'I'm always being blamed': 'Humiliated' Azealia Banks breaks down in tears as she recalls night Russell Crowe 'choked and spit on her'

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Azealia Banks has given a tearful interview about the night she claims actor Russell Crowe choked her, spit on her and made a racial slur as he threw her out of his hotel suite earlier this month.

The 25-year-old rapper told Access Hollywood on Thursday that she was humiliated by the episode in which many of Crowe's party guests contradicted her version of events from that night.

Azealia was overcome with emotion as she said: 'Every time, every time something like this happens I'm always like being blamed for, like, wanting this kind of attention,

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'Humiliated': Azealia Banks was overcome with emotion during an interview with Access Hollywood on Thursday as she described the events leading up to her altercation with Russell Crowe

Tearful: The rapper explained her frustration at being blamed for the incident in which she claims she was choked and spat on by the actor

'Like who the f*** wants to tell somebody they got spat on? You know, that's humiliating. And I'm just like really, really humiliated.'

The 212 rapper then went on to detail the events of the night of October 15, where she said she was trying to 'nail down a record deal' with rapper and producer RZA when he invited her to Crowe's party at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Azealia said 'it all happened so fast' and that Crowe, 52, was drinking and mocked the quality of one of her music videos and demeaned her career.

She said she responded by dissing his career, telling him 'Well nobodies checking for you right now... so whoa whoa whoa let's settle down'

She said that following that she got into a heated exchange with a female guest.

'I had a glass in my hand because I was drinking' the rapper explained while denying reports she threatened to cut anyone with broken glass. 

Making enemies: The 25-year-old star said she's humiliated by the incident as she welled up with tears

Azealia said she was holding a glass like many other guests but that she didn't threaten to slash anyone when Crowe 'grabbed her and choked her'

Describing the moment she was removed from the hotel room Azealia said: 'He chokes me, picks me up, throws me out of the room and spits on me.'

When she looked to RZA for support, Azealia said she could tell he was irritated that she'd 'f***** up his seat at the table with the white guys'  

Asked why she thinks the actor reacted the way he did, Azealia said: 'Maybe it was the moonshine, maybe it was the rejection, maybe it's the jokes'

At least four guests/witnesses who gave statements during the investigation used the word 'erratic' to describe Azealia's behaviour according to TMZ. 

And all accounts confirm that Crowe acted appropriately by removing Azealia from the suite when the situation escalated with the female guest.

They also claim that RZA said she used the n-word and not Crowe.  

'Maybe it was the moonshine, maybe it was the rejection, maybe it's the jokes' Azealia said when asked why she thinks Crowe reacted the way he did

Azealia said 'it all happened so fast' and that Crowe, 52, was drinking and mocked the quality of one of her music videos and demeaned her career

RZA posted a lengthy Facebook statement which corroborated Crowe's version.

'I felt a little embarrassed because she was my guest,' he wrote. 

'I'm not trying to protect Russell from anything he is a man of his own Caliber.'

The Wu-Tang Clan rapper even gave his on account of the night's events as he recalled Banks insulting several of the guests while becoming loud and obnoxious.

He claims that things escalated to the point where things got physical as he wrote:  'Azealia threaten to cut a girl in the face with a glass, then actually grabs a glass and physically attacks for no logical reason. Russell blocked the attack and expelled her from the suite.

'Seeing is believing and I saw her behave as an obnoxious erratic individual and in the circles I frequent this was unprecedented.'

Azealia said RZA - who brought her to the party as a guest - was clearly irritated that she'd 'f***** up his seat at the table with the white guys'

'I just don’t want this in the media': The rapper said last week that she's decided not to press charges against the Galdiator star

He claimed in the days leading up to the party, Azealia had asked him for economic help, for a record deal, for a flight to LA, for a place to stay, and finally for an invite to the party, all of which he complied with.   

The 47-year-old Wu Tang Clan member had previously worked with Crowe on The Man With The Iron Fist and recently signed Banks to his record label. 

Last week Azealia toldUs Weekly that she is no longer pressing charges. 

'Realistically, to be honest, I really don’t want to. Because I just don’t want this in the media,' she said.

'I want my music out. I just want to f*cking put my music out. I just want my music to shine. I don’t want to be dealing with another episode, another thing, another whatever.'

Eyewitnesses: All accounts confirm that Crowe removed Azealia from the suite when the situation escalated with the female guest 

At least four guests/witnesses who gave statements during the investigation used the word 'erratic' to describe Azealia's behaviour according to TMZ

However the 212 hitmaker hinted she may still sue the Gladiator star if he does not apologise.

'[Russell] feels that he did nothing wrong, so I’m just like, OK, if you want to pay a bunch of litigators and a bunch of people to apologize to me, then I guess that’s what you want to do,' she told the magazine.

'You could apologize to me for free now and make this all go away.'

Banks insists clearing her name is not that important, since her reputation is 'already f*cked'.

'Even if I were proven to be telling the truth in this situation, people have built their case up against me, and honestly I don’t have the care or the time to try and fight millions … like, I can’t fight the whole world,' she said.

She is notorious for attacking people on social media, such as Iggy Azalea, Zayn Malik, and even Sarah Palin, as well as allegedly attacking bouncers physically.

'You could apologize to me': The 212 hitmaker previously hinted she may still sue the Gladiator star if he does not apologise