# Why does Kanye West continue to try and test the boundaries of assholish behavior? \[VMA Spoiler\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 14, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991 "2009-09-14T01:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/1 "2009-09-14T01:55:14Z")
So in case anybody hasn’t heard, Kanye West made a douche of himself, again, this time at the 2009 VMA Ceremony. Long story short, (spoiler) Taylor Swift wins Best Female Artist Video or whatever, she’s standing on the stage to give her acceptance speech. She’s all happy, “I couldn’t believe this could happen to me” blah blah…then Kanye West hops on stage, steals the mic, and proceeds to tell her “I’m happy for you and all, I’m gonna let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! Of all time!” and hands her the mic back. She looks shaken and like she’s about to cry, doesn’t know what to say, just waves goodbye to the crowd. THEN SHE HAS TO TURN AROUND AND PERFORM. You can see it here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW5ok-t6iEo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW5ok-t6iEo) Skip to about 2:20 to see the actual event. God, he’s such a fucking ass. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/2 "2009-09-14T02:02:46Z")
Racist! ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/3 "2009-09-14T02:03:31Z")
Listen, Kanye makes the president hate black people. And you can imagine how uncomfortable that is for him. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/4 "2009-09-14T02:25:16Z")
My link is down now, but you can see it here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAfITLK\_uLE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAfITLK_uLE) Or search Youtube for “Kanye West Taylor Swift” ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/5 "2009-09-14T02:30:45Z")
Beyonce is like WTF 😕. She doesn’t seem too pleased that Kanye did that. What is wrong with him? I like his music, but that was a pretty fucked up thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/6 "2009-09-14T02:32:06Z")
My caring meter seems to be busted when it comes to what Kanye West does. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/7 "2009-09-14T02:35:57Z")
Kayne West doesn’t seem to understand that, unless you’re 14, anything MTV does is meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/8 "2009-09-14T02:38:25Z")
Even though Kanye was right, that behavior was totally inexcusable and an obvious publicity grab on his part. I felt just terrible for the poor girl, as much as I dislike that song. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/9 "2009-09-14T02:39:42Z")
I guess an even better link has just cropped up… [http://kanyewestdouchebag.com/](http://kanyewestdouchebag.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/10 "2009-09-14T02:40:24Z")
Actually, this was probably some pre-arranged drama bomb from Viacom. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/11 "2009-09-14T02:46:14Z")
I don’t know who Taylor Swift is but when Kanye handed her the mic back she should have asked him if he liked fish sticks. ---
**Author:** ![ManiacMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@ManiacMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ManiacMan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/12 "2009-09-14T03:02:54Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > I don’t know who Taylor Swift is but when Kanye handed her the mic back she should have asked him if he liked fish sticks. What does the fish comment mean? That guy needs to be on the next Tool Academy. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/13 "2009-09-14T03:11:10Z")
The fish sticks thing comes from a South Park episode. > **[Fishsticks (South Park)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishsticks_(South_Park))** > > "Fishsticks" is the fifth episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series South Park. The 186th overall episode of the series, it was originally broadcast on Comedy Central in the United States on April 8, 2009. In the episode, Jimmy writes a joke that becomes a national sensation, and Cartman tries to steal the credit while rapper Kanye West, believing himself to be a "genius", becomes frustrated due to his failure to understand the joke. > The episode was written and ... ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/14 "2009-09-14T03:43:38Z")
> [@torie](#): > > Even though Kanye was right, that behavior was totally inexcusable and an obvious publicity grab on his part. I felt just terrible for the poor girl, as much as I dislike that song. Well, Serena was also right about that foot fault call Saturday night, but her behavior, too, was was totally inexcusable. Perhaps Kanye and Serena should team up for some mixed doubles…? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/15 "2009-09-14T03:45:55Z")
Too bad there isn’t any good music on the VMAs. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/16 "2009-09-14T03:47:29Z")
> [@torie](#): > > Even though Kanye was right, that behavior was totally inexcusable and an obvious publicity grab on his part. I felt just terrible for the poor girl, as much as I dislike that song. Single Ladies is one of the best videos of all time? From what I’ve seen, vying for the best out of all these videos is like a bunch of body builders hopped up on steroids having a dick measuring contest. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/17 "2009-09-14T03:59:17Z")
Somebody, how do the young people say it, needs to pop a cap in his ass. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/18 "2009-09-14T04:01:03Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > Somebody, how do the young people say it, needs to pop a cap in his ass. How about an entire clip? ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/19 "2009-09-14T04:01:23Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Single Ladies is one of the best videos of all time? From what I’ve seen, vying for the best out of all these videos is like a bunch of body builders hopped up on steroids having a dick measuring contest. He was right so far as he was implying that Taylor Swift shouldn’t have won over that video (song). I don’t know that I would go so far as too call it the best or one of the best. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991/20 "2009-09-14T04:09:57Z")
> [@torie](#): > > He was right so far as he was implying that Taylor Swift shouldn’t have won over that video (song). I don’t know that I would go so far as too call it the best or one of the best. I wouldn’t even call it one of the listenable. I find it unpleasant to listen to and it’s really repetative. The video itself is nothing but three girls dancing (to steal a line from seinfeld) like a full body dry heave set to music. Genius it isn’t. I hate Kanye West and I think MTV is a joke thereby making their awards a joke, but it’s still a shitty thing to do to a perfectly nice 19 year old. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-kanye-west-continue-to-try-and-test-the-boundaries-of-assholish-behavior-vma-spoiler/509991.md?page=2)