I’m a married Christian man: 'wheelchair rant' was misunderstood- Kanye West

He's been criticised for saying the only people allowed to sit down at his Yeezus shows are those with special 'handicapped parking spaces and s**t'.

But Kanye West chose to 'break it down' in a highly personal speech made to his audience at the Brisbane show on Monday night.

Addressing the crowd, the 37-year-old rap star said his actions had been misunderstood by critics, but explained, 'I’m not judging them - I’m just telling you who I am. I’m a married Christian man.'

Wife Kim Kardashian was in the audience for her husband's final show, wearing her statement black and accompanied by her friend Steph Shep.

The 33-year-old star of Keeping Up With The Kardashians cheered as her partner described his evolving image.

'I’m not gonna make one of those Ben Affleck statements and s**t if that’s what you’re thinking,' he said, saying he then went from 'being a rock star across the globe...to making the decision to pick one woman, raise a family…for anyone here that’s married, or in a relationship, knows that there’s enough things working against you.'

Defending his actions at an earlier show in Sydney, when he sent security guard Pascal Duvier to check whether a seated person was in fact in a wheelchair - which they were - the rapper on Monday night said, 'At my concerts I make sure everybody has as good a time as possible.

'So all this demonising me, it ain’t gonna work after a while. Pick a new target. Pick a new target!

''Cos I’m not one of these dumb-a**e artists that you’re used to. 

'You come to me, I’m gonna take my platform and I’m gonna break down this s**t down for real,intelligent people every night so they can understand.'

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You're evicted: corpses are removed from crypts when relatives could no longer afford fees in Guatemala

Armed only with a sledgehammer and mask to cover his mouth and nose, a Guatemalan grave-cleaner begins the wretched task of smashing open a crypt and removing whatever rank remains lurk inside.

A human skull with thick hair still clinging to it is pulled from one of the dark tombs, a miniature baby coffin, adorned with a white flower, from another.

The men are removing the dead whose families can no longer afford the luxury of a private crypt and as soon as a lease on a grave expires, the cleaners will come and free up the space for a new paying customer.

Any remains that are not claimed will be stuffed into plastic bags, labelled and sent to a mass grave to be reburied. 

Most of the corpses excavated are largely decomposed, but those that were laid to rest in the upper crypts, where conditions are hot and dry, become mummified.

As the team of grave-cleaners go to work in Guatemala City, their manner hardly appears different to labourers on a building site or workers at a recycling centre.

Bags of broken corpses are tossed into heaps like piles of garbage and transported on forklift trucks with the clothes they were buried in still on their backs.

In one photo, a dead body with long thick black hair sits eerily erect at the top of a mountain of bagged bones.

Another fully intact mummy, with legs shoved into a bin bag lies against a wall and underneath a sign that reads 'no littering here'. 

Once the corpses have been removed, many of the coffins will be discarded, and end up on a heap of rubbish and broken wood near the graveyard. 

Remains that are claimed by family members are stored in a small box and then deposited at an ossuary at the General Cemetery.

Jorge Dan Lopez, who took these photos, said: 'The landscape was macabre, but constantly interesting. Vultures would circle the graves from above, beadily watching every move of those who came into contact with the dead.

'I got a distinctive view of skin, bones, and an almost-preserved face, grimacing indescribably.

'Everything, from the bottom of the crypts to the remains of human hair, had a pungent, dry odour.' 

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Unripe for the title: Manchester United will not win the Premier League title this year- Gary Neville

Gary Neville believes Manchester United will fail to win the Premier League title but claimed the Red Devils are in better shape than they were at the start of the season.

United defeated QPR 4-0 on Sunday as new boys Angel di Maria, Daley Blind, Marcos Rojo and Ander Herrera all impressed.

However, former Old Trafford defender Neville believes defeating sides like newly-promoted QPR are the games United should be winning comfortably and thinks his old

club may become unstuck against tougher opposition.

Speaking on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football, when asked whether Louis van Gaal’s side can finish top of the table, Neville said: ‘I don’t think they can no.

‘I think Chelsea and (Manchester) City are going to be the two strongest teams.’

‘I think defensively, when they come up against the big sides, I think there will be a problem defensively in dealing with them.

‘I think they’re closer to the title than they were three weeks ago. In repsect of maybe next season or the season after, you can see some light at the end of the tunnel with the players that they’ve signed.’

However, Neville wasn’t getting too excited about United’s victory, claiming United should be beating teams of QPR’s calibre and said: ‘These are the games you expect United to win three or four-nil, historically. They did (by beating QPR) what they should be doing.

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Champions League: Liverpool won't be 'tourists' in return to the competiton- Rodgers

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has claimed his club belong in the Champions League as he has offered up some passionate words ahead of their return to Europe's elite competition on Tuesday.

Bulgarian champions Lodogorets are the first Champions League visitors to Anfield since December 2009 and Rodgers was in bullish mood as he prepared to make his first appearance in the competition as a manager.

"We are not tourists in this competition -- we believe it is where we belong and where we should be playing," he told reporters. "For the players and everyone involved it's something that brings the real excitement, but it isn't a 'giddy' excitement.

"We are Liverpool, we are five times winners of the European Cup and we are synonymous with its best traditions. Our players are excited by the challenges ahead, not daunted by them. We have earned the right to be there, that's the important thing."

The Liverpool boss went on to insist Liverpool's Champions League appearance this season cannot be a brief flirtation with the big time, as he is targeting a lengthy stay in the competition.

"It's difficult to get in it and it will be even harder to stay in it," continued Rodgers. "What qualification has done has brought greater resources to the club and allows us to add depth and strength and build something here but it doesn't make it any easier. That's the challenge and the beauty of being in the Premier League.

"You've got a fight on your hands to be up in it every year. The club went through a great period for many years at that level and then to be out of it. You see the struggles it brings when you're not in it as well.

"We're building here and still a work in progress in many aspects of the football team and the club but it's very important for us to really enjoy it and embrace everything and look to ensure we stay in it.

"It's something we will expect as a group. We aim to be the best. Sustaining the club in this competition is important. It hits home as soon as you actually see ourselves back in the Champions League how much it can actually be missed."

Rodgers went on to reflect on his personal rise from being a member of Jose Mourinho coaching staff at Chelsea on their epic Champions League nights against the like of Barcelona and Liverpool, as he suggested he always imagined himself being in the position he finds himself in now.

"I had an experience of a Champions League final in Moscow," he added of the 2008 final when he travelled as part of the Chelsea staff for the all-Premier League final against Manchester United. "I remember walking out of the tunnel when the teams were coming out and I was behind them. I was picturing myself as the manager in a Champions League final.

"I was putting myself in that position and what it might be like. So when we were walking out I was framing the mindset that one day, if this was to happen, then I will have been here before.

"At that time in my mind I was preparing towards being the manager. With all the experiences of games in that period, they all helped me because in my mind I was looking at the game and making decisions as a manager.

"There have been many very good coaches that have never had the opportunity to work [at this level]. I feel totally relaxed at the level and around the big games. This is it. I have worked all my life as a coach.

"I have been able to sample it in a second position really from a coaching perspective so I know the dynamics around the Champions League and the excitement it brings to everyone involved.

"It's something that I have really, really wanted to experience as a coach. At 41 to be able to get the chance to do it is really young but it's something I'm really looking forward to."

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