Who's the latest celebrity to sympathy shower sweet, innocent Taylor Swift? None other than Miss Nasty herself, Janet Jackson.
According to People Magazine, Janet sent flowers to Taylor Swift's hotel room the day after the incident. Source: People.com
"Artists that I didn't even assume knew who I was [have supported me]," Swift, 19, told Elvis Duran during an interview on his Z100 radio show Friday. "I woke up the next day and I had flowers in my hotel room from Janet Jackson.
Really? Flowers? Did the girl lose a puppy or something? At best, Taylor's pride was wounded and Kanye was inconsiderate and selfish. But the way some of these celebrities are carrying, one might wonder if Kanye didn't punch Taylor in the gut and steal her milk money. It was a stupid act of hubris and celebrity stunting; nothing more, nothing less. Taylor isn't an Iraq War veteran so can people stop decorating her as though she suffered some horrendous tragedy?
There was at least one celebrity who was willing to stick by Kanye: Big brother Jay-Z. Source: MTV.com
"[I told him] I think it was rude, [and] that he has to watch his passion. At the end of the day, we're going to celebrate him for his passion more than vilify him [for it]," Jay said. "Because his passion, which caused him to make Graduation and all these great records, is the same thing that causes him to step out of line sometimes. So as he grows, he has to learn how to balance that. And he'll learn that in years to come. That passion right there ... that wasn't fake or staged — it was how he really felt, and it was just inappropriate. It wasn't fair to Taylor."
At least someone on Team Kanye. The only one who's stayed silent is the person whose video sparked the whole controversy to begin with: Lady Beyonce. Beyonce essentially pulled a Barack on Kanye and had to Rev. Wright him proper, throwing Kanye under the bus and setting Taylor on her pedestal. It's unclear if Beyonce has reached out to West at all or vice versa, but Beyonce seems to be keeping her distance from the whole calamity. If any fans were holding their breath for a live rendition of "Ego" anytime soon, please inhale now.


