{"id":1077,"date":"2026-05-06T19:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kanye-wests-ex-admits-to-fueling-rappers-infamous-tirade-against-taylor-swift-at-vmas-2009\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T19:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:34:17","slug":"kanye-wests-ex-admits-to-fueling-rappers-infamous-tirade-against-taylor-swift-at-vmas-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kanye-wests-ex-admits-to-fueling-rappers-infamous-tirade-against-taylor-swift-at-vmas-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West&#8217;s ex admits to fueling rapper&#8217;s infamous tirade against Taylor Swift at VMAs 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127133485.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Amber Rose is taking part of the blame for Kanye West\u2019s infamous outburst <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/08\/22\/a-look-at-taylor-swift-and-kanye-wests-vmas-feud-10-years-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at the 2009 VMAs.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Rose, 42, admitted to fueling West\u2019s shocking stunt \u2014 in which he interrupted a 19-year-old Taylor Swift as she accepted the award for Best Female Video \u2014 by hyping him up and encouraging him to drink prior to the awards show. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I\u2019m] like, \u2018you\u2019re a f\u2014king superstar. We need to get that [Hennessy]. We need to be on the carpet just taking shots of Henny on the carpet,\u2019\u201d Rose recalled telling Ye before the show on Tuesday\u2019s episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L6xBuq1NzLs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBall in the Family\u201d podcast<\/a> with Lonzo and LiAngelo Ball. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kanye West\u2019s ex Amber Rose admitted to fueling the rapper\u2019s infamous 2009 VMAs stunt during her Tuesday appearance on the \u201cBall in the Family\u201d podcast, as seen here.  <span class=\"credit\">Ball in the Family Podcast with Lonzo &amp; Gelo Ball\/ Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rose (pictured above in the Tuesday episode) confessed to \u201chyping him up\u201d with alcohol before the awards show, adding that it later \u201cbackfired.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Ball in the Family Podcast with Lonzo &amp; Gelo Ball\/ Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cYou the biggest thing in the whole world. I\u2019m hyping him up,\u201d she said. At which point, she says, the rapper quickly agreed and proceeded to grab the bottle. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt kind of backfired because all of a sudden I\u2019m just sitting there and then he\u2019s on stage. I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh s\u2013t. I was not expecting that.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s naturally Kanye\u2019s personality. Do I agree with how he did it? No,\u201d she said. \u201cBut was he right? Yes. That\u2019s how I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Rose said she has spoken with Swift since the incident and that there\u2019s no bad blood between the celebs. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cAll of a sudden I\u2019m just sitting there and then he\u2019s on stage. I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh s\u2013t. I was not expecting that,&#8217;\u201d Rose (seen above on Tuesday\u2019s \u201cBall in the Family\u201d episode) recalled.  <span class=\"credit\">Ball in the Family Podcast with Lonzo &amp; Gelo Ball\/ Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The model (seen here in Tuesday\u2019s \u201cBall in the Family\u201d episode) noted that while she didn\u2019t agree with how he handled the moment, she doesn\u2019t feel he was wrong in his message.  <span class=\"credit\">Ball in the Family Podcast with Lonzo &amp; Gelo Ball\/ Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The awards show moment went down in history and started a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/08\/28\/taylor-swift-shades-kanye-wests-2009-vmas-interruption-on-eras-tour\/\">years-long feud<\/a> between West and Swift. The pop star, 36, even took a swipe at him in 2023 while performing onstage during her Eras Tour. <\/p>\n<p>West, 48, dated the Philadelphia-born stripper-turned-model from 2008-2010. The couple allegedly broke up due to the rapper\u2019s interest in Kim Kardashian \u2014 who would later go on to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-wests-marriage-a-full-relationship-timeline\/\">become his wife<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Rose called out the \u201cKardashians\u201d star as a \u201chomewrecker.\u201d West and Kardashian later <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/kim-kardashian-dating-history-ex-husbands-boyfriends-flings\/\">ended things in early 2021<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>He moved on from the relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/01\/13\/kanye-west-marries-longtime-yeezy-designer-in-private-ceremony-report\/\">his current wife,<\/a> Yeezy architect Bianca Censori. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>West famously made headlines in 2009 when he jumped on stage and interrupted Swift while she accepted the award for Best Female Video, pictured above.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cYo, Taylor, I\u2019m really happy for you, I\u2019ma let you finish, but Beyonc\u00e9 had one of the best videos of all time!\u201d  he said at the time, sparking a years-long feud between the two artists (both pictured above at the 2009 VMAs). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After ending things with West, Rose began dating rapper Wiz Khalifa whom she married in 2013. The couple eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2014\/09\/24\/amber-rose-files-for-divorce-from-wiz-khalifa\/\">called it quits after one year of marriage<\/a> in 2014. They share 13-year-old son Sebastian Taylor Thomaz. <\/p>\n<p>She eventually moved on with Alexander \u201cAE\u201d Edwards, with whom she shares 6-year-old son Slash Electric Alexander Edwards. <\/p>\n<p>Rose has also been previously romantically linked to rapper 21 Savage and MGK. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/06\/entertainment\/kanye-wests-ex-admits-to-fueling-rappers-infamous-tirade-against-taylor-swift-at-vmas-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amber Rose is taking part of the blame for Kanye West\u2019s infamous outburst at the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127133485.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}