Taylor Swift and Kanye West reunion steals the show at MTV awards
West ended his speech by declaring: "I have decided in 2020 to run for president".
Taylor Swift may have won the most "Moonman" awards on Sunday but it was her reunion with rapper Kanye West on the MTV Video Music Awards stage that stole the show, as West declared he will run for the US presidency in 2020.
West, who infamously stormed the stage and snatched the microphone from Swift in 2009 during her acceptance speech, was given the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award on Sunday by Swift, in a VMA moment that came full circle.
"Everyone in the world knew about our infamous encounter at the VMAs, but something you may not know is Kanye West's album College Dropout is the very first album I bought on iTunes," Swift said.
She added, in a parody of West's 2009 speech when he hijacked her award, "to all the other winners tonight, I'm really happy for you and Imma let you finish, but Kanye West has one of the greatest careers of all time".
After a standing ovation, West rehashed the 2009 incident along with many other musings on the authenticity of artistry, at one point criticising awards shows and MTV for replaying the Swift incident over and over for "more ratings".
He ended his speech by declaring, "I have decided in 2020 to run for president," quickly riling up social media.