vmas kanye west 2009

vmas kanye west 2009

Kanye West made more of a fool of himself than usual at the this year’s MTV Video Music Awards 2009. The rapper this year managed to upset just about everyone in the audience, he spent a lot of the latter-half of the awards being booed, and eventually he was asked to leave after a particularly nasty incident involving Taylor Swift. Kanye West decided that the deserving winner had actually been overlooked and stormed the stage to let everyone know. West took to the stage and removed the microphone from Taylor Swift’s hands as she was mid-way through her moment in the limelight. He than began ranting about how Beyonce should have won and Swift left the stage, visibly upset. “Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’ll let you finish, but Beyoncé has one of the best videos of all time,” West said. “One of the best videos of all time!” A clearly embarrassed Swift stood motionless, not knowing what to do as West continued his rant. Eventually, audience members rose to their feet and booed the rapper down as cameras captured a mortified Beyonce.

West took his seat (to make matters worse, time was up and Swift didn’t even have a chance to fire back) and controversy continued to ensue as a multitude of celebs told him off, prompting security to circle the area. Pop Tarts learned that Swift was comforted by her friends and family immediately afterwards and was upset by the whole incident. An inside source told Tarts that West was asked by a big-wig at MTV to immediately leave the show. (via Fox News) Kanye West once again lived up to his unpredictable reputation, crashing the stage at the MTV VMAs after he disagreed with the results. After Taylor Swift won the award for Best Female video for 'You Belong With Me,' she took the stage for her acceptance speech as expected. After humbly thanking MTV for the award, pointing out that she's a country singer, things went awry.

West somehow got on the stage and took the microphone from Swift to say that while he thought Swift was great, fellow nominee Beyonce "had one of the best videos of all time." The camera cut to Knowles, who appeared amused, shocked and embarrassed. As West walked off to boos, Swift stood there speechless, understandably. When she went to speak again, MTV cut her off and moved on to another promo. This isn't the first time West has acted up at an MTV awards show. In 2006, he rushed the stage at the MTV Europe Music Awards and launched into a profanity-laced tantrum over not winning best video for 'Touch the Sky.' In 2007, he announced that he was banning himself from the network after they chose to have Britney Spears opening the VMAs instead of him. When Beyonce won Video of the Year for 'Single Ladies,' she started her acceptance speech by saying how winning a VMA was one of the biggest thrills of her life, so she wanted Swift to be able to experience it properly. The 19-year-old country star, who performed on a NYC subway after the incident with West, returned to the stage and said "Maybe we can try this again?" She then finished off her acceptance speech.