Kanye West Claims That ‘God’ Inspired Him To Interrupt Taylor Swift’s Acceptance Speech During 2009 VMAs
In a new interview with Nick Cannon, rapper Kanye West addresses a few things including his 2020 presidential run, being called a “paid slave,” his life with reality star Kim Kardashian and more.
While speaking with the actor and radio host, Kanye also talked about his spiritual journey, revealing that he connected with God the night he made the bold move to get on stage and interrupt Taylor Swift as she accepted her moon man at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. As you may recall, the rapper infamously ran on stage at the ceremony and said “Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’ma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!”
He claimed his actions were the result of a higher power “giving [him] the information.” Kanye explained:
“Right now, God is giving me the information … If God ain’t want me to run on stage and say Beyoncé had the best video, he wouldn’t have sat me in the front row. I would’ve been sitting in the back. It wouldn’t have made it so ridiculous of an idea because I had never heard of this person before, and Single Ladies is, like, one of the greatest videos of all time. And I was only drinking Hennessy because I didn’t want to go to the awards show because it was a set-up.”
He went on to talk about Christianity:
“God brought me to my knees multiple times. The first time that I was put into hospital in 2016, I actually started reading the Bible. That was part of what God hit me with. You know, God has a calling on all of us and he uses us in different ways.”
His move sparked a big feud between him and Taylor Swift that has gone on for years. Fans believe that their beef is still not over as Swift appeared to take a jab at Ye in her new song “Peace” where she sings: “But there’s robbers to the east/Clowns to the West.”
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