Swift kick: Kanye again makes spectacle of self
09/14/09 09:49 AM
By ED BARK
The big boor struck again Sunday on MTV's Video Music Awards. Many D-FW viewers likely had better things to see -- including the Season 2 finale of HBO's True Blood, another new episode of AMC's Mad Men or the Packers battling and finally beating the Bears on NBC's Sunday Night Football thriller.
Kanye West is Monday morning's No. 1 buzz, though, for his roundly booed interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech after she won a "Best Female Video" thingee.
"Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you. I'm going to let you finish," West said after taking the mike from her. "But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time."
Fellow nominee Beyonce looked on quizzically from the audience while Swift was rendered speechless. This is only the latest in a series of West outbreaks. He doesn't like to lose. Nor does he like to see people win other than other than those he thinks should.
Taking the stage later, Beyonce invited Swift back for a do-over. Which she did. West later apologized on his blog, telling the world he's "sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom." Indeed he's sorry. Here's how it came down:
The big boor struck again Sunday on MTV's Video Music Awards. Many D-FW viewers likely had better things to see -- including the Season 2 finale of HBO's True Blood, another new episode of AMC's Mad Men or the Packers battling and finally beating the Bears on NBC's Sunday Night Football thriller.
Kanye West is Monday morning's No. 1 buzz, though, for his roundly booed interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech after she won a "Best Female Video" thingee.
"Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you. I'm going to let you finish," West said after taking the mike from her. "But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time."
Fellow nominee Beyonce looked on quizzically from the audience while Swift was rendered speechless. This is only the latest in a series of West outbreaks. He doesn't like to lose. Nor does he like to see people win other than other than those he thinks should.
Taking the stage later, Beyonce invited Swift back for a do-over. Which she did. West later apologized on his blog, telling the world he's "sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom." Indeed he's sorry. Here's how it came down: