Kanye West Apologizes After Dissing Taylor Swift.

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Source: Rap Radar

My jaw is still on the floor.

In a moment that is likely to be talked about for days to come, Taylor Swift picked up the first prize of the night for You Belong With Me. But before she could thank anyone, Kanye West interrupted the teenage country singer and claimed it was Beyonce who should have won.

“Yo, Taylor — I’m really happy for you,” he said, “I’ll let you finish. But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!!”

The crowd suddenly errupted into cheers and jeers before MTV producers wisely cut to the next segment, leaving Taylor on stage in a state of utter bewilderment.

Here is what MTV posted about the situation:

Kanye West was asked to leave Radio City Music Hall not long after he crashed the MTV Video Music Awards stage during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video.

The rapper rushed onto the stage and immediately protested Swift’s win, saying Beyoncé instead deserved the honor.

“I’m sorry, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time,” ‘Ye proclaimed after he pulled the microphone out of the country star’s hands. B looked stunned as she sat by in the audience.

West, of course, has a history of awards-show tirades, beginning in 2004 at the American Music Awards when he bolted during the show after losing out on Best New Artist and later telling reporters, “I felt like I was definitely robbed, and I refused to give any politically correct bullsh—ass comment … I was the best new artist this year.”

Two years later at the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards, West took his complaints to the stage in a similar fashion to tonight’s rant.

Justice and Simian’s “We Are Your Friends” bested West for an award and the rapper interrupted their speech as he popped up onstage saying he should have won, because his clip “cost a million dollars and Pamela Anderson was in it.”

He later apologized for his stunt, explaining he had a “little sippy sippy” before the production.

West seemed to take that instance in stride as he joked he was going to have another “sippy sippy” before the night was over.

But his verbal attack against Swift had a more vicious tone. According to a tweet from Jay-Z’s DJ, Neil Armstrong, Swift and her mother were seen backstage crying afterward; Beyoncé brought Swift onstage for another chance at her acceptance speech later in the show. Various celebs have lashed out against West on Twitter, including Pink, who had to be escorted away from the rapper by security.

Prior to Sunday night’s show, West was captured by photographers on the red carpet swigging from a bottle of Hennessey. In multiple pictures West can be seen cradling the bottle as he and his girlfriend Amber Rose were snapped; he is also seen sharing the bottle with Pete Wentz, and in a different shot, West is standing near Joe Jackson, who is holding it. Following his rant against Swift, West returned to his seat and flipped off the audience, who began booing him, before he sat down.

He was booed again in the show when Diddy announced the nominees for Best Male Video. “What I say?” Diddy asked, as the boos rained down.

West had already left Radio City Music Hall by then, however.

Shortly after the awards show, Kanye West took to his blog to apologize for what he said. But a little too much a little too late.  Here’s what he said:


I’M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD’VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED! I LIKE THE LYRICS ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER AND SHE’S IN THE BLEACHERS! …………………… I’M IN THE WRONG FOR GOING ON STAGE AND TAKING AWAY FROM HER MOMENT!…………….. BEYONCE’S VIDEO WAS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE!!!! I’M SORRY TO MY FANS IF I LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!!! I’M SORRY TO MY FRIENDS AT MTV. I WILL APOLOGIZE TO TAYLOR 2MRW. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!! EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I’M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE!!! NO DISRESPECT BUT WE WATCHIN’ THE SHOW AT THE CRIB RIGHT NOW CAUSE … WELL YOU KNOW!!!! I’M STILL HAPPY FOR TAYLOR!!!! BOOOYAAAWWWW!!!! YOU ARE VERY VERY TALENTED!!! I GAVE MY AWARDS TO OUTKAST WHEN THEY DESERVED IT OVER ME… THAT’S WHAT IT IS!!!!!!! I’M NOT CRAZY YALL, I’M JUST REAL. SORRY FOR THAT!!! I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR TAYLOR AND I’M SINCERELY SORRY!!! MUCH RESPECT!!!!!