The blogosphere and Twitterverse are completely overreacting.
The incident happened during last night's Bears-Packers game, so I didn't see it live. Even if there wasn't a sporting event on that I cared about, I still would not have watched it live. Let's think logically, people, MTV has more time dedicated to former Real World members in rehab than it does to showing music videos.
Maybe Kanye was right. Maybe Beyonce did have the greatest music video ever. None of us would have known because MTV doesn't show music videos anymore.
Was he wrong to run on stage and take the mic from Taylor Swift? Yes. Very much so. Was he wrong to voice his opinion? No. What he should have said was, "Taylor. Yo, my boy Luda wants to holla at you. Here's his number. And congrats on the Moon Man, but I don't believe you deserve this because I've never seen the video because MTV doesn't show music videos anymore." Then 'Ye could have walked off the stage as a hero. Instead, he walked off the stage looking like an idiot.
As for the online reaction, I would have thought Mr. West did something much worse to garner so much negative attention. By the looks of the Facebook statuses and Tweets, I assumed that he jumped on stage, hit her on the head with the mic, R. Kelly'd all over her and announced that he created swine flu in a lab in an attempt to create a master race.
But all Kanye did was get on stage and voice his displeasure. Us sports fans are very familiar with that sort of thing.
We like to call that 'booing.'
P.S. -- Taylor, don't treat the VMA for Best Female Video as if it the greatest achievement of your life. It's not a Grammy. And while Grammy Awards are generally awarded by old foagies waiting for Sinatra's next album to drop, the VMA's are voted on by people who think Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga are excellent singers. Get a grip, take the award and talk to me with a lil' southern twang when you get off stage.
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