Everyone was expecting Kanye West to go on an epic rant when he accepted the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night — but they probably weren't expecting him to announce a presidential run.
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After receiving the award from Taylor Swift (remember the last VMAs where these two crossed paths?), West talked for several minutes about fatherhood, his historic feud with Swift, and the futility of awards shows.
He doesn't even understand why they exist, he said. He even trashed MTV...on MTV.
Then, he dropped this bombshell:
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