Now this was simply f**king rude & totally inappropriate!

...What's up w/ these divas today that they have to go out & rant like a bunch of ignoramus jerks?!

& yeah, he should have been removed from the event & charged!

"Kanye West doesn't care about white people!"

I think he WAS thrown out of the event. Good! He went home and posted a ridiculous ALL CAPS apology on his blog. I never gave Taylor Swift a second thought until yesterday, now I love her for having to endure that embarrasment. Kudos to Beyonce for making sure Taylor had a moment of uninterrupted glory.

I'm glad that at a time when women are publicly flogged for wearing trousers in the Sudan, when women canot be educated without fear of reprisal in Afghanistan, when infant girls are still routinely smothered in some parts of China, Kanye West was able to find his voice and speak up about the true injustice against women in this world: Taylor Swift getting a VMA he felt should have gone to Beyonce. What took you so long, Kanye?

Yet another piece of manufactured drama from an MTV awards show. I don't understand how people let themselves get sucked in every time.

He should start dating Serena Williams, they make a good pair this weekend.

Boomer I'd agree and thought it was set up by his management to garner attention for him. But the more I thought about it he's gone crazy in the past and just seems like a maniacal ego out of control. I think he's bipolar and needs help.

That little evil mother f**ker! I am so glad I don't like his music. If I had one of his CDs in my place right now, I would throw it in the garbage. This was soooo uncalled for!

He should be drawn and quartered, but I bet Leno is thrilled Kanye is on his debut show tonight. Just can't buy publicity like that!

Whoopsy! The Prez called Kanye a 'jackass,' but off the record.

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& this just in. Glad he called her. But I still think he'll prolly always be a jackass.

Picking up the topic that I originally started this article was quite interesting, yet disturbing @ the same time. Grant it, Americans have had a reputation for being abrasive, overbearing, & rude for quite some time. But I agree that the current climate may be breeding a new ugly creature. I have to say I'm deeply saddened by it. Hopefully social scientists can raise this serious issue to bring national awareness & alarm about it.

>>>Yet another piece of manufactured drama from an MTV awards show. I don't understand how people let themselves get sucked in every time.

QFT. Why is it that there always seems to be one, and only one, "OMG did you heard what happened at the VMAs last night?" moment each and every year?

LXN

Given that West was scheduled to appear on Leno's new show the very next night you do have to wonder how orchestrated it was. There are also pix of West before the controvery with a rapidly-emptying bottle of Hennessey.

I'd be such a classy celebrity...if only someone would give me the chance.

The most shocking part of the whole fiasco was to hear that MTV plays music videos.

lol George. Yeah, most of MTV's shows sux the big one big time.

>>>I'd be such a classy celebrity...if only someone would give me the chance.

The public has no interest in classy celebrities.

LXN

Horrible what he did but as my best female friend said.... "Chile Please" Neither of us knew who that little girl was before the Kanye incident. So now a WHOLE LOTTA PEOPLE who didn't know who she was before, know who she is now. She will be fine.

>>>Neither of us knew who that little girl was before the Kanye incident. So now a WHOLE LOTTA PEOPLE who didn't know who she was before, know who she is now. She will be fine.

Yeah, she's the girl that enabled Beyonce to show the world how gracious she was.

LXN

But the MTV voters (the American public) obviously knew who she was. Just sayin...

even though I don't care for her music (at all), Taylor Swift is one off the biggest female stars in country music (probably tied with Carrie Underwood in the superstar ranks). She certainly doesn't need the notoriety from West's near-psycho boorishness to sell CDs or concert tickets. mdterp, your friend needs to realize that there's a whole world that exists beyond her obviously limited viewpoint.

I gotta agree with mdterp. I know people that ran out and downloaded more of her music because of this event. MTV has been showing the VMAs around the clock thanks to this incident. People that didn't know who Taylor Swift was, are now buying more of her music. She will be more than fine. Besides, she is going to sweep the country music awards.

Ummm thank you John and thats the point I was trying to make in the first place. Whether or not she needed the notoriety wasn't the point. SHE GOT IT!! She got plenty of it over some foolishness from butthole Kanye. I recall reading several messages on my cell and Facebook sayin "Who the hell is Taylor Swift?" These were people who hadn't even watched the VMAs, and who would've continued not knowin who that girl was unless that Kanye incident happened. I can tell you what...because of that incident I downloaded You Belong To Me off of iTunes. Its cute. But had it not been for Kanye...I wouldn't have had a thought about her because I don't listen to no damn country music. And as for someone having a limited viewpoint cuz they don't know who some Taylor damn Swift is? To once again quote from my best female friend...."Chile Please!!!!!"

what I objected to was your (or your friend's) vaguely nasty dismissiveness of someone who is a music superstar. If I, as a country fan who never listens to R&B, hip-hop (shudder), or rap (which isn't even music, imo), had treated a superstar from those genres with similar dismissiveness, I can only imagine all the overwrought reactions I'd get on this board.

you actually downloaded "You Belong With Me"?? <just vomited a little in my mouth>

While I can't stand Taylor Swift's music, I think she has a lot of promise as an actress. She guest-starred in an episode of CSI and was pretty damn good. If I didn't know her as a country singer, I would have thought acting was her day job.

I had certainly heard of her before though I couldn't tell you the name of one of her songs. But mostly I know her from seeing her on one of the country music awards shows while dial flipping one night. She gave one of the worst performances I have ever seen on live TV. The true test of a singer is their live voice and not the overly and obviously studio-ization of their voices. I couldn't believe I was hearing such a bad performance. I read the next day that she actually won a couple of awards too! Ugh!

Well, in that case "Chile," Taylor should have kicked him in the balls to make sure we never forget who she is.

Since I am a huge country music fan, here is my 2 cents.

I'm not outraged over what Kanye did. It was rude and he was a drunk ass**** but I'm over it. And no publicity is bad publicity. As long as your name is in the news, that's all that matters.

Frankly, Taylor doesn't need the pub. The girl is everywhere and I am a little baffled how anyone doesn't know who she is/was before the incident. Serious. I think she's out for world domination. Actually her songs are now charting in Europe as well so she is attempting world domination!

She is on Country radio and Pop radio all the freakin' time with that damn "You Belong With Me" song. It is always on. She's in every fashion magazine, every award show, and seems like every entertainment magazine. She did a CMT Crossroads show with Def Leppard and a duet with them at the CMT's. And on the CMT awards she had a hilarious pre-taped segment with T-Pain to open the show as T-Swizzle and a play on her song "Love Story" with Thug Story

As BSR indicated, she's already been on CSI so I'm sure you will begin to see her in other shows as well.

I have seen Taylor live at Stagecoach as she was part of the huge line-up. You can still she's really young. Her show was ok, but I am not a huge fan of her voice. I think it is the 'tweens who are driving her success. The thing is, the girl writes her own songs as well. She also co-wrote Pickler's hit single "Best Years Of Your Life" so if this singing things goes away, she's still got the songwriting part.

This will all blow over in a few when the next "outrageous" event occurs. All this kind of stuff just reminds me of how the press acts over Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly in "Chicago".

I think Kanye was just promoting himself via a 'controversial publicity stunt'. It's typical Kanye behaviour.

Lady Gaga moves on...without Kanye.