The 25 Craziest Moments in VMA History

"Miley, what's good?" Nicki Minaj used her acceptance speech of the Best Hip-Hop Music Video award last year to call Miley out for comments she made in an interview. Needless to say, the crowd and the internet were left wondering, "Is this real life?!" 

Things continued to get weird after Kanye got to the mic. Though The Life of Pablo rapper is known for rants and outbursts, he outdid himself by announcing his run for presidency in 2020. *upside down smiley face*

The Biebs initially turned heads on the red carpet with an, um, *interesting* new hairstyle. He proceeded to show his emotional side after his performance of "What Do You Mean" when the singer burst into tears! Skip to the end of the video to see the waterworks. 

Awkward doesn't even begin to describe our feelings as we watched Swift attempt to accept her award for Best Female Video while being interrupted by Kanye West who proclaimed her fellow nominee Queen Bey made "one of the best videos of all time." While he did have a point, we deem West's behavior thoroughly uncool (but 100% entertaining).

We're not sure what compelled Lil Mama to jump on stage during the finale of Jay Z and Alicia Key's performance of "Empire State of Mind," and, uh, yeah we'll leave it at that.

In all fairness, this was poor planning on MTV's part, but Jackson accidentally accepted a fake award for "Artist of the Millennium" after Britney Spears deemed him as such while wishing him a happy birthday. *Tugs at collar*

It's our firm belief that Diana Ross can do NO wrong—and we thoroughly enjoyed watching her give Lil' Kim's sequin pastie-adorned boob a friendly jiggle.

Apple's IDGAF demeanor always leaves us awe-struck in the best way, and we can't thank her enough for using her acceptance speech for Breakout Video of the Year to remind us that individuality is king: "This world is bullshit, and you shouldn't model your life about what you think that we think is cool, and what we're wearing and what we're saying and everything," she said. "Go with yourself."

Love gave us so much life when she boldly decided to disrupt Madonna's interview LIVE on TV. Girlfriend has got balls and we love it.

After a slightly bizarre speech in which Jackson proclaimed, "Just think, nobody thought this would last," in reference to his relationship with Presley (which, ahem, didn't), the couple shared an even more bizarre makeout sesh.

Madonna's iconic performance of "Vogue," was in a word: Epic. From the Victorian costumes to the theater-like choreography (complete with tongue-in-cheek sexual innuendo) we could watch it over and over again.

During the show's inaugural year, Madge made jaws drop during her stirring, sultry rendition of "Like a Virgin," wearing a wedding dress, on top of a 17-foot cake.