David Letterman admits being "frightened" before interviewing Kanye West

USA Today

"I was frightened honestly because I had only met him a couple of times on the show, and I knew that depending on the day, you weren't quite sure which path you were going to be on," Letterman told Willie Geist in a clip from his upcoming Sunday Today interview promoting My Next Guest Needs No Introduction Season 2. A promo for Season 2 showed, Kanye discussing bipolar disorder with Letterman. When I was done with Kanye, I kind of felt like I wanted – you want to kind of father him and I think he's in good hands, and I think he's so artistically smart," said Letterman.