Kanye West blames Taylor Swift for being “blocked” from Super Bowl halftime show
Kanye West claims his years-long feud with Taylor Swift, along with controversial moments, prevented him from ever being asked to headline the Super Bowl halftime show.
Kanye West, the rapper known for his outspoken and controversial behavior, recently took to social media to claim that his long-standing feud with Taylor Swift is one of the main reasons he has never been invited to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show.
In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), West explained that multiple high-profile incidents — including his infamous interruption of Swift’s 2009 MTV VMAs speech — contributed to his exclusion.
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Kanye West’s claim on Super Bowl performance
On a post shared on X (now deleted) Kanye West suggested that there are 3 key moments in his career that have prevented him from performing on the Super Bowl halftime show. Among them are:
Kanye West's theories about why he hasn't performed at the Super Bowl halftime show. Photo: Daily Mail
- Saying George Bush doesn't care about black people
- His feud with Taylor Swift
- Starting to support MAGA
According to West, these moments had a lasting impact on his ability to land the coveted Super Bowl performance spot.
The 2009 MTV VMA incident
Kanye West's long-standing feud with Taylor Swift started in 2009, at the MTV Video Music Awards, when the rapper interrupted Swift, while she was giving a speech after winning Best Female Video award for You Belong With Me, to declare that Beyoncé deserved the award instead.
Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift mid-speech to say Beyoncé should have won in 2009. Photo: CNN
While both parties were friends after the incident, West released his song Famous in 2016 in which he said “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex, Why? I made that bitch famous. Goddamn, I made that bitch famous.”
Has Kanye West ever performed at the Super Bowl halftime show?
While Kanye West has never headlined a Super Bowl halftime show, he did perform with Rihanna during a pre-Super Bowl event in 2015. However, after his recent problematic declarations it is very unlikely he ever will.