Taylor Swift appeared on The View today to perform her single "You Belong With Me" and discuss the second-by-second details of Kanye West's ill-timed, pointing-heavy shout-out to Beyonce on Sunday. Apparently, this is what happened: She was giving her VMA acceptance speech and dreaming of a well-deserved post-show Klondike bar, and then Kanye interrupted (first with his cool haircut, then with his words), and suddenly the dream of finishing her oratorio with a shout-out to the fans was deferred. Sure, that's kinda what we could have assumed, but what were we expecting her to say, "And then Kanye committed hari kari just off-camera"? The video, which provoked West to apologize to Swift on the phone, after the jump.
Sure, the video is more interesting than hearing Swift call herself "a geek" again, but it's still not as compelling as watching Kanye West deliver a ratings-friendly mea culpa. Come on, Swift: Take the lead here! The door was open for a quick comment to guest panelist Kate Gosselin such as, "I mean, Kanye's a hassle, but he's not attached to tiger-print Ed Hardy hoodies or 20-year-old wonk-eyed mistresses with a homewrecker M.O., am I right?"