Considering the source, it’s probably not too much of a shocker that Kanye West was caught behaving badly again. In a move that had people in the mezzanine shouting things like ‘this will be the end of his career’, he basically dissed an award winner in order to turn the spotlight to his own opinion of who should’ve won.
I’ve heard of poor losers before, but when did it become o.k. for people to leverage their popularity to spout their opinions as more valuable than those of the public (besides election time). There’s a sense of entitlement that comes with popularity, even at much lower levels. You’ve probably seen it in musicians you know or know of. So this incident is a great reminder of what it looks like up close. We all have opinions, whether based in truth or pure conviction, but no matter how great you believe you are, it’s never o.k. to treat another person without grace.
In a prime example of what that looks like, Beyonce, upon winning the biggest award of the night for her video, welcomed Taylor Swift back up to the stage to finish her acceptance speech. That’s a gracious person. And we can all learn a lot about how to, and not to handle ourselves in public by these two examples.
Evidently, Swifts mom had a few ‘motherly’ words for West backstage. Go mom. And he did apologize on his website while still spouting his opinion as the ultimate headline. But the real story is that who you are as a person will always come across on stage. It’s a good reminder for us all to check our character at the stage door.
Do you think Kanye’s career will suffer from this? Or will his bad boy loving audience just be emboldened? Why do some artists act like such jerks? Click ‘leave a comment’ and give your input.
Very unprofessional! Not a good way to build an audience if you ask me.
Alcohol or not, scripted or not, it says a lot about a person…. something even four apologies can’t erase.