If you are watching the MTV VMA’s going down live right now then you just saw the incredibly awkward moment between Nicki Minaj and the show’s host Miley Cyrus.
In case you were confused as to what was going on, earlier this week Miley Cyrus was asked during an interview her thoughts about Nicki and her Twitter rant a few weeks ago re: the lack of recognition that black artists are given at the VMA’s and other award shows.
Get into what Miley said in her interview with The New York Times from last week below.
What did you make of the Nicki Minaj controversy around the V.M.A.s — that she was upset “Anaconda” wasn’t nominated for Video of the Year?
I saw that. I didn’t really get into it. I know there was some beef. I don’t really know. There’s a way to talk to people …
Do you know what she said?
She was saying that everyone was white and blonde that got nominated, I heard? And then Taylor Swift butted in.
She may have alluded to “Wrecking Ball” also, saying that when a naked white girl breaks a Vevo record she gets nominated.
I didn’t follow it. You know what I always say? Not that this is jealousy, but jealousy does the opposite of what you want it to — that’s a yoga mantra. People forget that the choices that they make and how they treat people in life affect you in a really big way. If you do things with an open heart and you come at things with love, you would be heard and I would respect your statement. But I don’t respect your statement because of the anger that came with it.
And it’s not anger like, “Guys, I’m frustrated about some things that are a bigger issue.”
You made it about you. Not to sound like a bitch, but that’s like, “Eh, I didn’t get my V.M.A.”
But she was ——
If you want to make it about race, there’s a way you could do that. But don’t make it just about yourself. Say: “This is the reason why I think it’s important to be nominated. There’s girls everywhere with this body type.”
I think she did say that ——
I know you can make it seem like, Oh I just don’t understand because I’m a white pop star. I know the statistics. I know what’s going on in the world. But to be honest, I don’t think MTV did that on purpose.
Nicki had yet to respond to Miley, that was until tonight when she went on stage to accept her award for “Best Hip Hop Video”, Watch the extremely awkward moment below.
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Miley’s face when Nicki called her out tho ? pic.twitter.com/w7P6iVA5RJ
— jasmine♔ (@SlayrusCantStop) August 31, 2015