On Kanye West’s VMA Meltdown: Why You Shouldn’t Be Mad

I'm not going to say you are a jerk- instead I'm going to ask why did you think it was cool to turn your hair into a maze? Also you are a jerk. (Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

If you look at the footer, you see I’ve already categorized this post as a rant. In fact I rescheduled another post that was originally supposed to go up now so I could immediately say what was on my mind.

Kanye West pretty much did the same thing during tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards.

I’ve long since given up on watching MTV, even as a 25 year old it’s a network that’s fallen out of touch for me. Lucky for them they have Kanye West stirring the pot and bringing the spotlight back to the network for 15 more minutes.

While I was watching the Bears/Packers game, I noticed a few people were watching the VMAs and weren’t very happy about it.

After the game I decided to see what all the buzz was about: Kanye had yet another meltdown during an awards show, where he stormed the stage during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech to say he thought Beyonce should have won.

Well at least we didn’t rant about how he should of won. Kanye must know that ranting about how Kanye should of won is SO 2007. In 2009 it’s hip to rant about how OTHER PEOPLE should of won. And of course he must think it’s ALWAYS cool no matter what you rant about, that you disrespect whoever is on stage by telling him or her you mean no disrespect.

Of course he was booed and is probably banned from future awards shows (how hasn’t he been already?) At least Beyonce was classy enough to give Taylor her moment after it was ruined.

When I first heard of this incident of course my natural inclination was to think Kanye is a bag of douche. Lots of people had the same reaction (if you didn’t already think Kanye West is a douchebag.) I also immediately thought of this SNL sketch he did:

When I first saw this years ago I thought it was funny. I still think it’s funny but now I realize he really does say the same things when he rants on stage.

He’s already apologized on his blog but this time he’s gone too far. It’s one thing when you get mad toward a group of other artists because you didn’t win- that’s being a sore loser. However it’s different when you walk up to the winner and say to her face in front of millions that she wasn’t worthy of an award. Also it doesn’t help when the person you embarrass happens to look as cute and innocent as Taylor Swift. You pretty much look like the villain in a cartoon movie.  It not only takes balls to do such a thing but it takes a certain cockiness as well; a quality Kanye is very self-aware of.

So you can say Kanye is a douchebag, you can say he has no manners, you can talk about how much this is going to hurt his image and how it’s going to boost the image of Taylor Swift and Beyonce. All these things are true and irrefutable.

However the huge media backlash we’ll see on blogs, TV, and news is exactly the kind of attention Kanye West doesn’t deserve.

Everytime he pulls a prank like this we can’t stop talking about him, and while nobody will really know why he decides to do these ridiculous things- we know that every time it happens we can’t stop talking about him and how much we hate him or how stupid he is.

Simply put, Kanye is a heel (if you aren’t a pro-wrestling fan it’s a term for the bad guy, the guy you are supposed to root against.) Kanye meltsdown, we root against him, he gets his due attention and we’ll boo him again when he does his next dastardly deed.

If you really want to express your disgust towards Kanye, do so and then never speak of it again. Because whether it’s bad news or good, Kanye is now the center of attention- just like he wanted.

Do you really want to give him that satisfaction?

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