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.
Video of the Kanye West VMA outburst at Taylor Swift shown below.
Taylor Swift won the moonman for the VMAs Best Female Video 2009.
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)
See Beyonce and Swift’s outfits as they arrive on the red carpet. See also Beyonce being the real queen of the awards… letting Swift take get have a moment onstage.
Kanye West outburst rudely interrupts Taylor Swift award acceptance.
[UPDATE: See also the raw video of the Kanye West's backstage meltdown]
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Kanye needs to take a break from the business and mellow out for a while!
He does indeed – but while he gets this much attention he never will!
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Seriously wtf was he thinking at that time.