We're used to the overly intoxicated, uber- arrogant music celebs walking on stage to present an award and barely being able to read the teleprompter. These train wrecks we've become accustomed to witnessing. But we’ve entered a whole new world of obnoxious stunts after experiencing MTV’s latest VMA segment Sunday night.

Forget the Rhapsody commercials plugging a musician directly after the musician receives her award, making us aware that everything is for sale and a shameless plug. Forget the ridiculous staged music performance on a subway, packaged as though it was an organic scenario. Forget the forgettable generic opening speech made by the falsely eloquent Madonna about the King of Pop, no the human being, no the King of Pop…whichever she ultimately decided on and informing us that Michael Jackson’s music made us feel like we could “fly”, a vanilla throw away statement at best. And, if you can, forget the horrible performance by the sexually frustrated host, Russell Brand who couldn’t refrain from talking about his penis and getting lucky hour after hour, or at least that’s what we think he was referring to during his on stage screaming emcee duties.

Even with all the clowns competing for ringleader of the circus, an all time low was definitely hit when the self righteous Kanye West jumped on stage during Taylor Swifts acceptance speech, grabbed the mic from her, and announced that really Beyonce’s video was the best. Poor taste is a sin but a constant allowance of vindictive behavior is a crime. This is too many times MTV. Shut Kanye West up by kicking him off the invite list next year. We’re not impressed. We’re not surprised. We’re disgusted. Enough is enough, Kanye. Hang your false sense of entitlement up. It’s weighing you down to the bottom of the barrel.

About the Author

Rachel A. Pugh, a graduate of Penn State University with a B.A. in communications and a minor in theatre, came to the Weekender in 2000 as a Marketing/Promotions Associate. She was then made an Advertising Sales Account Executive and went on later to become Senior Advertising Sales Account Executive, Advertising Sales Team Leader, Sales and Marketing Manager, and the position she holds currently, Weekender General Manager and fashion columnist.

Rachel also serves as the Vice President of Marketing for the Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company, overseeing the marketing of company initiatives and events.

A graduate of Leadership Lackawanna, class of 2005, some of her community involvement includes: Board for the Greater Wilkes-Barre Association for the Blind, Executive Board for the Domestic Violence Service Center, committee member for The American Cancer Society’s Endure for a Cure, a board member of the Wilkes-Barre YMCA and various volunteer duties for the United Way of Wyoming Valley.

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