Photo Of The Day: Kanye Brings The Drama, But Was It Scripted?
The biggest moment of the VMA's last night was obviously Kanye's interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech. But was the moment that set the Twitter world afire as genuine as MTV would like us to think? We, for one, are skeptical. Click below for our reasoning...
First of all, the MTV is famous for shocking/scripted moments: remember the whole Eminem/Bruno debacle at the MTV Movie Awards?
It's no surprise that Kanye had an outburst; it's what he's built his career/persona on, and it's impossible to think that this move wasn't carefully calculated on his part. Additionally, he and Taylor Swift share the same agent. Perhaps this agent was shrewd enough to sense an opportunity to make both of his clients (including one who hasn't gotten THAT much publicity in her early career) the talk of the evening. And obviously, the incident worked out really well for Beyonce as well: at this point in her career, she gets more headlines by acting the gracious diva, rather than just adding another award to her shelf. (Beyonce winning Video of The Year would not have really made news without the Taylor Swift moment.)
We asked The New York Times' Brian Stelter, who was at the VMAs, to weigh in:
"The story arc couldn't have been written more perfectly. The conflict
teed off the show, created tension for two hours, then concluded when
Beyonce invited Taylor Swift back on stage for a proper acceptance
speech. Staged or not, there must be a good bit of back-patting at
MTV's headquarters today."
The ending image of Beyonce and Taylor, both in red dresses, perfectly playing the roles of diva and grateful ingenue, seems too perfectly planned out to be completely genuine. And of course, because of what happened, MTV got a huge spike in viewership for the West Coast airing.
So, touching? Yes. But spontaneous? We highly doubt it.
[Images via Getty].
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VMA Seatfiller
September 14, 2009
5:27pm
I was a seatfiller at the awards and took Kanye's seat next to Amber Rose after he got kicked out. I highly doubt this was staged. Anyone could have run up on stage without security being able to stop them. Additionally, Taylor was crying backstage and the only thing that made her immediately stop was her performance 3 minutes later. Kanye was wasted and was then kicked out, not for his comments, but for the fight that ensued between himself and Pink. Had this been staged, the fight between him and pink would not have happened and Kanye's performance wouldnt have been cancelled and his awards wouldnt have gone to the runner ups.
Rachel Sterne
September 14, 2009
6:09pm
It's a little too perfect not to be, plus MTV's aggressive YouTube takedowns ensured everyone ended up at MTV.com. Pretty serendipitous if not planned out. My take: [www.groundreport.com]
john walsh
September 14, 2009
8:18pm
I like kanye but he's a big jerk...
SoHo
September 14, 2009
9:31pm
Kanye would never give up an award or performance..... but he is scheduled to be on Jay Leno's new show tonight, that will give Jay huge ratings!
STANLEY STUYVESANT
September 14, 2009
9:46pm
Kanye is def no longer my dog!
ellie
September 15, 2009
1:26pm
Although Kanye makes great music...he's still an asshole & it doesnt excuse his ridiculous behavior. It's unfortunate he's so self-centered and think he's God's gift to the world. This man is utterly delusional and can learn a thing or two about being humble. Dumbass.
stacey jones
September 15, 2009
6:06pm
I love kayne he just needs a break leave him alone.
stacey jones is wrong
September 15, 2009
7:08pm
kanye is wrong wrong. don't give him a break on this. because kanye is an asshole and he is a big fat FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL.
Lisa
September 17, 2009
3:51am
That was gracious of Taylor to accept Kanye's apology.