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Kardashian slams 'lies' about West

Kim Kardashian has defended her husband Kanye West's alleged wheelchair rant and slammed Australia's media for clouding the rapper's Yeezus tour with "lies", as disability rights campaigners demand an apology.

West sparked international outrage over the weekend after reports he demanded disabled fans get up and dance at one of his Sydney shows on Friday night.

A video of the incident blew up online, showing West insisting a wheelchair user and a concertgoer with a prosthetic leg stand, before realising they were disabled.

"There's two people left, they don't want to stand up," West said in the clip as he looked out into the crowd at Sydney's Qantas Credit Union Arena.

"This is the longest I've had to wait to do a song, it's unbelievable.

"If he's in a wheelchair, then it's fine."

Kardashian jumped to the aid of her husband on Tuesday as the couple prepared to leave Australia with baby daughter North, posting fiery remarks to her 18.6 million Instagram followers.

"What an amazing Australian tour! Its frustrating that something so awesome could be clouded by lies in the media," the reality TV star wrote alongside a video of West in concert.

"Kanye never asked anyone in a wheelchair to stand up and the audience videos show that. He asked for everyone to stand up & dance UNLESS they were in a wheel chair. JustWantedEveryoneToHaveAFunNight TheMediaTwistsThings"

West himself also defended the gaffe during his final concert in Brisbane on Monday night, telling people to lay off him because he's "a married, Christian man with a family".

In a fan footage clip run by gossip website TMZ, the US star said the media are "obviously trying to demonise" him.

"They (the media) want the masses, the people who have never even heard one of my albums to somehow read a headline that reads negative and to think that I'm a bad person or something," he told the audience at the Brisbane Entertainment centre.

"At my concerts I make sure everybody has as good a time as possible ... pick a new target."

Disability rights campaigners have demanded an apology from West.

People With Disability Australia (PWDA) President Craig Wallace labelled the star's actions as "arrogant" and "humiliating", and said the singer would benefit from disability awareness training.

"What if it was a young person who's coming to terms with their disability?" Wallace told News Corp Australia.

"Kanye West owes a duty of care and respect to his audience ... Asking disabled people to show their handicap pass is patronising and inappropriate."