Dear Kanye West,
You know you're an asshole when you earn the censure of the music-entertainment community, which isn't exactly known for its manners. I know we should all be paying attention to more important things like health care reform, but your antics at the MTV Video Music Awards were beyond ridiculous. Are you so hungry for attention that you had to steal Taylor Swift's award-winning moment to declare Beyonce's "Single Ladies" video superior to hers? You actually grabbed the microphone out of her hands. Beyonce's gracious gesture of inviting Swift on stage to finish her speech later made you look like even more of a tool.
You've always been a piece of work, but you're also talented. In the past, people have given you a pass on your outbursts and declarations of awesomeness because you make good music. Plus, we expect musicians to be over the top, especially at a three-ring circus like the VMAs. But Swift seems like a nice girl, and bum-rushing the stage during her acceptance speech is something that an 8-year-old with impulse control issues would do. Actually, the 8-year-old might think twice about doing it, because someone at home would probably ground him or her.
I guess it's nice that you apologized via your blog — IN ALL CAPS! — but one gets the distinct impression that you're happy for the hit of publicity. It wasn't about Beyonce at all — it was about 'Ye! And what a great opportunity to take to the studio and strike back at the haters through song! In the meantime, you might want to watch out for all the angry 12-year-old girls who would love to take a whack at your kneecaps.
I could give him the benefit of the doubt (sometimes emotions get the best of us, we all do things we regret, etc.) if he didn't *keep doing this sort of thing over and over* Did he think we wouldn't notice his crying and complaining if he said it was about Beyonce this time? Were we supposed to think "that Kanye, he's so selfless, sticking up for poor Beyonce like that..."?
ReplyDeleteGod, he is such a tool.
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