an elderly woman in a wheelchair off the stage while accepting an award

Sacha Baron Cohen shocked at the BAFTA Britannia Awards in Hollywood after pushing an elderly woman in a wheelchair off the stage while accepting an award

Sacha Baron Cohen was accepting the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy when he “accidentally” pushed Grace Collington in a wheelchair into the audience.

Grace Collington, who appeared in the 1931 Chaplin film City Lights at the age of 5, is the oldest living actress to have worked with the star.

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Lady Gaga starts walking again for the first time since hip surgery in February.

Lady Gaga, 27, was spotted strutting into a Bikram yoga class in New York’s East Village on Monday.

However, at one moment she was seen being pushed out of the class in her Louis Vuitton wheelchair.

Lady Gaga starts walking again for the first time since hip surgery in February

Lady Gaga starts walking again for the first time since hip surgery in February

Lady Gaga, who is back from Chicago after celebrating her birthday in the city with boyfriend Taylor Kinney last week, has been left reliant on a wheelchair after having an operation to repair a labral tear on her right hip two months ago.

The singer has been recuperating in style with the help some very extravagant accessories.

As well as her designer Louis Vuitton ride, Lady Gaga has also been pictured in a lavish 24-carat gold plated wheelchair, which she commissioned from luxury brand Mordekai.

Ken Borochov – who is the creative genius behind Mordekai – designed the wheelchair and although he has worked with Lady Gaga before he was shocked to receive such an unusual request.

In an official statement, Ken Borochov previously said: “I certainly wasn’t expecting that phone call and have never done a wheelchair but am always up for a challenge and was thrilled to create what I affectionately dubbed the <<Chariot>>, a chair fit only for a queen.”

Lady Gaga was forced to cancel the remaining 25 dates of her Born This Way Ball US tour after sustaining the hip injury.

The Born This Way tour began in Seoul, South Korea on April 27, 2012 and was originally due to end in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on March 20, 2013.

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Lady Gaga has traded in her custom 24-carat-gold Mordekai wheelchair designed by Ken Borochov for a Louis Vuitton creation that she took for a spin through the streets of Chicago on Thursday.

Lady Gaga’s new set of wheels features a seat covered with Louis Vuitton’s iconic brown and tan print.

Lady Gaga has traded in her custom 24-carat-gold Mordekai wheelchair designed by Ken Borochov for a Louis Vuitton creation that she took for a spin through the streets of Chicago on Thursday

Lady Gaga has traded in her custom 24-carat-gold Mordekai wheelchair designed by Ken Borochov for a Louis Vuitton creation that she took for a spin through the streets of Chicago on Thursday

Fans and photographers alike spotted Lady Gaga on her midday ride despite her efforts to deflect attention by wearing an understated ensemble of black jeans, a black tank top and oxfords.

Lady Gaga was in Chicago to celebrate her 27th birthday on March 28 with boyfriend Taylor Kinney.

Taylor Kinney currently is in the city filming the NBC drama Chicago Fire.

A source confirmed to the New York Post’s Page Six that Lady Gaga and taylor Kinney kicked off the singer’s birthday celebration on Tuesday evening with an intimate meal at Italian eatery Spiaggia on the city’s famed Michigan Avenue.

Lady Gaga has been confined to a wheelchair since February, when she suffered a labral tear in her hip that caused her to abandon the remaining US dates of her Born This Way Ball tour.