NEW YORK — Rapper Kanye West displayed a complete absence of class by interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for her award for best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. West took the the mic from Swift’s hand in order to point out that Beyonce had one of the best videos “of all time.”

The Associated Press quoted Swift’s reaction after the show: “I was standing on the stage and I was really excited because I had just won the award. And then I was really excited because Kanye West was on the stage. And then I wasn’t so excited anymore after that.”

Swift looked visibly hurt and confused at the interruption:

The incident did have a silver lining, thanks to Beyonce who showed some true class. The AP reports: “Toward the end of the evening, when Beyonce won video of the year for ‘Single Ladies,’ the pop star promptly invited Swift out on stage to properly ‘have her moment.’”

The AP reports that West was asked to leave the show after the outburst, which he did. He has reportedly apologized on his blog, which is how you apologize when you’re a douchebag.

All of this makes us wonder, is there any real reason to actually hold VMAs, other than to promote the next installment of the cinematic shitheap Twilight franchise? Considering the “M” in MTV went the way of the dodo years ago, shouldn’t the network just concentrate on other crap like “My Super Sweet Sixteen,” “16 and Pregnant” and “16 and Fucking Annoyed by Ashton Kutcher”?