Celebrity smack down: Kanye West vs. Taylor Swift at the VMAs

Kanye West and Taylor Swift performing at the 2010 VMAs.

Last year’s Video Music Awards made history when Kanye West jumped on stage, interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video in support of Beyonce. Many wondered how the two stars would interact a year after the incident at the next VMAs. MTV increased the anticipation, airing and re-airing footage and commentary about the infamous stage crashing during the weeks leading up to the show.

So how did it all go down?

Swift showed a short montage of last year’s interruption before starting her song
 Innocent which includes lyrics “32, and still growin' up now/ Who you are is not what you did/ You're still an innocent” and “Every one of us has messed up too/…Today is never to late to be brand new.”

West, undeservingly, was granted the show’s finale, in which he performed a strange, electronic song “Runaway” literally admitting that he a “scumbag.” His satanic red getup didn’t help.

To be honest, I am not a fan of either artist’s passive aggressiveness (neither will admit their song is about last year’s event). However, if I had to choose a winner of this smack down, I’d choose Taylor. She looked classy and flawless, while forgiving the man who ruined what should have been one of the best moments of her life, while Kanye’s performance was simply bizarre and only served to reinforce what many already thought – he is a jerk.

I hope both artists can put this behind them and get on with the music.