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What is taylor swift kim kardashian kanye west?

· James MacDonald

Key facts

Incident start September 2009[1]
Event 2009 MTV Video Music Awards[1]
Song "Famous"[1]
Kardashian's role West's wife at the time of the 2016 phone-call controversy[1]

Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, and Kanye West are American celebrities connected by a long-running public feud that began with West interrupting Swift’s 2009 MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech and later involved Kardashian releasing edited phone-call clips about West’s song “Famous.”

Context

The feud began in September 2009 when Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards [1]. In 2015, Swift and West publicly reconciled [3]. However, in 2016, the dispute escalated after the release of West’s song “Famous” [1]. Kim Kardashian, then West’s wife, released edited phone-call clips related to the song’s lyrics [1]. The controversy has been widely covered in entertainment media [2].

Documented claims

  • West interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. [1]
  • Kardashian released trimmed or edited video clips of a phone conversation about West’s “Famous” lyrics. [1]
  • Swift and West publicly reconciled in 2015. [3]
  • The dispute escalated again in 2016 after the release of “Famous.” [1]

Questions and answers

What did Kim Kardashian and Kanye West do to Taylor Swift?

Kanye West interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards [1]. In 2016, Kim Kardashian released edited phone-call clips about West’s song “Famous,” which escalated the feud [1].

Did Kanye ever apologize to Taylor?

The sources do not mention an apology from Kanye West to Taylor Swift.

Did Kim K ever apologize to Taylor?

The sources do not mention an apology from Kim Kardashian to Taylor Swift.

Sources

  1. Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian and Ye feud timeline: VMAs to 'The Tortured Poets Department' — usatoday.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)
  2. Taylor Swift’s ‘Famous’ Feud With Kanye West, Kim Kardashian Turns 10: Set Secrets, Where They Stand — usmagazine.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)
  3. A Timeline of the Complicated Relationship Between Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian West — yahoo.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)

Sources last checked August 3, 2026. · More in People