What was she going to do:notbring it up?
It was an anniversary Swift, 29, brought up ever so slyly during an interview ahead of the show.
“You never know what can happen on this show, as I’ve learned,” she said on the red carpet. The nod was part of her response to possibly winning multiple VMAs, as she is nominated in a range of categories.
Last week, Swiftreleased parts of her personal diary, along with her latest album,Lover, detailing her emotional fall-out from West running on stage at the 2009 VMAs and pulling the microphone from Swift’s hand to say the award should have gone toBeyoncéinstead.
In a September 2009 entry, Swift wrote, “If you had told me that one of the biggest stars in music was going to jump on stage and announce that he thought I shouldn’t have won on live television, I would’ve said, ‘That stuff doesn’t really happen in real life.'”
Her entry ended: “Well… apparently…. It does.”
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West’s behavior earned him widespread criticism, including from then-PresidentBarack Obama, and he apologized. Though the two somewhat made up, the relationship later collapsedin a three-way feudbetween West, his wife,Kim Kardashian West, and Swift after West referred to Swift as “that bitch” in his song “Famous.”
West said Swift approved of the song, but Swift slammed the track and its accompanying video. Then Kardashian West released an edited phone call that showed Swift was aware of other lyrics in the song, if not his lyrics “I made that bitch famous.”
Swift retreated from the spotlightin the wake of their very public spatand she drew on the whole saga for a substantial portion ofreputation, her sixth album.
Slated to perform two songs from the album at the beginning of the show, she said she wasn’tthatconcerned with winning or losing.
“We’re just going to figure out a way to celebrate anyway,” she said. “It’s just fun to get to do this.”
source: people.com
