Taylor Swift reacts to Kanye stage rant

Taylor Swift has spoken out about Kanye West interrupting her acceptance speech during last night's MTV Video Music Awards.

The singer had just been handed the award for best female video when West stormed the stage and took the microphone to suggest that Beyoncé should have won the prize instead.

Speaking at a press conference after the event, she said: "I was standing on stage and I was really excited because I had just won an award and then I was really excited because Kanye West was on the stage.

"And then I wasn't so excited anymore after that. I don't know him and I don't want to start anything. I had a great night tonight. I've been getting so many text messages and everybody's been really, really nice. I've had a really fun night. It's definitely been an interesting night."

The 19-year-old went on to praise Beyoncé for inviting her on stage to finish her speech after she won her own gong for video of the year.

"I thought that I couldn't love Beyoncé more than tonight and then that happened," she said. "They told me to stand by the side of the stage and I didn't really know what was going to go down but I thought it was so wonderful and gracious of her."

West has since issued an apology to Swift and admitted that he should not have "taken away" from her moment in the spotlight.

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