“It was rude, period”- How Kanye West Had a Moment of Realization After Insulting Taylor Swift in 2009 VMAs

Published 10/22/2022, 1:30 PM EDT

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Kanye West is an interesting man. Over the years, the rapper has achieved great heights in his music and design career. West is a man of many credits and is one of the most talented minds of our generation. While he surely enjoys a successful career in rap and in building his brand Yeezy, the Flashing Lights hitmaker has also been involved in several controversies and problems. He has had many feuds over the years, but everything pales in comparison to the one he had with Taylor Swift.

West and Swift took shots at each other over the years. But did you know Kanye did admit he did Taylor Swift wrong? Ye has always found himself in hot water with a plethora of celebrities, such as Drake, Pete Davidson, and even his ex-wife Kim Kardashian. However, his feud with Taylor Swift made much buzz. But, previously, the 22-time Grammy Award winner did apologize to the Blank Space hitmaker.

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Kanye West once admitted his mistake during the Video Music Awards

Kanye West has been a favorite topic for the media. The rapper is always in the spotlight, whether he has a song or not. He occasionally does some questionable things. For instance, the rapper once stormed the stage and took the mic from Taylor Swift during her award speech when she won the best video by a female artist. Kanye interrupted Taylor, claiming that Beyonce had the best music video that year.

The rapper’s action was criticized by the masses and other celebrities present in the crowd. However, shortly after, the Flashing Lights hitmaker admitted that the 24 hours after the VMAs had been extremely difficult for him. During an appearance for an interview with Jay Leno, West revealed“It was just very rude, period, I’d like to apologize to her in person.”

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Elsewhere, the Donda hitmaker even added that he had to deal with hurt and he did not even take a time off. Kanye also confessed that he was extremely ashamed that his problems even hurt Taylor.

Year later from the incident, today, Taylor Swift and Kanye West are no longer friends, since the rapper’s release of infamous song, Famous.  Meanwhile, Swfit released her new album, Midnights, the singer’s 10th original studio album. It is the singer’s first original album in two years, as she had been focusing on re-recoding her old albums after her tiff with Scooter Braun. On the other hand, West is embroiled in controversies for his anti-Semitic comments.

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Introducing Hamza Qazi, a Hollywood and Anime News writer at Netflix Junkie. Hamza's love affair with anime began early in his life when he fell in love with Naruto, which sparked his interest in reporting. He began channelizing his inner reporter by writing for his school magazine and later for a college magazine.

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