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The MTV Video Music Awards suffered a bout of controversy Sunday night as Kanye West was booed after getting onstage and interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech. Swift had just received the award for best video of the incident). West later apologized for the incident on his blog, writing: "I'M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD'VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED!" For her part, Swift called the evening "interesting." Host Russell Brand, the U.K. comedian who made some controversial jokes last year himself, tried to smooth over the situation. He reminded the audience to "love each other" in Michael Jackson's honor as he had suggested at the beginning of the show. After a performance by Beyonce, P. Diddy, in introducing the best male video award, tried to smooth over the situation. He reminded the audience to "love each other" in Michael Jackson's honor as he had suggested at the beginning of the show. After a performance by Beyonce, P. Diddy, in introducing the best male video award, tried to smooth over the situation. He reminded the audience to "love each other" in Michael Jackson's honor as he had suggested at the beginning of the show. After a performance by Beyonce, P. Diddy, in introducing the best male video award, tried to smooth over the situation. He reminded the audience to "love each other" in Michael Jackson's honor as he had suggested at the beginning of the show. After a performance by Beyonce, P. Diddy, in introducing the best male video award, tried to smooth over the situation. He reminded the audience to "love each other" in Michael Jackson's honor as he had suggested at the beginning of the show. After a performance by Beyonce, P. Diddy, in introducing the best male video award, tried to smooth over the situation. He reminded the audience to "love each other" in Michael Jackson's honor as he had suggested at the beginning of the show. After a performance by Beyonce, P. Diddy, in introducing the best male video award, tried to smooth over the situation as well, saying the awards are all staying in the musical family anyway. But when West's name came up as one of the nominees, the crowd again erupted into loud boos. While not directly attacking Swift, West interrupted her onstage to say: "Beyonce had one of the best videos. The crowd started booing, and some in the audience were visibly upset about the stunt. "He's finished," one woman in the crowd screamed as she complained about West. Security was spotted in the crowd moments later, but it was unclear what happened to West. An MTV spokesman at the event said he didn't know whether there were repercussions for West. But it was clear it was an unscripted outburst (see video of the year and upon grabbing the microphone immediately called out Swift so she could finish her thank-you speech.
Kanye VMA Outburst