Nicki Minaj calls out host Miley Cyrus for being a 'b****' during acceptance speech... while Taylor Swift dominates the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles
- Britney Spears presented the first award of the night for Best Male Video to Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars for their hit Uptown Funk
- Nicki Minaj took home the Best Hip-Hop Video award for Anaconda and proceeded to call out host Miley Cyrus for what she had said in the press leading up to the event during her speech
- The 22-year-old host commented on the rapper's recent 'Twitter beef' by saying earlier this week: 'Nicki Minaj is not too kind. It's not very polite.'
- Taylor Swift took home her first award of the night during the televised portion as she came home with the Best Female Video prize for her Blank Space video
- Big Sean took home his first MTV Award in the Video With A Social Message category for his track One Man Can Change The World featuring John Legend and Kanye West
- Kanye West was presented with the coveted Video Vanguard Award from Taylor and talked for a very long time which culminated with the announcement that he is running for president in 2020
- The 25-year-old blonde beauty went on to take home the biggest award of the night, Video Of The Year, for her star-studded Bad Blood clip
Nicki Minaj called out Miley Cyrus a 'b****' during her acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The 32-year-old rapper made it a point to call out the 22-year-old singer, who was serving as host for the evening, shortly after receiving the award for Best Hip-Hop video at the gala held in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Toward the end of her speech the Starships rapper said: 'And now back to this b**** that had a lot to say to me in the press. What's good?'
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Hitting back: Nicki Minaj called out host Miley Cyrus while accepting the award for Best Hip Hop Video Award for Anaconda at the MTV Video Music Awards
The 22-year-old Party In The USA hitmaker, who was standing on a different platform on-stage replied by saying: 'We are all in this industry, we all do interviews and we all know how they manipulate s***. Nicki congratulations.'
Several viewers believed that the confrontation may have actually been staged as Nicki flashed a smile before the camera turned to Miley.
But a show insider told Us Weekly that Nicki's anger was 'very real and not a pre-planned bit at all.'
'Nicki was livid with Miley and decided to air her feelings onstage,' the insider told the publication, adding that MTV staffers 'had to be sure Nicki and Miley didn't cross paths for the rest of the evening because they were legitimately worried about a confrontation happening.'
Ouch: At one point the 32-year-old rapper pointed in Miley's direction as she said: 'And back to this b*** that had a lot to say to me in the press. What's good?'
Making things clear: The 22-year-old singer replied: 'We are all in this industry, we all do interviews and we all know how to manipulate. Nicki congratulations'
Not pleased: The Starships hitmaker glared at the emcee of the night after calling her out
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A fan recorded video from the MTV live stream showed Miley's reaction to what the Truffle Butter hitmaker had to say as her relaxed demeanor quickly changed when Nicki began talking about her.
Miley had a confused look on her face from underneath a see-through orange visor as she could be seen doing a double-take before saying: 'what?'
Nicki was referring to Miley's recent interview with the New York Times newspaper where the host commented on Nicki's recent social media beef as she said: 'What I read sounded very Nicki Minaj, which, if you know Nicki Minaj is not too kind. It's not very polite.
'I think there's a way you speak to people with openness and love,' she said.
'You don't have to start this pop star against pop star war. It became Nicki Minaj and Taylor in a fight, so now the story isn't even on what you wanted it to be about.'
Beef: Nicki looked very upset on the telecast as she called out the emcee of the evening
Not afraid: She called Miley out and pointed right at her as the blonde stood on a different platform
Caught off guard: While several fans speculated that the moment may have been staged, the live stream showed Miley with a confused look on her face as she mouthed: 'what?'
Relaxed: Miley looked happy as Nicki got on stage to accept the prize
Happier times: Nicki looked in good spirits earlier on in the speech as she thanked her fans
Another person Nicki had a 'feud' with coming into the event was Taylor Swift as the two put a united front with a performance at the beginning of the show before the 25-year-old pop-singer took home the biggest award of the night.
At the end of the night it was the blonde beauty walking away with the coveted prize for her Bad Blood clip released earlier this year.
It was stiff competition as she was up against Beyonce's 7/11, Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud, Ronson's Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars, and Kendrick Lamar's Alright.
While accepting the 'Moonman', the talented artist was joined by a fraction of the stars from the clip including model Martha Hunt, actress Hailee Steinfeld, model Gigi Hadid, actress Serayah, model Lily Aldridge, actress Mariska Hargitay and model Karlie Kloss
Coming into the event, Taylor had the most to win (and lose) as she received nine nominations for two music videos in consideration.
Big win: Taylor Swift ultimately took home the biggest prize of the night: Video Of The Year
Eyes on the prize: The pretty blonde had nine nominations throughout the night for the clip
Star-studded: Model Martha Hunt, actress Hailee Steinfeld, model Gigi Hadid, actress Serayah, Taylor, director Joseph Kahn, model Lily Aldridge, actress Mariska Hargitay and model Karlie Kloss - pictured from left to right - were all on hand for the joyous moment
Victory party: Taylor celebrated as gal pal Gigi squeezed director Joseph's face
Like father, like son: Actor O'Shea Jackson Jr and his father, known to the world as rapper Ice Cube, were the ones to present the final award of the evening
Seven nods were for Bad Blood while two - Best Female Video and Best Pop Video - were for Blank Space.
The 25-year-old singer took home her first award of the night during the televised portion as she came home with the Best Female Video prize for her Blank Space video.
The songstress will competed with Beyonce, Sia, Nicki Minaj and Ellie Goulding in the category. Before the live telecast, she accepted the award for Best Pop Video for the same clip.
Nicki had the privilege of opening up the show in with Trini Dem Girls before going into her hit The Night Is Still Young and being joined by Taylor whom she had a prior 'Twitter beef' with.
Surprise: Nicki opened up the night with a performance, but Taylor stole the show as she popped up in the middle of the opening number
Patching things up: The two singers performed Nicki's hit The Night Is Still Young
Working it out: The two then began circling each other as Taylor sung the chorus for her song Bad Blood
Sizing each other up: The two even played off their social media 'beef' as they stared at each other with disgust in their faces
Hugging it out: The two talented stars embraced at the end of the performance after having engaged in a 'Twitter beef' just weeks earlier
Taylor then went into singing the hook of Bad Blood as the girls circled each other before they shared a friendly hug and Nicki introduced Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
It was quite a busy night for Taylor as she presented Kanye West with the one of the biggest awards of the night, the Video Vanguard Award, as she reminisced about the first time that they met when the rapper infamously rushed the stage at the 2009 MTV VMAs.
After graciously accepting the prize from the blonde stunner, he went on a very long and bizarre rant while accepting the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award that ended with an announcement that he is running for president in 2020.
Exstatic: Taylor hugged her famous friends before getting up to accept her first 'Moonman' of the night
Eyes on the prize: The blonde beauty came home with the Best Female Video prize for her Blank Space video
Man with the plan: Joseph got to address the audience as he directed both Taylor's nominated videos
Having a blast: For most of the night Taylor was seated next to her best friend Selena Gomez
Moving and grooving: Taylor and the 23-year-old brunette showed off their best dance moves during a performance
No Bad Blood here: Gigi, Lily , Martha, Selena , Karlie and Mariska - pictured from left to right - looked happy to pose together as they gave their support to their friend Taylor during her big night
Earlier in the evening Miley celebrated her triumphant return to the awards ceremony - after her twerking escapade with Robin Thicke two years ago - this time as the emcee, at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles.
She began the event wearing plenty of colour and even taking a crack at her famous country singer father in the process before taking a weird selfie with Rita Ora and several costumed extras.
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran earned six nominations for Thinking Out Loud and Don't. Beyonce and DJ-producer Mark Ronson each scored five nominations.
Patched up: Taylor was busy throughout the night as she presented Kanye West with the coveted Video Vanguard Award and even made reverence to the way he interrupted her speech six years ago
Support system: Kanye gave his wife Kim Kardashian a big kiss before hitting the stage
Touching moment: The blonde beauty and the All Of The Lights rapper embraced when he hit the stage to accept the statue
Love and admiration: Taylor walked off stage after presenting the rapper with the award as she stood next to his 34-year-old reality star wife and put her arm around the pregnant reality star as they watched his speech together
Overwhelmed: The 38-year-old rapper accepted the prize equivalent of a lifetime achievement award as he went on for a very long time and ended the speech with the announcement that he is running for president in 2020
The 39-year-old British musician took home the very first award of the night for his collaboration with Bruno Mars titled Uptown Funk as the two men were presented the prize by Britney Spears.
He competed against Sheeran, Lamar, Ronson, the Weeknd and Nick Jonas in the coveted category.
One of MTV's new categories was for Video With A Social Message in which Big Sean took home his first MTV award ever for his track One Man Can Change The World featuring John Legend and Kanye West.
Colourful character: Miley Cyrus kicked off her hosting duties at the gala event
Trying to outdo Ellen?: As the former Hannah Montana star is quite active on social media she decided to take a selfie during her monologue featuring Rita Ora and a motley crew of characters
Quite a character: She wore several odd multi-coloured outfits during the hosting gig
Not shy: Even when Miley didn't wear vibrant colours she made sure to grab plenty of attention in very revealing outfits
The 27-year-old rapper was joined by his two collaborators as he credited the father to North West for giving him an opportunity.
Other nominees included Diplo, FKA twigs, Skrillex and Minaj with three nominations apiece and the Weeknd, Ariana Grande and Fetty Wap with two nods each.
Another memorable performance came from Justin Bieber who has not performed at the event for five years.
Shimmering: Britney Spears presented the first award of the night
Funk you up: Mark Ronson took home the very first award of the night for his collaboration with Bruno Mars titled Uptown Funk as they accepted the prize together
He's back: Justin Bieber hit the stage at the gala as he performed single Where Are U Now and new song What Do You Mean?
Putting it all out there: Sfter performing his new song, Justin was obviously emotional
Inspired: The Baby hitmaker performed for the first time in years as he shed a few tears on stage
Feeling sorry: The 21-year-old singer covered his face as he had an emotional moment on stage after his performance
Big win: Big Sean took home his first MTV Award in the Video With A Social Message category for his track One Man Can Change The World featuring Kanye and John Legend
Showing respect: The 27-year-old rapper singled out the father to North West as he credits him for his success
Still Happy: Pharrell Williams was one of the featured performances of the night as he sung new song Freedom
Big night: Pharrell performed outside the venue on a stage situated in Downtown Los Angeles
Unlikely team: Rapper ASAP Rocky collaborated with Josh Dun and Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots (pictured from left to right)
He's back: Macklemore made a return to the award show as he performed a new track at the outdoor stage
Soulful sounds: The Weeknd was one of the earlier performers in the night
He began the set with hit with Skrillex and Diplo titled Where Are U Now before playing a few new tunes and finishing the inspired performance with a few tears.
Meanwhile, host Miley has made headlines two years in a row at the VMAs, the most famous being her 2013 performance alongside Robin Thicke - and a foam finger.
The following year in 2014 she invited homeless youth Jesse Helt - who was also her date for the evening - onto the stage to accept her Video of the Year award for Wrecking Ball on her behalf.
Scintillating: Demi Lovato came out to perform her hit Cool For Summer
Wow factor: The 23-year-old singer wore a strappy bodysuit featuring pink and black sequins along with matching black knee-high boots
Sultry: Demi brought out Iggy Azalea as a surprise guest
Who knew they were friends? The two singers seemingly had a blast as they sung in front of the iconic Orpheum theatre
Miley also made her return to the VMA stage as she performed her new hit song Doo It! to close out the show.
She was clad in an odd multi-colour outfit and showed off her best dance moves while joined by her similarly-clad dancers.
At the end of the wacky show, Miley made the surprise announcement that her new album was available for free download on her website.
Attention grabbing: Kylie Jenner was joined by singer Ne-Yo as they introduced the performance of Tori Kelly
Up And Comer: The 22-year-old singer performed her hit Should've Been Us
Keeping up: Kim, Kourtney Kardashian and Kris Jenner seemed to enjoy the festivities together
Not joking around: Jared Leto was one of the presenters as he showed off new slicked back pink hair
Lovely ladies: Rita Ora (left) and Emily Ratajkowski (right) presented the Artist To Watch award but recipient Fetty Wap was not in attendance
Closing it out: It wouldn't be an MTV VMA show without Miley performing a rather raunchy number as she performed new song Doo It! for the finale
Promotion: After the raucous performance she made the surprise announcement that her new album would be on her website for free
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