Kanye West's 'Runaway' Co-Star Selita Ebanks Recalls Onscreen Kiss

AS IF Selita Banks Did not have Enough Thurs worry about on the Prague set of Kanye West's "Runaway" - making her most high-profile acting on the turn in his short film while wearing Nothing But a few Strategically placed feathers - she faced the prospect Also of her first ever onscreen kiss.

Luckily, she and West were on the Same Page When It Came Thurs Their smooch. "It was very PG," she Told MTV News. "There was nothing spicy."

That Did not Stop The whole experience from being more than just a Little Embarrassing. "It was very awkward," she admitted. "And then everyone's watching. Actually That was my first onscreen kiss. That was very awkward. This is my homie, and then everyone's watching and I'm giggling inside Trying to stay in character."

The kiss Itself only lasts a few seconds in the film, Which Premieres on MTV on Saturday is at 8 pm As uncomfortable as it was, Ebanks noted That the West was on-point as a director. "When Kanye was Not a set, that's Happened When The craziness. Because it's his story, his vision," she Explained. "Working with him was extremely easy. Very professional, very direct, knew Exactly what they wanted."

What they wanted was to Create a Work of Art - Focused on the magical relationship Between West and Ebanks' breathtaking PHOENIX - That captured his creative rebirth on a Difficult and demoralizing period in his life. Ebanks, the WHO has since West Known They worked Together is Pharrell's "Number One" music video, 'Could See The Way in Which Truly her acting partner has changed and, in a sense, reborn Been Both as an artist and as a person.

"I've Known him for a very long time, and I have to say, his wholesale outlook, his patience, the way they speaks to people, he's Learned a lesson," she said. "The last few years of his life Have Been extremely hard. But it's like I tell him:" Sometimes you have to go through Those things. You Have to be the phoenix. " "

Kanye West's "Runaway" will premiere Saturday at 8 pm ET is on MTV, MTV2 and BET, and will stream live Also the MTV.com, VH1.com and BET.com, Followed by a live Q & A session on MTV and MTV.com.