Taylor Lautner Tells His Side of 2009 MTV VMAs Scandal With Ex Taylor Swift and Kanye West
Taylor Swift wasn’t the sole Taylor who was caught off guard at the famous 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Her then boyfriend, Taylor Lautner, was on the stage as well. Kanye West famously disrupted Swift’s speech in order to proclaim the fact that Beyonce had, in reality was the greatest artist of all time.
Lautner presented this award to an girlfriend at the time and was present on stage when the viral moment occurred.
He shared his thoughts on the situation during an episode of his his new wife’s also is known by the name of Tay Lautner. His podcast is the Squeeze.
In the moment that Tay asks Taylor which moment that he could return to, he says, “Probably the 2009 VMAs where I handed this award Taylor Swift, and I was not aware that the Kanye thing wasn’t an act.”
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Tay is overjoyed by the answer, and she slouches on her couch and proclaiming, “I’m deceased.”
Taylor mentions that, after awarding his ex-girlfriend his award to him, Taylor took a few step backs before Kanye took off on stage.
“I cannot hear it. I don’t even be able to see the performers,” Taylor explains. “I’m going to assume that this whole scene was a practiced and rehearsed skit , because how otherwise do you think Kanye West be jumping up on stage and disrupting Taylor Swift?”
He also says that you can witness him “laughing and laughing” at the time of the stage.
“I’m thinking, ‘I don’t hear them, but this could be hilarious in the moment”” Taylor recalls.