Amber Rose — the feminist activist who was in a relationship with the “Gold Digger” rapper Ye West at the time — recently reflected on the infamous moment he crashed Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 Video Music Awards after Swift won the best female video prize for “You Belong With Me.”
West jumped on stage and took the microphone from her, before saying, “Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’mma let you finish. But Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all-time! One of the best videos of all time.”
Recalling the controversial moment, Rose told “Entertainment Tonight,” “I don’t want to say the wrong thing because I love Taylor Swift, she’s amazing. Was he wrong for going on stage? Absolutely. Was he telling the truth? He was telling the truth — Beyoncé deserved that award, but you can’t take it from somebody else. It wasn’t Taylor Swift’s fault.”
Rose was in shock as the VMA staff pulled him aside. She insisted West was “very remorseful” for his actions.
“I was there, but it wasn’t — it didn’t happen to me,” she added. “And I can honestly say that he was very remorseful.”
“He instantly felt bad because it wasn’t about Taylor at all, it wasn’t like I think the media made it seem — like he was picking on her and stuff,” Rose stated. “He wasn’t, he was just standing up for Beyoncé.”
And Rose claimed the whole thing was an “unfortunate situation,” pointing to the huge love for Beyonce’s hit “Single Ladies” at the time.
“It was ‘Single Ladies,’ ” Rose recalled. “I mean, everyone around the world [was] doing that dance from the video, and it was just an unfortunate situation.”
However, Rose noted she wasn’t excusing West’s actions, and her ex is said to have struggled with the aftermath.
“[West] obviously felt bad he took her moment. He didn’t want to do that to her,” she explained.
