Kanye West apologizes to Taylor Swift

Before the MTV Video Music Awards even came to an end, rap star Kanye West had taken to his blog and issued an ALL-CAPS apology to country star Taylor Swift and her mother. "I spoke to her mother right after and she said the same thing my mother would've said," Kanye wrote in his explanation for interrupting Swift's VMA win.

Moments after Swift won the MTV VMA for best female video for "You Belong With Me,"  West appeared onstage and interrupted her speech. Swift was in the midst of talking about the difficulty country artists face in crossing over on MTV when West declared that the award should have gone to Beyoncé for her "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)." 

Throughout the remainder of the night, the VMA crowd at New York's Radio City Music Hall let West hear it, booing loudly anytime his name was mentioned. Pink, a performer on the telecast, took to her Twitter, and blasted Kanye -- its R-rated language prevents us from linking to it. 

West apparently didn't stay to see the awards through, and wrote on his blog that he watched the rest of the show "at the crib." "I'm sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom," West wrote. He also took a moment to praise Swift, and wrote that he likes "the lyrics about being a cheerleader and she's in the bleachers."

He continued, "I'm in the wrong for going on stage and taking away from her moment!" He added that Beyoncé's video remains "the best of the decade," and he apologized to his fans for letting them down.

West also tried to explain his reasons for interrupting Swift. He wrote: "Everybody wanna boooo me but I'm a fan of real pop cuture!!! ... I gave my awards to OutKast when they deserved it over me ... that's what it is." At the 2007 BET Awards, West attempted to give his trophy to OutKast's Big Boi and rap act UGK for their "International Player's Anthem."

Swift eventually did get a chance to give her acceptance speech. When Beyoncé won video of the year, she gracefully noted that she'd had her share of award-show moments, and called Swift back onstage.

This wasn't the first time West has had an award show outburst. He interrupted the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards when he lost to Simian and claimed his clip should have won. In 2005, West noted that he would "have a problem" if he didn't win the Grammy for album of the year. He didn't win.

Shortly after posting his apology to Swift, West took a moment to commend tennis star Serena Williams, who also came under criticism this weekend in New York for an outburst at the U.S. Open.

--Todd Martens

Top photo: Kanye West and Taylor Swift / Associated Press
Middle photo: Screenshot of Kanye West's apology.

Comments

[cierra lynell]

personally i don't blame kanye for his actions.he felt that he needed to tell his opinion and tell it like it is.it was unbelievable and shocking how this amature country singer keeps winning over the best of the best,such as lady gaga,katy perry&beyonce.however stop making such a big deal about it.kanye is not changing for anybody.bottom line.

[HASSAHN PHENOMENON]

Apart from the Taylor Swift episode its amazing how Kanye West has gone from hip-hop beatmaker to worldwide hitmaker. myspace.com/hphenomenon

[sara]

he was drunk when he said that to taylor, so don't be judging kanye for something he didn't mean to do...and he did mean it from his heart.....

[johnson]

For everyone who defends Kanye i assume you really like his music or you are black. It is absurd for you to defend such an ignornat human while he rips Innocent Taylor swift, rips George Bush which is easy to do but to say he "hates black people!" Kanye needs to get a grip. Black people were not the only people affected by Katrina. They were the ones you seen on tv because they chose to stay behind and steal, rape, and murder. If they werent commiting crimes they were sitting on their racist asses and complaining about what they dont have. So if you rally behind Kanye and think he is a leader you are being misled. People like Kanye West are the reason they came up with the n word in the first place.

[Lone star]

Kanye,
You have talent and ability but your attitude completely degrades you.
I just deleted all your illegally downloaded music. This will be until you man up and stop "running away" like you did with taylor swift. Tone it down be a man and pour your real sober soul without hood niggers influencing you into your music.

Im out
Mac