2024 MTV VMAs most VIRAL moments: Taylor Swift busts a move to Katy Perry and Sabrina Carpenter kisses alien during wild ceremony
Taylor Swift danced to Katy Perry at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, among many viral moments that arose out of the ceremony.
The two pop stars carried on a simmering feud for years, with Taylor taking vicious aim at Katy in her score-settling 2017 single Look What You Made Me Do.
More recently, however, the pair of them managed to end fences, and famously shared a hug in Taylor’s 2019 music video You Need To Calm Down.
They had clearly still retained their amicable equation at the VMAs, when Katy was awarded the highest honor, the Video Vanguard Award.
Katy delivered a barnstorming performance of a medley of her hits – and Taylor could be seen on her feet in the audience, dancing up a storm.
Taylor also joined the standing ovation that the room gave Katy as the Teenage Dream songstress accepted her Video Vanguard gong.
Katy’s performance also resulted in a viral moment from her longtime fiancé Orlando, with whom she shares her four-year-old daughter Daisy.
Orlando took the stage and delivered a glowing testimonial to Katy, talking about how he knows the real Katheryn Hudson as opposed to the Katy Perry fans love.
However once she started singing, his bemused facial expressions in the audience led social media users to joke that he was unfamiliar with her music.
‘Orlando Bloom is reacting to this performance as if he’s never heard a single Katy Perry song before what is going on,’ quipped one observer on X, formerly Twitter.
Sabrina Carpenter meanwhile made a splash online for sharing a kiss with a dancer dressed as a space alien during her own performance.
She sang three of her hits – Please Please Please, Taste and Espresso – and at one point passionately locked lips with a blue extra-terrestrial.
Sabrina placed both her hands on the face of the humanoid sci-fi creature, which had a distended and lengthened skull.
jack antonoff putting airpods in during katy’s performance… such loser behaviour pic.twitter.com/FDOC3WI4ER
— ً (@nostaIgiahours) September 12, 2024
Fans reacted with hilarity on X, where one wrote: ‘SABRINA CARPENTER YOU ARE INSANE,’ while another exclaimed: ‘SABRINA CARPENTER THE ICON YOU ARE WOAHHH SHE CHEWED’ and a third said: ‘She just created a iconic moment.’
Others started joking that the actor in the alien costume was Sabrina’s boyfriend Barry Keoghan, with whom she is rumored to have an on-off relationship.
Chappell Roan also created a memorable moment during her speech when she won the fiercely coveted gong for best new artist.
After reading her diary and thanking such benefactors as her family and managers, she delivered a gushing tribute to the LGBTQ community.
Chappell, who is herself a lesbian, said: ‘I dedicate this to all the drag artists who inspire me, and I dedicate this to queer and trans people who fuel pop.;
In a cheeky aside, she also made sure to spare a thought for ‘the gays who dedicate my songs to someone they love – or hate.’
Megan Thee Stallion, who hosted the event, herself made an indelible impression with viewers by blowing through a cavalcade of outfits.
She kicked off the ceremony in a sparkling Stars And Stripes bodysuit that was inspired by the Team USA Olympic uniforms.
‘I’m from Houston, Texas – shout out to Simone Biles!’ Megan crowed during her opening monologue, joking: ‘She let me borrow this – I just added a few things.’
Megan then recreated Britney Spears’ iconic snake dance while hosting the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards this Wednesday.
Britney famously performed her number I’m A Slave 4 U at the 2001 VMAs with a live Burmese python draped around her neck and over her arms.
She has since recalled being terrified that the serpent would ‘kill’ her if she ‘caught its eye’ as she twirled around the stage that night.
Now Megan has reenacted the moment while hosting this year’s ceremony, appearing with a real python that bore a striking resemblance to Britney’s.
Just as Britney was all those years ago, Megan was frightened of the animal, which began slithering alarmingly around her crotch.
Later in the evening, she could also be seen decked out in an extravagant floor-length scarlet ensemble reminiscent of 1980s high-camp glamour.
Megan debuted the head-spinning outfit after a clip played of Madonna performing Like A Virgin at the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards in 1984.
‘I love me some Madonna!’ Megan trumpeted, before introducing Katy Perry as the winner of this year’s highest VMA, the Video Vanguard Award.
She later treated the audience to a a sizzling medley of her hits while wearing perhaps her most eye-catching outfit of the night.
Megan flaunted her physique in a flesh-flashing yellow outfit comprised of straps winding around her body, leaving little to the imagination.
The sleek little bob she had sported earlier in the evening was gone, replaced by a voluptuous Afro, and she danced confidently in a set of go-go boots.
As the awards show drew to a close, with the final gongs being handed out, Megan modeled one last showstopping outfit to remember.
She hit the stage in a gladiator-themed outfit that included a metallic bra, a matching skirt made of pteruges and a saucy set of above-the-knee boots.
Lending a touch of regal splendor to the proceedings, she accented the ensemble with a fluttering gold cape and a scepter.
The getup was strikingly similar to the one she wore in her new Coliseum-themed Pepsi commercial, a tie-in with Ridley Scott’s upcoming movie Gladiator II.
Megan’s ad, which also stars such famous names as Travis Kelce, aired during the commercial break just before she took the stage at the VMAs in her antiquity look.
By the time she was presenting Artist Of The Year to Taylor Swift, Megan was swathed in a slinky black see-through dress with sparkly accents.
Flava Flav also ignited the internet by reminding fans he is a diehard Swiftie as he and Olympian Jordan Chiles presented Taylor with one of her prizes that night.
He was practically giddy with excitement when he saw that Taylor and Post Malone had won best collaboration for their song Fortnight.
As Taylor took the stage and accepted the gong from Flava Flav, she gave him a hug and thanked him for how ‘kind’ he had been to her.
News
Everyone Was Saying The Same Thing About Shannon Sharpe After Someone “Hacked” His Instagram Account And Leaked Raunchy Sex Tape Online
Shannon Sharpe (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) “Unc” put it in someone’s junk today, and, unfortunately, he wasn’t the only one who got to listen to the…
NFL Sideline Reporter Jane Slater Had Shocking Reaction To Shannon Sharpe’s Leaked Sex Video
Shannon Sharpe and Jane Slater (Photos via Getty Images and janeashleyslater/Instagram) Shannon Sharpe has claimed that his Instagram was hacked on Wednesday after a sexually explicit video…
PHOTOS: Social Media Detectives Are Convinced They’ve Identified The Woman Shannon Sharpe Was Having Loud Intercourse With In Leaked Video
Shannon Sharpe (Photo via shannonsharpe84/IG) Social media detectives reckon they’ve identified the woman Shannon Sharpe was having intercourse with after a raunchy video was accidentally streamed via…
Caitlin Clark Had A Surprising Reaction To Taylor Swift’s Endorsement Of Kamala Harris
Caitlin Clark, Kamala Harris, and Taylor Swift (Photos via Getty Images) Caitlin Clark has given a clear indication of where she plans to vote, having reacted to Taylor…
VIDEO: Caitlin Clark Caused A Major Stir With Her Pregame Outfit That Showed Off More Leg Than We’ve Ever Seen From Her
Caitlin Clark (Photo via @IndianaFever/Twitter) Caitlin Clark was grabbing online attention with her pregame outfit well before she went to the court at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Clark was going…
Riley Gaines speaks out against Brittney Griner for kneeling during the National Anthem.
In a passionate statement, Riley Gaines has taken a strong stance against Brittney Griner for her decision to kneel during the National Anthem. Gaines, known for her…
End of content
No more pages to load