On Sunday, September 13, 2009, The MTV Video Music Awards were held in Radio City Music Hall in New York. Taylor Swift, a 19-year old American country pop singer won her first MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video for “You Belong With Me”. During her acceptance speech, Kanye West went on stage and stole the microphone from Swift and said that Beyoncé Knowles video for “Single Ladies” was “one of the best videos of all time”, implying that Beyoncé should have won this award and not Taylor Swift. Kanye gave the microphone back to Taylor, which resulted in booing from the audience, celebrities and fans alike. Taylor Swift left the stage without finishing her acceptance speech and Kanye West was escorted out of Radio City Music Hall for the night.

Later in the awards show, Beyoncé won the VMA for Best Video of the Year for “Single Ladies”. While accepting the Moonman, she invited Taylor Swift to the stage to finish her acceptance speech due to the interruption by Kanye West earlier in the awards show saying, “This is amazing. 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 of my life, so I would like for Taylor to come out and have her moment.” Swift went on stage to finish her acceptance speech, hugged Beyoncé, and then the two winners left the stage together.

After the awards show Taylor Swift commented that, “I was standing on stage and I was really excited because I’d just won the award and then I was really excited because Kanye West was on stage. And then I wasn’t excited anymore after that.”

Many celebrities backed Taylor Swift and bashed Kanye West by tweeting about the incident, including Katy Perry, Pink, Donald Trump, P-Diddy, and many others.

Even though Kanye West apologized twice for his actions, the latter more sincere, we recommend that Taylor Swift should pick up a beautiful yellow sapphire and diamond pendant to help her  move on after the tirade.

Kanye West Tirade at 2009 MTV VMA's