Kanye West Wins MTV’S Coveted “Douchebag Of The Year” Award
Every once in a while, the world of entertainment outdoes itself in douche-yness, even beyond its standard level of douchedome. Last night was just the night for such heights of douchery. Ok, I think I’ve given “douche” its props.
KANYE WEST (all caps, just the way he likes it) is well known for being an opinionated, obnoxious ass, but he went too far last night during Taylor Swift’s acceptance for “Best Female Video” for her hit song, “You Belong With Me.” Taylor, who had just begun her gracious speech was saying, “I always dreamed about what it would be like to win one of these one day. I never thought it would happen.”, when Kanye burst on to the stage, grabbing the mic from the startled Swift and dropped this gem, “Hey Taylor, I’m really happy for you, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.”
There was all the requisite booing and hissing from the audience and poor, sweet Taylor (she really does seem sweet, hence why we’ve never talked about her on Glosslip) was clearly confused and embarrassed.
I am sure there are a million blogs blabbing about this incident today in defense of Taylor and outraged by Kanye, but this is hardly a one-time moment of stupidity for West. West has made a cottage industry off of his boorish, loutish and garish displays of arrogance, inhumanity and a general lack of appreciation for his fellow artists. Dude is an A-ONE ASSHOLE. So much so, I know many people who refuse to listen to his otherwise good music because they JUST CAN’T STAND HIM.
There is a place for assertiveness and confidence, but that place is not during someone else’s acceptance speech — and this was hardly U2’s Bono up there accepting their billionth award. This was a young woman (19) who is at the beginning of what will hopefully be a long career. In the world of bad role models for girls, Taylor Swift is like a breath of fresh air, with her tasteful and girlish appeal and seemingly genuine sweetness. I am no country music fan, but I have nothing but good things to say about Swift and her music.
What Kanye West did was single-handledly dismiss a young woman who WRITES HER OWN SONGS, PLAYS HER OWN INSTRUMENTS and CAN PACK ARENAS. And it’s not just kids who like her, lots of adults dig her too.
No offense against Beyonce, who was herself very gracious by calling Swift on stage with her during her acceptance for “Best Video Of The Year,” but this doesn’t change the fact Beyonce is manufactured entertainment, NOT a musician. Here’s Beyonce’s moment of true class:
There is a real difference between an artist like Swift and Beyonce, whether folks want to admit it or not. And keeping in true form, West was clearly not stricken with any sense of shame, even after being admonished by fiesty singer Pink. More from MTV’s blog:
His protest against Swift, however, was not well received. West stood briefly on the stage after his comments as the crowd was silent. Audience members then began to clap in support of Swift after West left the stage.
According to reports from inside the house, once cameras cut away from the action, West flipped off the crowd and returned to his seat. Wale then said to the crowd, “You can’t blame a man for speaking his mind.” His words were met with boos, and Wale then said, “Kanye, I tried.” During the next commercial break, Pink walked by the rapper and appeared to shake her head in disgust before security escorted her away. West remained steadfast amidst the commotion as he kissed his girlfriend Amber Rose.
The testament of a true artist (and human for that matter) is the ability to see the world around you and recognize your place in it, and hopefully learn from your mistakes. Kanye is clearly incapable of learning, growing or maturing from his. I hope the ghost of his deceased mom, the only person who seemed to have any influence over his bloated ego, visits him and slaps the crap of him and tells him it’s NOT ok to disrespect women. That’s Chris Brown’s job DAMMIT.
*The use of caps was Kanye approved for this post!
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Good point! Tell Beyonce to stop being like every other pop joke and WRITE HER OWN SONGS and then maybe she could deserve anything over an artist who actually makes more than half of her own art.
What did Beyonce do to deserve the award over Swift? Even if it was better the award wasn’t for “Best Person Who Does the Singing in a Music Video”…when they give an award to a movie for best score they don’t give it to the lady or gentleman who sang the lyrics..they give it to the person who wrote the music, or the lyrics or both!
Kanye West should shut the f up and go get better at making music before he says anything..that kook calls himself the King of Pop and he can’t even sing well…literally the only thing he does well is make beats and arrange songs..he should still be a guy we’ve never seen.
Comment by Jake — September 14, 2009 @ 9:36 am
Kanye is a supreme douche! What more can be said?
Comment by Marissa — September 14, 2009 @ 10:15 am
Douche is too good of a word to describe Kanye West. You owe douche bags everywhere an apology! HA HA HA
Comment by Righteous Retrobution — September 14, 2009 @ 11:05 am
Summer’s Eve might have a defamation suit against kanye for making douchebags look bad…
Comment by glp — September 14, 2009 @ 11:20 am
There’s nothing like watching an ASSHOLE-DOUCHEBAG self destruct. I, for one, hope he keeps speaking his tiny mind.
The more he implodes, the faster he will disappear (fingers crossed).
Comment by Jack — September 14, 2009 @ 12:58 pm
west is a douchebag. I hope people will stop supporting him after this.
Comment by Tom — September 14, 2009 @ 1:13 pm
Kayne is on Leno tonight. If it turns out Leno knew about this before hand Leno is toast!
Comment by Mike — September 14, 2009 @ 1:30 pm
Kanye is an A$$HOLE!! He is racist and should not be allowed to attend another VMA. Nobody should listen or buy his music. He is a total DOUCHE!!!!!! Also nice haircut Kanye… NOT!!
Comment by Chris — September 14, 2009 @ 2:30 pm
What a prime example of a drunk ass! He supposedly walked in with his bottle of Henney, a not full bottle to be precise. No class… extra douchey!!
Comment by D-Bomb — September 14, 2009 @ 6:02 pm
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Pingback by Celebrity Blog | Babelogs | Celebrity Gossip » Blog Archive » Kanye West Wins MTV’S Coveted “Douchebag Of The Year” Award — September 14, 2009 @ 6:51 pm
Come on. West is an asshole but why attack Beyonce. She’s a star because she can sing and dance and she’s beautiful.
Lots of great artists never wrote their own songs. Is Aretha Franklin a hack? Lena Horne? Frank Sinatra? II guess Pavarotti is beneath you folks.
Attack people who deserve it, not innocent bystanders
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Comment by Glen Dahl — September 15, 2009 @ 3:59 pm
This piece of trash’s music will never be played on my turntables again. And anyone who requests his songs to me will get harshly laughed at, and asked to go sit down and STFU. Absolutely disgusting display of self control the other night, and I agree that it isn’t the first time he has made himself look like a totally arrogant asshole. Kudos to you Kanye for your award… I hope they present the douche bag of the year trophy to him by cramming it base first up his ass.
Comment by DJShifty — September 15, 2009 @ 4:13 pm
I understand that Taylor Swift writes her own songs and plays an instrument but you can’t dismiss beyonce as a vocalist. You also have to adknowledge that beyonce also writes and does vocal arrangements.
Comment by KC — September 16, 2009 @ 12:23 am
Southpark sums up Kanye….GAY FISH….
Comment by DR — September 16, 2009 @ 4:12 pm
Kanye likes fish dicks. Hope he chokes on one. I don’t blame Beyonce for anything. The expression on her face when Kanye did this was not happy and even though she didn’t do it she turned around and tried her best to fix the situation. Good job B. Personally I was pullin for Pink to win the award. Also the way I heard it, after his stunt Pink had to be escorted away from him because she was about to go kick his ass. I love Pink, wish she would have gotten a go at him.
Comment by Sole` — September 20, 2009 @ 1:05 pm