I’ve been enjoying this week of petty gossip drama between Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran and all of their rabid, tweet-happy fans. As we discussed yesterday (and I updated those posts with some of this stuff), Taylor was really feeling the heat. Taylor is not the kind of celebrity who has “bad weeks.” The last time Taylor had a bad week was probably… when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler made fun of her at the Golden Globes AND she lost to Adele at the same show. But Swifty got her revenge that time, didn’t she? Of course she did. But this Twitter beef with Minaj was different. All of a sudden… everyone agreed that Swifty sounded like an a—hole. So Swifty had to eat her smugness and tweet this:
I thought I was being called out. I missed the point, I misunderstood, then misspoke. I'm sorry, Nicki.
@NICKIMINAJ
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 23, 2015
I think this is a pretty comprehensive apology (and she did it all in one tweet!). The one thing that I will give her (and I maintain) is that Minaj really was calling out Swifty amongst several other white pop stars. I said at the beginning that Minaj needed to own that and Minaj was playing coy when she denied throwing any indirect shade at Swift. So, Swifty WAS being called out, but she needed to apologize for everything else. And it’s all good. Because Minaj has accepted her apology and blessed her. These are Minaj’s tweets in order:
That means so much Taylor, thank you. @taylorswift13 ❤️❤️❤️
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 23, 2015
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 23, 2015
I've always loved her. Everyone makes mistakes. She gained so much more respect from me. Let's move on. https://t.co/mx9pfIdnzT
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 23, 2015
Is it all over now? Are Nicki and Taylor now going to be BFFs? Will they shun Katy Perry together?! Poor Katy. I think Minaj’s tweet at Katy was like, “We’re still cool, girl.” And if you ever want to see the crazy fandoms at work, check out the comments on all of those above tweets. The Swiftlunatics are going HARD on Minaj and Katy Perry-loonies are going hard on Swifty and it’s all a crazy mess of insane fandoms crashing into each other. It’s amazing.
In other (deflecting) news, Us Weekly had an interesting story about Tay-Tay and Calvin Harris. The story came out before Taylor apologized, and my first thought was “Oh, Taylor is just trying to talk about her boyfriend so no one will talk about Minaj.” The basic gist of the story is that Calvin is going to take Swifty to Scotland so that she can meet his parents. Calvin has already spent time with Swifty’s folks and a source says, “Her parents love him. They think he’s the greatest.” The source also says that whatever is happening between Calvin and Taylor is “the real thing… Taylor spent a long time being single, waiting for the right guy like him.”
Photos courtesy of Getty, WENN.
“a long time being single”.. that must be the saddest comment ever.
Very, very stupid comment.
Yeah I’ve been single since early 2011, people make condescending comments like that. to my face.
Also highlighting the dry season.
People can be especially rude when riding on their high horses of non-singledom .
F*ck them. As someone who is in a relationship after being single forever, I can unequivocally say that being single is the BOMB SH*T.
Love my boyfriend but I was never unhappy being single. Ever.
Thank you Kitten that warms my heart and reflects exactly how I feel about them. F*ck them. It’s either the ones who are like “omg you are STILL SINGLE??” and the ones who are like “oh but you know you and your ex made such a CUTE couple, why don’t you get back together?”.
All followed by pity looks.
I love being unapologetically single. It’s my life, for f’s sake lol. Why do people care so much?
Yes, Kitten. Yes. *fistpump*
Thanks to all of you ladies! I’ve been single for 5 years now and have gained so much insight about who i am as a person. It’s nice to know that I can rely on MYSELF for my own happiness.
@BengalCat2000 you said everything!! It’s a great journey, of learning and self acceptance as well.
They’re terrible. Whenever I say I’m single, they make stupid, lame excuses for me like “oh, it’s much better to focus on education first” or “I get it, it’s hard to find a good man nowadays, hehe…” To the first sentence I say I’m already graduated, so I did focused on my education, and to the second one, I say that there are many decent men around, otherwise no one would date or get married. They run out of excuses and mentally ask “So, what’s your problem then?” .
I hate that pitying look and you guys don’t need anyone to make “excuses” for your singledom. When I was single, I was always said I was SBC (single by choice) which was completely true.
Much props to my ladies who embrace the freedom. I’ve always said that people who are scared to be alone are people who are uncomfortable with themselves. When you’re single, you’re forced to confront who you are as a person without any outside distractions. You self-reflect and you learn who you are independently, outside of the context of a relationship. It’s incredibly valuable IMO. The things I learned while I was single have been immensely helpful in terms of my current relationship.
Internet hugs to all my single ladies 🙂
I feel you, I have been single for 3 years now and I can tell you that around me people are raising their eyebrows! I’m the only single in my entourage so…besides I’m in my early thirties and have a history of premature menopause in the family, everyone makes it its duty to remind me that my biological clock is ticking and that I should settle, well…at least to have children of my own 🙁 what they don’t understand is that I do not feel the rush of getting married nor having children (getting them out of wedlock is not possible in my country).
Kitten, you are the best 🙂
You are absolutely right. I will definitely not give up my SBC status for anyone who isn’t worth it because it is a really awesome time right now (especially since 90% of my friends that are my age are STRUGGLING in relationships and that makes me even less interested in men right now).
Big virtual hug to you too!! 🙂
@MIMZ, I teach art for K thru 5th grades and am constantly asked why I’m not married. I’ve gotten very good at deflecting questions, but sometimes I want to tell them that people are horrible and life with a cat is the best, lol! Hugs to all of you!!
Kitten, hit the nail right on the head! People who are scared to be single are not comfortable with themselves.
I had a group of friends who couldn’t bare the thought of me being single… No matter how many times I pointed out I was not, in fact, single, I was just trying to reassemble my life after a horrendous divorce and that no, three weeks (yup, three damn weeks) was not enough time for me to be set up with anyone. I think in their heads it validated their own leap from relationship to relationship without ever taking time to be alone, with one of them even marrying a rebound who she drunkenly admitted she wasn’t in love with after the wedding. In the end I had to distance myself from them, they were just so insensitive to the situation and just added more stress on an already stressful situation.
Moral of the story, the ‘single pitiers’ are deflecting their own crap onto you. Do what you need to do for you!
I’ve been in a relationship for 5.5 years, and I love him like crazy, but I’m JEALOUS of my single friends. Especially the friends who have been single for a year or more. I wouldn’t give up my relationship just to be single, but there are pro’s and con’s on both side of the fence. So I’m sorry any “non-singles” ever try to make you feel bad… I’m sure they’re overcompensating for the freedoms they’ve relinquished and the fact that you’re able to stay happy and fulfilled on your own. (Honestly I think about how much I depend on my SO and shudder sometimes… something I need to work on myself. A relationship can make you lazy and codependent if you’re not careful. Not so with single life!)
Being single is an essential part of any rounded human being. It’s a disgusting thing to use to disparage anyone with. But, just like being childless is supposed to be shameful for a woman, so is being single. The guys (of course) get a pass.
Yep. I’ve been experiencing this a lot as of late; I finally got a new job (and it is not an internship… whoa!), and my lovely male collegues started wondering out loud and then to my face why I had not started seeing anyone since starting the job: I’ve been employed there for 3 full months.
Things like: “You’re a cute looking girl, you’re in your 20s… what is the problem with you? It just seems so strange”. That is seriously one of the things that were said to me.
And yeah, I’ve been single for years now (they don’t know it, Lord knows what they’d say if they knew that!), but it just seems that whenever people see that you’re single they immediately go to “it’s your fault, there’s something not right about you”. Which, you know, may be, but it’s none of their effin’ business.
What if I’m simply better off by myself?!
/End rant. Sorry, needed to vent.
Yeah, that was definitely a dumb and pitiful comment if you honestly feel that way. There is nothing more unhealthy than being a serial monogamist. I’ve been single by choice for almost 4 years now and I wouldn’t have it any other way. My last relationship was 4 years long, verbally abusive, and all kinds of unhealthy. Whenever I feel like I’m ready, I know that I’ll be a better partner to someone because I took the time to learn to love myself in a way that I wasn’t doing before. My sister, who is a few years older than me, is also single and recently had to endure our loon of an aunt telling her that she needs to find a husband to take care of her. The antiquated idea that we’re all fragment pieces without “better halves” when we’re single needs to die already.
I came to say the same thing. Seriously now, how much was it? A whole year at best?
SBC here as well. I love being able to lounge around watching TV or looking at the net without having someone glaring at me from the other side of the room because they think I should be doing something else. Plus, I’ve never found the dating game particularly enjoyable. I tend to miss out on the ones I like and end up with someone I’ve merely “settled” for. I’m over doing that. There’s more to life.
I’m not really fans of either (not anti, just whatevs), but I give taylor some major props for that apology. She started it, she ended it. Nicki prob did mean to imply Taylor, but I also think she was talking about a bigger problem in general.
I think Nikki was actually talking more about Miley’s wrecking ball video from a couple years prior. It broke VEVO records, made a huge cultural impact, was controversial and it was nominated and won best video of the year.
Then Nikki came along and her video did all those things too, except it wasn’t nominated for video of the year. I don’t have a dog in this fight by any means, but I think it was more than just Swifty she was talking about.
Exactly. If you actually follow the timeline of Nicki’s tweets and don’t just jump in from the skinny white girls tweet, she was clearly talking about Miley. She favorited a bunch of tweets about her/Wrecking Ball.
More than that, she clearly wasn’t calling Miley or Taylor out, but MTV and the media in general. The skinny white girls comment wasn’t a dig at skinny white girls but at the people who choose to award them and snub curvy black women, when both are doing the exact same thing with the same amount of success.
I think both are annoying as human beings but I often enjoy their music. Nicki was talking about bigger issues and Taylor for sure got some shade because she is a huge benefactor of those issues and why Taylor shouldn’t have said anything publicly. I will give her credit for the apology and nicki credit for how she handled it.
Personally I’ve found this so freaking funny that while it is to bad the bigger issue got lost due to Taylor playing victim I was endlessly entertained. Hopefully though the bigger issues will be addressed now.
The two of them represent most of what is tragically wrong with the current music scene. They are the triumph of marketing over any talent. Neither can sing to save her life & require these stupid feuds to get publicity. It is astonishing how either appeals to anybody who is past puberty, as they are about as vacuous & insipid as it gets. Why Nicki Minaj believes that flashing her ridiculous, massively surgically enhanced posterior ad nauseam in a vulgar & tasteless video ought to win her any award, other than Trashiest Video of The Year is mind boggling. Anything penned & performed by Swift ought to have a permanent Boring Oatmeal Video of The Year Award on every award show in existence. Whatever happened to good, old rock & roll, and whatever happened to great singing? Thank heavens I am old enough to know about & can listen to the greats like Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Tina Turner, Shirley Hirn et al, rather than this pointless drivel assaulting the airwaves now
Wait, but Nicki is talented. Have you listened to other songs besides Anaconda? She’s got some good stuff. You can’t compare Nicki and Taylor to artists like Nina, Aretha etc. because they’re not even the same genre.
The only remotely decent thing she’s ever done is Super Bass & that is it! Everything else is puerile & silly. I guess its fine if you’re pre school, but not otherwise. Also I guess one shouldn’t compare the sublime to the ridiculous
Well, guess you haven’t listened to any of her albums in full then, just what’s on the radio.
First, Nikki is not a singer She’s a rapper. Yes she has sung the hook on a song or two but she really doesn’t sing. Would you call Jay Z or Drake a singer.
I’m not a fan of either of the entertainers but Nikki has had a few good rap songs. I like Moment 4 Life and Roman.
Roman is incredible–I don’t GAF what anybody says. Nicki has talent, but her new sh*t is just way too commercial and pop-y for me.
She can rap though, make no mistake.
BTW who is pre-school? Nicki or the people who likes her music? If it’s the latter than I will be a pre- schooler but what does that say about you?
It says I was fortunate enough to grow up at a time when the art of great singing was alive & well. I feel very sorry for young people now having practically nothing to listen but lowest common denominator, tedious, boring, forgettable & repetitive rubbish, barring the occasional exception like Adele & Janelle Monae
You’re whole argument went to sh*t when you compared Nicki Minaj to Ella Fitzgerald. That’s like comparing a wedding cake to a pack of M&Ms. There’s several talented artists in today’s music scene, but you don’t read about them in gossip blogs because they don’t want that in their lives.
The VMAs have always been trashy and Nicki’s arguments make perfect sense. She’s not talking about artistry in any way, she’s just talking about numbers and records.
And Nicki is a fantastic rapper, but rarely displays her talent to the fullest.
Taylor spent a long time being single, waiting for the right guy like him.”
Isnt she like 23?
No, she will 26 in December
Indeed. Taylor wouldn’t wait a long time for anything.
I thought it was disingenuous of Nicki to pretend that her original tweet had nothing to do with Taylor – the only women nominated in that VMA category other than Beyoncé.
How many feuds does Nicki start in an average week?
I know that everyone on this site was applauding her (and Katy Perry’s barely comprehensible tweet (“unmeasurably”??)) – but I think Minaj came across as the bigger a-hole.
Whatever. Can’t believe I wasted 5 minutes and a few brain cells commenting on these people!
I also find it ironic that Nicki positions herself as a spokeswoman for curvy girls when she bought her own Pinocchio butt.
Precisely! Minaj, like 99.99999% of what’s out there at the moment, is totally full of s**t. She is just a pointless, talentless no hoper who got very, very lucky. Just like the Kartrashians, surgical enhancements & all.
I think Nicki was talking about Miley. Most of her favorites on twitter pointed out the double standed of having Miley win Video Of The Year for Wrecking Ball, and Nicki not even to be nominated. And even if she was talking about Taylor vid or Miley’s vid; Nicki was blaming MTV and the system that picks the videos NOT the girls themselves.
She may have started with Miley but that tweet about girls with slim body was in direct relation to Taylor & Bad Blood. Taylor put on her big girl panties and apologies I think Nicki should’ve acknowledged that yeah she was talking about her.
I agree – it was totally pointing at Taylor and she was just surprised she got called out. And yes, I can’t believe I’m commenting on this when I couldn’t name a tune that either one of these ladies sings. I did watch about 60 seconds of Anaconda – enough to be horrified that this is what female singers are reduced to. I doubt we would have seen Stevie Nicks offering up a video like that. She set women back by about 50 years with that video.
THANKYOU (gag)
I’m still indifferent to Taylor but at least that seems like a real apology.
Me too. I feel nothing for either of them, although I love Nicki’s early music, before she went mainstream.
I do feel sorta bad for the people who are so invested in hating Taylor though. This apology really throws a wrench in that. Or maybe not? Probably nothing will stop that hate train.
I thought you were a Taytay fan I remember you saying you feel oddly protective of her.
Can we please stop with the ‘hate’ or ‘h8trs’ notion. People’s dislike of Taylor (or anyone else) may actually stem from legit reasoning and not an irrational anger being foisted upon an unsuspecting innocent. Of course there are people who dislike her, or maybe even hate her, and are not capable of articulating why, and some may need no reason at all, but that isn’t everyone. There are, indeed, people I have irrational dislike for, but Taylor is not one of them. Her actions, facade and overexposure have become increasingly grating.
I’m glad she apologized, as a sidenote.
KellyBee-I’m a fan of Tom Hardy, Jake Gylenhall, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale…do you want me to continue? I’m a fan of people I find talented. I don’t remember saying that about Taylor but if you actually remember what was probably an innocuous statement on my part, then I’ll take your word for it. I find Taylor childish and yes, I suppose I might feel a bit protective of her. On a purely superficial level, she has two Scottish Folds, I have two Scottish Folds, she loves her cats, I love my cats. So I relate to her in that very small, inane way.
But really, KellyBee, I’m 36 years old. I listen to Wise Blood, Borns, MadVillain, Atmosphere, Gang Starr, Naughty By Nature and a sh*t ton of 90s hip hop and 800 other artists I guarantee you’ve never heard of.
I’ve never heard a Swift song except for in a department store.
That’s my very long way of telling you that no, I am most definitely not a “fan” of Taylor Swift. I don’t follow her on social media, I don’t listen to her music. Everything I know about her is through this site.
@Kiddo-Why is saying that people “hate” her off-limits? Don’t people hate her? Judging by the majority of comments here, it seems like they do. Should I say that people “can’t stand her”? Maybe that’s better, but it seems like a semantical argument.
Anyway, I just think it’s cool if people can retain a small ounce of objectivity and give credit where credit is due. She apologized-it was good that she did. *shrugs*
There is a difference, because ‘Haters gonna hate’ is sometimes used as a deflection from any and all criticism, even valid conservation and argument, especially from staunch supporters (as in political supporters, or fans who will die for the notion of perfection in their idol). I don’t think you are one of those people,
but then it’s too easy for others, who buy into that narrative, to jump on the bandwagon. I agree that objectivity is helpful in all things. But I also REALLY REALLY can not stand the jelly h8tr argument when it pops up.
ETA: when anyone comes across hypocritically, protected by the media and even glorified, you know that in return, people will feel good for the comeuppance, when it arrives. It’s human nature. I have partaken in my share of schadenfreude, especially when it comes to people who behaved heinously, ie. Bill Cosby. Maybe it’s not something to be proud of, but it is what it is.
I completely hear you, Kiddo. I’ve been critical of Taylor, particularly with the comment she made in response to Tina Fey and Amy Polar’s joke about her. As I learn more about her, I form a clearer picture of why people dislike her and I do truly understand why.
It could also be my own weird thing where when I see an overwhelming pile-on, I tend to go in the other direction with my opinion. Even more so if it’s someone I feel relatively dispassionately about. For some dumb reason I feel badly for them, even if that person is getting their just desserts.
That doesn’t include Cosby, J. Duggar, Sheen, Gibson, or any of the celebs that I feel strongly about, obviously.
Yeah, I hear you too. I start to cringe with the pile on myself.
Let’s hold hands and carry puppies!
Kitten – some of her songs on Pinkprint are incredible. “All Things Good”, “Want Some More”, “Win Again” & even “Buy A Heart” with Meek are great tracks.
@Kitten, I’m like that also, as evidenced from my tweets many times on CB.
Well done children, now everyone get back to class, recess is over.
^This. These feuds are childish as hell. Grow the f*ck up, all of you!
I’m glad there’s peace in the land of divas. Maybe they’ll sing a duet. That would be nice.
That will reek of cloying artifice. It’s good that Taylor apologized, or her PR dept did.
Yes, no way would I listen to it..
I’m not going to watch this show, in spite of the brouhaha.
Yeah, I really think her PR people said this is what is going to happen, you are going to write these exact words in a new tweet. Those aren’t her words. She just agreed to them because her image was looking like shit.
“cloying artifice”. Love it.
I’m going to try to use that in a sentence today.
PS. Don’t most of Swift’s moves reek of cloying artifice? The “who me/shock” face she has when she wins an award, the friendships, the Ralph Lauren Polo moments, the perfectly orchestrated outfits for her “what? the paps are here?!” Pap walks…
mia girl, add utter tosspots, too, it will impress Sixer!
Yes, mia girl, I agree on your second point, UTTER TOSSPOTS!
UTTER TOSSPOTS INDEED!!!
-kiddo gets gold star from Sixer-
-mia girl gets honorable mention-
“That will reek of cloying artifice.” <= brilliant!
They can sing?
It’s all about the VIDEO. So who ever postures the best, wins.
This is it? No it just got interesting with Ed S attacking Taylor attackers.
I guess I am the only one who thought her apology reads condescending. Given her history with tone, I believe it.
The real fued is between Katy Perry & the English language. My God woman! Get thee to a university!
I’m honestly relieved you pointed that. Her tweet made me feel worried about everything I’ve learned of English in 6 years. Now I know I’m not forgetting things.
It won’t be over until Miley Cyrus inserts herself into it while hosting the show. You know some ish will go down there.
What I learned today: Swifty is better at this social media game than most celebrities. Or she has realized that PR people are still needed and social media is actually nothing more than the new tabloid magazine. Don’t go crazy on Twitter.
This whole thing was unnecessary. Nobody will focus on your message – I’m looking at you, Nicki – when you botch the delivery like that.
Save for the media’s brief attempt to make Nicki a monster I’d say Taylor ironically helped her message spread farther by being such a perfect tone-deaf example of what Nicki was commenting on.
It would be like someone commenting on bullying in politics only for Donald Trump to roar in and say how he thinks he’s the one being bullied.
I’m not sticking my neck out to defend Swifty because I don’t care about her or this “feud” enough to do that (but gun to my head, I’m Team Nicki), but really, the girl can’t win.
If she hadn’t issued a genuine apology, people would be irate. So she issues an apology that seems to show that she owns her mistake and everyone accuses her PR people of writing it. As if the apology was so articulate and thoughtful that it could have ONLY come from a savvy PR person. I mean, really, it was a pretty simple, straightforward tweet–it’s not impossible for me to believe that it actually came from her.
Anyway, Nicki forgives her and is ready to move on so that’s good.
Because if you don’t write like if you have a feud with grammar (I’m looking at you Katy), the you are not being “real”
Racial Equality is necessary.
Kitten, I’m actually pretty sure that Swifty posts a lot of the stuff on her social media accounts herself. But I won’t believe for a second that she doesn’t have people advising her and occasionally taking over, she is much too savvy to not hire the best people. There’s a reason she’s the biggest popstar right now. I was paying her a compliment, I honestly respect the girl for her business approach and strategy. In a situation like this, she most likely had someone’s input. And yeah, Nicki forgives her. What else could she possibly have done after that tweet? Doubled down? Again, not saying she wouldn’t have anyway but come on.
@ The Eternal Side-Eye: Nicki has a point, I don’t dispute that. But it was poorly made. I can’t stand people vaguely implying something just so they can throw up their hands and go “Whaaaat I didn’t mean YOU of course.” I honestly don’t think she was talking about Swifty because it makes no sense. But then either make larger point or own it. Because this way, nobody focused on her – very important – message.
A serious subject engulfed in a silly Twitter flame war. Hollywood is definitely like high school.
They kept it classy, very well. Hope they decide to start making music now.
Intersectional feminism.
Good stuff. All about how all women aren’t the same and we all face different challenges based on our culture and society’s inclination to paint us as monster or victim.
I feel like anyone who thought Nicki’s tweets were going to go far even without Taylor’s intervention hasn’t been paying attention. How far did Amandla’s comments go before it became, “Why is she picking on poor widdle Kylie?” or Zendaya’s? In general it often seems when WOC comment on an issue they’re speaking into a vacuum of space. Their words are re-arranged to make them the bad guy vs. some poor innocent they’ve unfairly targeted. It’s not a new process.
Little by little all these discussions do help however to chip away at the power structure that’s ruining so many lives. If those with money and some influence can talk about it publicly then they have some power to put a little fear in the media. I’ve noticed how the discussion, at least in the media, went from evil Nicki vs. poor sweet Taylor to, “So Nicki made a very insightful point and Taylor totally missed it.” 5 years ago that would have NEVER happened.
Yeah I’m glad the media was called out on trying to paint Nicki with the “angry black woman” trope. Seeing the discussion changed was very exciting!
Social media has been really helpful. A lot of media outlets who tried to do the whole “angry black woman” trope thing at Nicki were rightfully dragged by so many Twitter users that many of them deleted and uploaded a new tweet that was more balanced and fair in coverage. 5 years ago, we didn’t have the tools or the gall to do stuff like this. POC everywhere are taking a stand. It really is amazing.
I know! I know it’s small and petty but things like that make me get happy chills. I truly believe the only way the world changes is when people feel a pressure to change. Major structures aren’t people (one thing you got wrong Supreme Court) they favor money and what guarantees stability.
So seeing the oft repeated trope of ‘business as usual’ get demolished is so satisfying. You can’t deny the power of something if you’re carefully trying to appease it. Social media and cell phone cameras are the next step in exposing a perspective to the world a lot of people didn’t know existed or could deny it existed.
I glad this website thinks when Nicki was speaking about racial equality, it is consider petty drama and keep thinking she was talking about Taylor when its clear that she was speaking about Miley. Maybe this site needs a black translator. So easy for people to dismiss what she was original saying until Taylor the victim made it about her.
More importantly, have Bruno and Ed kissed and made up?
I’d like to kiss and make up with some Bruno Mars. Bring on The Bruno! He’s SO fiiiine!
It’s a good apology. I bet it hurts her that she couldn’t once again be the victim.
It seems like she only ended up apologizing after the other stories her PR leaked didn’t stick and the Twitter story wouldn’t go away.
I LOVE your username btw!
And yeah that’s totally what happened, but at least now her fans and anyone who thought she wasn’t being tone deaf have to reevaluate and see that maybe she was totally wrong.
In true Taylor style I’m sure she’ll find away to make herself the victim.
I’m sure there’s a VMA producer crying that this is over.
Also I know they schedule performances, etc for the event but can they force or incentivize someone to do a mashup performance with another artist even if they don’t want to?
I don’t think Taylor will have anymore backlash (unless she makes another misstep), but I think she has lost a vital part of her good girl victim image. Factor that in with the media no longer thinking she’s too big to critique, I would dial it down Swifty.
“I’m sure there’s a VMA producer crying that this is over”
LOL. Huge, meaningless award tears, man.
All we need now is some Leann Rimes craziness to complete the trifecta.
I’m beginning to wonder how did the stars from yesterday start to argue before twitter came along…
So it settled down? Meh. I wanted this to go on until the ceremony. The VMAs are in desperate need of a Kanyegate-level scandal. They have been so boring these past years.
Frankly, Anaconda was not her best song or video, but I get her point. That if she were Swift or Miley, it would have gotten nominated for the top prize and I agree with that. I love how she called out news outlets for using the angriest picture of Nicki they could find, and using a normal or “pretty” one of Taylor next to it. Women, black women in particular, are not portrayed very well. Good for her for speaking up and I will even give Taylor a bit of credit for admitting she was wrong. I can’t stand Katy, but I will also give her credit for calling out Taylor on her B.S. about girls sticking together.
Now if only Nicki would dump that idiot Meek and stick up for her pal Drake… LOL