HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Kanye West isn’t the only star apologizing for making an uninvited stage appearance at Sunday night’s VMAs.
On Tuesday, Lil Mama issued an apology to Jay-Z and Beyoncé Knowles after she barged onstage during their performance of “Empire State of Mind.”
“I’m sitting in my seat two rows away from the stage, and Jay-Z is walking through this tunnel and just, like, this adrenaline rush is pumping [through me],” she explained to MTV News. “He started [rapping], and Alicia Keys is going, ‘The big lights will inspire you,’ and really, I got emotional. Yeah, New York! Jay! I started to feel him, and I started to feel myself. I just felt the energy, and I got up and started walking to the stage. I was just rooting him on as a champion. Bigging up my borough, bigging up my brother.”
“If in any way Jay-Z or Alicia Keys feels offended, I want to apologize to both of you,” she continued. “I actually would love to have a one-on-one, because I actually felt like I was being felt [for my actions]. I felt like there was a bond. I didn’t get a chance to hear what was coming out of [Jay-Z’s] mouth. I wasn’t trying to be disrespectful. I was just feeling it, and it happened at a moment which happened to be the VMAs, so it was ‘wow.’ “
West has taken plenty of heat after he interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for best female video to protest Beyoncé Knowles not winning the category.
Also see: Lil Mama VMA Video
