OMG, Obama was caught “off the record” calling Kayne West a jackass for interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech. Nightline, co-anchor Terry Moran ratted him out on Twitter.

The problem: Obama made the comment during off-the-record chatter as he prepared to do an interview with John Harwood, CNBC’s chief Washington correspondent.

It seems, ABC News’ Washington bureau shares a network fiber line with CNBC, and producers there monitoring CNBC’s feed heard the exchange. What they didn’t hear, apparently, was the explicit agreement CNBC made with the White House that Obama’s pre-interview chitchat was off the record.

The president was having a water cooler moment, I guess he loves gossip also, and the biggest pop culture story of the day was too big to ignore. A bunch of ABC News staffers scurried to blog post and tweet about this very “Presidential” moment.

ABC News quickly called CNBC and the White House to apologize. In the news division’s 9:30 a.m. editorial meeting today, ABC News President David Westin reminded the staff to follow editorial standards before sharing information on social networking sites.

Actually, I think it’s pretty cool. President Obama stuck up for Taylor Swift and spoke his mind. The man was just keepin it real. OUCH!