Kanye West Blames Taylor Swift For Super Bowl Snub

Kanye West has once again revived his long-running feud with Taylor Swift, this time suggesting she contributed to his absence from the Super Bowl stage.
In a now-deleted post on X, West claimed three moments from his career have kept him from headlining the coveted halftime show. Among them: his infamous “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people” comment during a Hurricane Katrina telethon, his public support of Donald Trump by wearing a MAGA hat, and what he labeled the “Taylor Swift moment.”
That moment, of course, refers to the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when West stormed the stage during Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video. Interrupting her win, he insisted Beyoncé deserved the award instead.
The moment became one of pop culture’s most dissected confrontations. Their feud reignited in 2016, when West referenced Swift in his track “Famous,” calling her a “bitch” and claiming he made her famous. Swift’s camp later clarified that West never asked permission to use the misogynistic line. Instead, he allegedly sought her support for releasing the track, which she refused.