Kris Jenner On Kanye West's Alleged Assault: "Somebody Got Really Out Of Line"

But we're guessing she's not referring to her future son-in-law!

Kanye West is now a suspect in a battery investigation after allegedly punching a kid in the face on Monday, and Kris Jenner confirmed that the altercation took place and weighed in on the situation when she phoned in to Australia's 2DayFM Breakfast Show.

One of the hosts started the convo off and said, "Tell me if this is BS ... Kanye assaulted an 18-year-old man by punching him in the face. He was defending Kim, so basically what we heard was that the paparazzi were after Kim and Kanye walking through a door, the 18-year-old opened the door ... he said something offensive that Kim didn't like ... he then sort of verbally attacked Kim at which point Kanye smacked him in the jaw."

Kris replied:

"Well, that sounds like, a lot like what I heard. I do know that how it started was this person got really a lot of racial, hateful, horrible things that he was saying. And I think that's where it started. I’m not quite sure how it ended, to be honest with you, I got wind of this last night because I’d been out of town, and ... I’ve literally been doing some press all day today and have not been home so I haven’t talked to anybody to give you a better update. But I think that what happened was that somebody got really out of line."

Kris added that the alleged victim is "a very hateful person," but we're wondering if she said too much. After all, witnesses report that Kanye clearly wasn't defending himself when the altercation took place, but rather, he attacked the 18-year-old.

Still no word from Kanye's attorney, Shawn Holley...