Taylor Swiftwas certainly rocking a post-show “Afterglow” on Monday evening.
Swift was all smiles in photos alongside fellow celebrities like sistersBellaandGigi Hadid, plusJustin Mikita and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.The star was dressed in a black, long-sleeved jumpsuit with a plunging neckline and carrying a simple black clutch. Her blonde hair fell in soft waves over her shoulders, and she sported her signature red lip color.
The singer’s workearned three of the 10 awardsit was up for on Monday night: best visual effects for “ME!,” as well as video for good and video of the year for “You Need to Calm Down.”
From L to R: Justin Mikita, Bella Hadid, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Taylor Swift and Gigi Hadid.Kevin Mazur/Getty
Ahead of the show — her first VMAs in four years —Swift made a sly referenceto the infamous momentKanye Westcrashed her acceptance speech for female video of the year a decade ago now.
“You never know what can happen on this show, as I’ve learned,” she said on the red carpet.
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Last week, Swiftreleased parts of her personal diary, along with her latest album,Lover, detailing her emotional fallout from West running onto the stage at the 2009 VMAs and pulling the microphone from Swift’s hand to say the award should have gone toBeyoncéinstead.
“If you had told me that one of the biggest stars in music was going to jump on stage andannounce that he thought I shouldn’t have wonon live television, I would’ve said, ‘That stuff doesn’t really happen in real life,'” Swift wrote in a September 2009 entry. “Well … apparently … It does.”
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During heracceptance speech for video of the yearon Monday night, Swift thanked her fans and followers for supporting the pro-LGBTQ Equality Act: the federal legislation that would prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
“In this video, several points were made,” said Swift, referencing the very clear pro-LGBTQ messages in “You Need to Calm Down” and the accompanyingTodrick Hall-produced music video. (Manyfellow celebs made an appearancein the video, including Ferguson, 43, and Mikita, 33.)
Applauding her fans for voting for her, the pop star, who sings “‘Cause shade never made anybody less gay” in her song, said in her speech, “You votingfor this video means you wanta world where we’re all treated equally, regardless of who we love and how we identify. … We deserve equal rights under the law.”
source: people.com
