The moment wasn’t staged, that much is certain

Aug 31, 2015 12:49 GMT  ·  By
Miley Cyrus hosted the VMAs 2015, obviously had no idea Nicki Minaj would be calling her out on stage
   Miley Cyrus hosted the VMAs 2015, obviously had no idea Nicki Minaj would be calling her out on stage

One of the most talked about moments from last night’s MTV Video Music Awards 2015 came when Nicki Minaj won Best Hip Hop for “Anaconda” and used her acceptance speech to call out Miley Cyrus for making out-of-place comments about her in the press.

Trouble started last month, when Nicki took issue with not being nominated for Video of the Year, saying that only white and skinny girls got the attention of MTV producers. Taylor Swift thought she was being attacked and went off on Nicki on Twitter.

The two apologized to each other a while back and all misunderstandings were cleared. However, last week, Miley chimed in on the dispute, saying that Nicki wasn’t bringing to attention a racial issue within the music industry: she was just being angry and rude, and lashing out because she was a sore loser.

So when Nicki won, she called Miley out, as you can see in the first video below. Word on social media has it that the entire exchange was staged for publicity, since it would have been impossible for it to happen without the knowledge of the host (that would be Miley).

However, the second video below proves that Miley had no idea that this would happen. It shows her reaction to hearing her name, and you can tell she’s surprised - and not in a nice way. That would also explain why she claimed her words had been taken out of context.