Taylor Swift, age 19, won her first video music award at the MTV VMAs, and when she was about to address the crowd with an acceptance speech, Kanye West, age 32, rudely interrupted her saying, “Yo Taylor, I- I’m really happy for you, I’m-a let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time… One of the best videos of all time!” With a shrug of his shoulders, he handed the microphone back to a confused, horrified, and speechless Taylor Swift. The entire crowd felt so bad for her, they began cheering for the poor girl as the cameras soon cut to commercial break.

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Beyonce, later in the evening, won for video of the year and she brought Taylor Swift up to the stage saying, “I remember being 17 years old, up for my first MTV award with Destiny’s Child, and it was one of the most exciting moments in my life. So, I’d like for Taylor to come out and have her moment.” Taylor began her second acceptance speech, “Maybe… Maybe we could try this again…” The crowd went wild and the incident was resolved by Beyonce’s class.

The next few days, Kanye apologized several times, several different ways to Taylor, her mom, and her fans, and she publicly accepted his apologies on ABC News Radio. She also appeared on The View and recounted the events as they unfolded in a humorous way saying, “I think my overall thought process went something like, ‘Wow, I can’t believe I won. This is awesome. Don’t trip and fall. I’m going to get to thank the fans. This is so cool. Oh, Kanye West is here. Cool haircut. What are you doing there? And then ouch. And then, I guess I’m not going to thank the fans.’ ”

Since then, all youtube videos of the incident have been quickly removed due to a ” copyright claim by Viacom International Inc.” but I found one that’s still out there. (has advertisements in front of it, but that’s the internet for ya!) Video here.

So, what did we all learn from this? I’m not sure, but I’m glad to see that there are still some stand-up people in the pop world. Any thoughts or comments?

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