Here’s what really happened behind-the-scenes of the most INFAMOUS VMAs show – MTV producers tell-all! (via toofab)
"I vividly remember the cut-away of Beyonce half-smiling in disbelief and her mouth like, 'Oh Kanye!' It's now a gif that is used in every comment ever in a Kanye story," Cantiello said. "I remember thinking, 'This is just for female artist, not video of the year -- why is he so bent out of shape about this?'"
"There was a real dilemma in my mind as to whether you cut to Taylor," he explained. "The Beyonce reaction shot was important in my mind, then I thought about, 'Do we cut to Taylor or not?' And I said no. It was difficult to register where her head was at an in that moment, so I took the safe option not to cut to her. There was just so much going on and it was so noisy, so chaotic [in the truck]. It's instinct and experience.
Rodriguez recalled getting instantly flooded with emails from reporters on the scene, giving him details like, "P!nk giving Kanye the middle finger." "I think perhaps for the only time in history at the VMAs -- we knew who was going to win the awards, we had a plan for it [but did not tell the artists ahead of time] -- at some point I let her know that she was probably going to be up on the podium at the end of the show for an award," he said.
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