“It just didn’t make sense”: Taylor Lautner Not Happy With Kanye West Humiliating Ex Taylor Swift on Stage at the 2009 VMAs
Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift dated for a brief period in 2009. They felt the spark after meeting on the set of the 2010 romantic comedy Valentine’s Day. Although their relationship did not last long, Lautner did become the subject of the Grammy-winning singer’s song. The Twilight star confirmed during a Q&A that Swift’s 2010 song, Back to December is actually about him.
They parted ways months after starting their relationship. However, there are some moments from their relationship that Taylor Lautner still wishes to revisit, one of them being the 2009 VMAs when he presented the Best Female Music Video of the Year to his ex-girlfriend.
Taylor Lautner Recalled Taylor Swift’s Reaction At the 2009 VMAs
Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift’s speech at the VMAs took over the headlines at the time. Swift, who won the Best Female Music Video of the Year for You Belong With Me, was interrupted by the rapper, Kanye West claiming that Beyonce had a better music video than her.
Taylor Lautner recalled the incident during the recent episode of The Squeeze. His wife, Taylor Dome asked him about the moment he would like to go back if he could. “Probably the 2009 VMAs,” Taylor Lautner said. He shared that he presented the award to his ex-girlfriend for the Best Female Music Video.
However, as the All Too Well singer started her acceptance speech, Kanye West jumped on the stage taking a stand for Beyonce’s Single Ladies. The Abduction star shared that at first, he thought that all of it was planned. He said, “When I presented the award to Taylor and was unaware that the Kanye [West] thing was not a skit.”
But after West finished up and Taylor Swift turned back, he realized none of it was planned. “She turned back around and I saw her face for the first time, I was like, ‘Oh. No, that wasn’t good,'” Lautner said. This was not the first time the Home Team star shared his regret over not doing anything at the time.
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Taylor Lautner Regrets Not Standing Up For Taylor Swift
Taylor Lautner seems to regret not standing up for his girlfriend during the 2009 VMAs. Soon after the VMAs, the Tracers star got the opportunity to host Saturday Night Live. And he finally took the stage to stand up for Taylor Swift. During his opening monologue, he put on a martial arts and karate chop skit in front of a Kanye West and Taylor Swift mannequin.
Lautner put on a martial arts show before asking the American rapper to apologize to Swift. The Kanye West mannequin does as told. However, Lautner’s effort did not seem to work, as the couple called it quits months after dating and decided that they were better off as friends.
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Source: The Squeeze
