Here comes my official Kanye post.
I'm sure by now most of you have already heard about what happened with Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night. In case you haven't, let me recap it for you!
19 year old Taylor Swift is announced as the winner of the Best Female Video VMA and she's up on the stage giving her acceptance speech, talking about how she's always wanted to win VMA, when all of a sudden Kanye appears onstage, takes the mic from her, and basically says - I'm really happy for you, I'm gonna let you finish, but... Beyonce had one of the greatest videos of ALL TIME. Now, Taylor is standing there looking disoriented, the camera shows Beyonce looking embarrassed/stunned, and I guess Kanye is kicked out or something. Alright. Now let's address this.
A lot of people are surely thinking "Man, Kanye... how could you be so HEARTLESS?" Others are probably shaking their head and saying "He's got a big EGO... such a big EGOOOO..." Uh huh. I feel y'all, I really do. But I'm really not surprised. Here's why:
1) It's the VMA's. Something crazy always happens, or else no one will watch it. It's a horrible awards show in general, so junk like that gives it a lil hype. Now people will most certainly be tuning into the reruns.
2) It's Kanye. What the hell do you expect? He's one of the boldest dudes out there. He's confident/cocky/arrogant/self-assured/(whatever you wanna call it) enough to do stuff like this. I'm sure sometimes he truly thinks to himself "you CAN'T TELL ME NOTHING!" So clearly he was comfortable going up onstage (uninvited...) to state his mind instead of blogging it, making some official statement, or writing about it in a song like most people do.
3) I think he was kinda right (to an extent!!!!) ... LOL. Idk about one of the best videos of all time, but Single Ladies was a bangin/epic video.
4) He had been drinking all night (not an excuse/reason, but I'm just saying...) They say there's an open bar backstage or outside or some mess... and we all know he was all over that. He was shown on the red carpet with his chick Amber Rose & a pretty full bottle of Hennessy or something. Other pictures later show Amber inside with the bottle to her mouth (DRUNK AND HOT GIRLS, eh? Right.. lol), and even later showing Kanye handing a close-to-empty bottle to Joe Jackson (... sigh... that dude...). I guess he was in the partying/drinking mood. He probably rolled up to the show screaming "It's a CELEBRATION, bitches!!!! Grab a drink, grab a glass... after that I grab yo ass..." (there's actually a picture of him grabbing Amber's. Ha. Funny.)
It really was a messed up thing to do, and I do feel really bad for Taylor Swift. Her video was really cute & it's nice to see someone so young doing so well. Kanye was in the wrong...
But that being said, I'm still not surprised / I understand. Maybe the fame and all that catches up with people sometimes and they mess up. Actually, EVERYONE messes up. I mean, constantly living the GOOD LIFE and being blinded by all those FLASHING LIGHTS must make you a little crazy sometimes right?
He summed it up pretty well himself in "Can't Tell Me Nothing":
"... I feel the pressure, under more scrutiny
And what I do? Act more stupidly.
Bought more jewelry, more Louis V.
My momma couldn't get through to me.
The drama, people suing me.
I'm on TV talking like it's just you & me
I'm just saying how I feel, man.
I ain't one of the Cosbys, I ain't go to Hillman..."
I'm also sure y'all have heard that Obama called him a jackass (was supposed to be off the record or something). I'm sure people will get riled up about that. Whatever.
At least he apologized/talked about it immediately instead of going into hiding for a few days before someone could make up some super BS statement to put out.
Here's his apology on Jay Leno. (There's also one on his blog, but I haven't read it yet)
I think he really should've taken time after his mother passed away. Everything going on in his life is messing with his head... and making his life worse. I'm praying for you Kanye!
And a final congrats to Taylor for winning. I do actually like the song & video.
Lastly, RIP Patrick Swayze. Sorry I couldn't speak more on that topic, but it truly is very sad.
Leave your thoughts/comments/disagreements/whatevers!
I think it's interesting that Jay Leno is getting no heat for asking Kanye what his dead mother would think of him.
ReplyDeleteThat was just as inappropriate in my mind, I don't care what he did.
I actually completely agree / thought the same exact thing when I was watching the video... So very true. Good point
ReplyDeletehere's my disagreement:
ReplyDeletereally cute and nice.
no.
you like the song and video.
no.