Beyonce Explains Kanye's VMA Outburst: "He Was Standing Up for Art"
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Beyonce Knowles is finally breaking her silence about Kanye West storming the stage at the VMAs to declare that she should have won Best Female Video instead of Taylor Swift.
"Well, I knew his intentions, and I knew he was standing up for art; and he told me before, when they said the nominees, he's like, 'You have this award,'" Beyonce, 28, told O: The Oprah magazine editor at large Gayle King (via MTV News) at the Billboard Awards over the weekend, when she was named Woman of the Year.
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"When they didn't call my name, he was, like, completely shocked," Knowles says. "And when he walked on the stage, I was like, 'No, no, no!' and then he spoke, and I was like, 'Oh, no, no, no!'"
Knowles -- who handed the mic over to Swift after winning Video of the Year later that night -- continues, "But in the end, it ended up being a great night, and Taylor Swift did get her moment -- and I didn't have to make an acceptance speech."
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After his outburst, West, 32, apologized multiple times on his blog, to Jay Leno and to Swift -- and declared he was taking time away from the public eye to "analyze how I'm gonna make it through the rest of this life and improve."
It was announced last week that his Fame Kills tour with Lady Gaga had been canceled.
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168I am glad that taylor won. In my opinion all music is considered art. For those that made rasicts comments, please do not judge all african americans because of what one person has done. Kanye's behavior was very inappropriate and not at all humerous. Im glad this young lady won a award, it is nice to see a nice new fresh face winning awards and acheiving success.
You no what GSTAR??? you are just jealous of beyonce cuz you are just an ugly ho who has nothing better to do but judge ppl so y dont you just stfu lil' H03 and all MY HATERSZ make me famous BiiTCH
Sounds like a lot of haters out there.
beyonce should learn a thing or two from Taylor who's got more class then her cheap ass porno videos.....wannabe porn chick.....
i am a 61 year old female who happens to think that beyonce is classy, beautiful,intelligent and sweet. she is a hard worker.i love her music.
i cannot stand beyonce, she seriously needs to get over herself...anyone who calls themself "sasha fierce" seriously.. gag me....not to mention, her, "all the single ladies" video sucks, it's yawn...boring. watch it with the volume down, it's lauhable.
REM is completely on about Beyonce's reaction. The only reason she called Taylor up there that night was because she knew it would get her brownie points with the people that don't know she is a huge diva that has a head just as big as Kanye's
REM you're talking garbage! Why is everyone singling out Kanye West as if he is the ONLY person who has ever gotten out of line in Hollywood? Geez! No, Kanye shouldn't have pulled what he did, but look at all the other celebrities of ALL races who have publicly popped off, behaved rudely or had straight out meltdowns worthy of a two year old. What about that infamous Christian Bale tirade? Bjork, anyone?
she was always self absorbed, i watched her documentary on E! It stemmed from childhood
"I don't think you're ready for this jelly"...how can you deny that is art??? Shakespeare couldn't write words so lyrically beautiful!
Look at Beyonce's face when West said what he did on stage. Look close! It looks like she's blown over by what she considered was a complement by West. Look at the video of this happening again and you will see clear that she looks like a girl who was just given the biggest compliment of her life that she was almost blushing. She was not being classy at all. By the way, it's pure racism. West did something similar with another country singer in the past. I've been a wedding DJ for 20 years and I've many times been nearly attacked by African Americans yelling at me for not playing black music when I play either rock or country after playing 98% black music prior to playing the song they attack me on. I'm not surprised, this runs deep in the black community, I know I've experienced it myself many times.
Kanye West is a racist and arrogant SOB. Beyonce, who did a classy thing at the VMAs, has just inserted her foot into her mouth and sounds like an idiot now. West actions are indefensible. He should be thrown out of the business. He's a disgrace and a sorry excuse for a human being.
ART? Are you kidding??? You come across like a frustrated exotic dancer! You're waaay too full of yourself Beyonce. Taylor Swift was the woman that showed class; not you. You're just another spoiled, self-entitled idiot like Kayne West. No wonder you're friends.
hey jojo SHUT UP!!! beyonce is the best
He was standing up for booze and douchebaggery.
Hey south park was right, Kanye West IS A GAYFISH!!!!!!!! beyonce is just a fake ass bitch!!!!!
beyonce shouldnt have won or deserved its all about the video and music.. it was a cheap video.. thats all it was low budget..!! catchy song dont get me wrong.. she would have got best song.. but video? come on.. no way.. best female? noway what so best about her... she just blabs along about herself.. and how great she is.. taylor deserved the award.... congrates for being a loser beyonce.. she never had class
first of all i'm black with a white grandfather,why is it everytime a black peron gets put on blast it's called racism?no it's called keeping 100 no matter what race you are,kanye west is an egocentric jackass who needs to be knocked down a few so now beyonce doesn't consider taylor's music art get real bitch,you speak and write songs on a third grade level I don't respect you or your drug dealing husband you want to be so hood but your not the only thing i respect is your teams marketing skills,that made you what you are BUMPKIN..
Beyonce once again proves to us how uneducated she is. This is a young woman who grew up in a wealthy and somewhat decent household yet she consistently shows us how ghetto she really wants to be, all while looking like complete trash. "Art" is not gyrating around with hardly any clothes on, dry humping the air and literally performing what looks like sex acts in all your videos. Art is when an 18 or 19 year old girl can write her own songs, act like a normal teenager, all while still being a role model to her peers. Never have I seen Taylor dressed indecently or make a fool of herself by showing how sexual she can be. Maybe you could learn a thing or two from her Beyonce. This girl is twice the woman you will ever be.
anyone seriously appalled wouldn't have had a slight grin/chuckle on their face, but i guess in the end, who's to judge on how individual people express themselves. just sayin' though. even though kanye was a d-bag for going up there, hey, to his credit, at least kanye doesn't hide behind a fake facade. i think he just did what beyonce was thinking. same shit, different way. beyonce's video and stage show for single ladies both look like a richard simmon's workout on redbull anyway. art? please. i think beyonce's songwriting is for mainstream ears and she has catchy songs, but she's still self absorbed. (once i heard irreplaceable, i KNEW she didn't write it. she has a formula - more math than art.) last thing, who says celebrities are better and we're "little people?" society needs to check its mentality.