“Kanye was not performing... but he had a front row seat. Kanye West claims "God" told him to interrupt Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009. One of the best videos of all time!”. STREAM EXCLUSIVE ORIGINALS, TYLER PERRY AND CLASSIC HITS, Madea’s Farewell The Play - Virtual Museum. MUSIC, "Stop using that f**king pain to make it OK to say some bullsh** on your record and get nominated for a Grammy...". “I cracked a joke like, ‘Jeeeez, who decided to put Kanye alllllll the way back here? “[A]t some point I let her know that she was probably going to be up on the podium at the end of the show for an award. We never share your email with any 3rd party.
“I remember being like, "Are you okay?" So at the eleventh hour, they moved Kanye up towards the front.”. Uh-oh. Not one to keep his opinions to himself, the Chicago rapper took the mic from Swift to defend Queen Bey, saying, “Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you and Imma let you finish. Ex-president of Viacom Media Networks Music & Logo Group, Van Toffler, even described why West sat front row, even though he was not performing. Taylor then finished her Kanye interrupted speech. Kanye is also nominated – he’s up for Best Art Direction for his “I Love It” video. If only that was the end of the story.
Later that night, Beyoncé invited Taylor back on stage during her Video of the Year win to finish her speech, but in reality, that invite was planned by producers.
In interviews with Billboard , everything from West’s bizarre red carpet behavior to moments off camera is exposed. “She was like, ‘I didn't know this was going to happen, I feel so bad for her.". When Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” won the award for Video Of The Year, she called Taylor to come out on stage and finish her speech. “And then I wasn’t so excited anymore after that.”, Though she admits she was a fan of West’s music in the past, Swift said she had never met the MC before, “and I don’t want to start anything because I had a great night tonight.”, Though she held her tongue rather than slam West, Swift wasn’t short with her praise for Beyoncé, who invited Swift onstage to deliver her acceptance speech while thanking the crowd for her own Moonman, for Video of the Year. Click to Subscribe to Our HollywoodLife Daily Newsletter, Destress While Working From Home With This Deep Tissue Neck & Back Massager, Hailey Baldwin, Kaia Gerber & 12 More Of Hollywood’s New Jeans Queens, Rick Ross Drags Tory Lanez Over Megan Thee Stallion Denial Album: ‘Poor Decision’, Gigi Hadid Reveals ‘Auntie’ Taylor Swift ‘Made’ A Sweet Pink Blanket For Her Daughter — See New Baby Pic, Lance Bass Gushes That Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel’s New Baby Is So ‘Cute’, Katie Holmes Has Dinner With BF Emilio Vitolo Jr. & His Dad After Romantic NYC Stroll, Yara Shahidi: 5 Things To Know About The Actress Cast As Tinker Bell In Disney’s ‘Peter Pan and Wendy’ Film, Niles Fitch: Making History As Disney’s First Live-Action Black Prince ‘Means The World To Me’, ‘Red Table Talk’: Jada Pinkett Smith Gives Priceless Reaction To Brené Brown’s ‘Feedback’ Motto, Destress While Working From Home With This Deep Tissue Neck & Back Massager For Less Than $50, 10 Products Under $15 From Ulta’s Fall Haul Sale That Will Refresh Your Beauty Bag This Season, Missy Elliott’s Hair Makeover: Rapper Shows Off Fresh Pixie Cut – See Before & After Pics, Hailey Baldwin, Kaia Gerber & 12 More Of Hollywood’s New Jeans Queens — See Pics, Rihanna Struts In Fishnets While Rocking A Mullet In First Look At Savage X Fenty Show — Watch, Over 20,000 People Gave Positive Reviews To These 8 Shampoos That Help Maintain Your Hair Color At Home, Lea MIchele Shows Off Rock-Hard Abs While Frolicking On The Beach In Bikini — Pics, Taylor Swift Slays In Sequined Shorts As She Hits The Stage For Epic 'GMA' Performance, 2019 VMAs Seating Chart: See Where Taylor Swift & More Stars Are Sitting, Kim Kardashian, 38, Stuns In Snakeskin Mini For Date With Kanye West & 7 More Times She's Rocked Snakeskin, Rebel Wilson Dating Jacob Busch: See Cozy First Pic As A Couple, Nikki Bella Admits She 'Felt Like Organs Were About To Drop Out' When She 1st Got Intimate With Artem After Baby, Rebel Wilson Shows Off 40 Lb Weight Loss In Skinny Jeans & Gucci Sweater On Helicopter -- See Pic, Selena Gomez Shows Off Kidney Transplant Scar In High-Cut Bathing Suit: See Pic, Khloe Kardashian Fan Says She Looks Identical To Kourtney In New Pic, Plus More Times They Twinned, The Whole Foods Founder Is Wrong About Nutrition & Food Access, 6 Harley Quinn Hair and Makeup Tutorials for Halloween, The New Batwoman Suits Up, Confirms Season 2 Costume Change Ahead, ‘A World of Calm’ Trailer: Soothing HBO Max Series Sets October Release Date.
In the year 2013, Taylor Swift had another controversial moment at the VMAs. According to staffers, producers found Bey crying to her father after West’s bold move when they told her that she was the winner of the night’s top prize. I would normally not say anything, but I had two crying artists.”. After seeing Beyonce in tears, “that’s when it started to click in my head, and maybe hers, about potentially having the whole arc play out in that one night,” Toffler said. “I walk behind the stage,” Van Toffler, former president of Viacom (who owns MTV) told Billboard when discussing the moment’s 10th anniversary, “and sure enough, there is Beyoncé and her dad, and she is crying. Her first reaction to seeing West join her onstage at Radio City Music Hall? “During the commercial break, he went back down to his seat and P!nk walked up to him and got in his face.
All Rights Reserved. And wouldn’t it be nice to have Taylor come up and have her moment then? Taylor Swift. Sure enough, Beyoncé did take the stage, accepting her own VMA award and calling Swift back to the mic, enabling the then 19-year-old to “have her moment.” View this post on Instagram