Published 15:41 IST, June 12th 2020

Taylor Swift's feud with Kanye West: How everything started out

Taylor swift's feud with Kanye West: Here's how it all started between the two of them a decade ago. We have mentioned everything you need to know.

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Taylor Swift’s feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian started at MTV VMAs in September 2009. Over a decade ago, Kanye West interrupted singer’s acceptance speech at event, which led to a series of twists and turns. Here we have mentioned everything about Taylor Swift and Kanye West’s feud and how it all started. Take a look.

How did Taylor Swift's feud with Kanye West start?

It all began at MTV Video Music Awards, when a 19-year-old Taylor Swift was accepting Best Female Video award for her love anm You Belong with Me. While she was giving an adorable acceptance speech, Kanye West jumped up on st and grabbed mic. He interrupted singer’s speech. West appreciated Taylor Swift and said that he was happy for her and would let her finish. However, he said that Beyonce had one of best videos of all time and repeated his sentence for a major impact.

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During that whole time, Taylor Swift looked quite sad. Moreover, numerous celebrities described her look like that of a sad kitten. Meanwhile, Beyoncé also looked quite horrified among  audience. But when Kanye West shrugged and handed over mic to Taylor Swift, latter’s time was up.

This incident made headlines for days as one was impressed with what Kanye West did at music awards event. According to reports, President Barrack Obama also commented on rapper’s outburst at MTV Video Music Awards. Or singers and celebrities including Katy Perry also supported Taylor Swift and tweeted about same. She referred to Kanye West and said that it was like ''he stepped on a kitten''.

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As per reports, Kanye West was removed from show. On or hand, Beyonce took an opportunity for bringing Taylor Swift back on st. She used her Video of Year win later in evening and made singer finish her remaining speech. Beyoncé understood situation, supported Swift, and helped her gain confidence.

After this incident, Kanye West and Taylor Swift talked about same in various interviews. former also apologised to her on Twitter and revealed that he had written a song for singer. However, before anyone could listen to his song, Swift performed Incent at VMAs.

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Later on, Kanye West backtracked his apology in different interviews. According to reports, he claimed that interrupting Taylor Swift was selfless and t arrogant on his part. But he added that she never came to his defence at any interview. Although y publically resolved dispute, numerous things kept it going. 

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15:40 IST, June 12th 2020