Last night’s VMAs were truly a night to remember, from 25 queens making VMA herstory by joining host Miley Cyrus on stage for the show’s surprise finale to a 13-minute rant courtesy of, who else, Kanye West.
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There were (crocodile) tears…
Fashions…
Inspirational moments…
Naps…
And no short supply of tea spillage…
However, the real shade throwing was popping off where else, but on Twitter, where #AwardShowTwitter was feeling itself, not missing a beat giving play-by-play commentary of the event.
Below, we rounded up some of the night’s best Tweets.
Selena paying tribute to Britney by having a snake with her pic.twitter.com/w89porSHcj
— Beysus † Godga (@GagaLovesBey) August 30, 2015
Miley is competing with Beyonce and Rihanna in the naked-while-"clothed" sweepstakes #VMAs
— Vanessa Friedman (@VVFriedman) August 31, 2015
oh my god pic.twitter.com/cb9KgSH5x3
— whitkei houston (@twerkdol) August 31, 2015
I don't know who many of these 'celebs' at the #MTVVMAs are, but it looks like they've been passing the Courvoisier.
— Jackée Harry (@JackeeHarry) August 31, 2015
This is how we #VMAs. #JusticeForAnaconda pic.twitter.com/DZezrdXaV9
— Bradley Stern (@MuuMuse) August 31, 2015
pic.twitter.com/Dqz6L1q3Ds
— Jordan Cohen (@jorcohen) August 31, 2015
When Britney walks on the #VMAs stage, everyone will be like… pic.twitter.com/BaamZjE2in
— DailySpears (@DailySpears) August 31, 2015
why is kylie wearing the gross rug my roommate put in my college senior year apartment tbh? #VMAs
— jeff in real life (@thecultureofme) August 31, 2015
I hope Kanye interrupts himself to argue with himself during his acceptance speech tonight. (I really hope this.)
— Rich Juzwiak (@RichJuz) August 31, 2015
I love that Karlie just real quick dry shampooed and threw on a maxi and sandals ❤️ effortless chic queen #VMAs pic.twitter.com/Gt19gmMRbs
— melanie91 (@jersing) August 31, 2015
loved taylor swift in the age of adaline #VMAs
— Corey Kindberg (@coreykindberg) August 31, 2015
Julie Taymor presents Nicki Minaj!
— Chris Schleicher (@cschleichsrun) August 31, 2015
*Listens to Nirvana once* pic.twitter.com/pIMQj65Sn1
— Moore or Less (@worshipwarship) August 31, 2015
"please welcome to the stage, gigi hadid and the blair witch"
— steven j. horowitz (@speriod) August 31, 2015
pic.twitter.com/vGajFYCGZ5
— *free content zone* (@DuncanIdunno) August 31, 2015
I thought #theweekend was a group of people…it's just one guy. Shouldn't he call himself Tuesday or something? #VMAs #VMAs2015
— Dorinda Medley (@DorindaMedley) August 31, 2015
Who wore it better?
RT for alpaca. Fav for Beiber pic.twitter.com/EBaAn1704N
— X (@XLNB) August 31, 2015
I want to go to couple's counseling with Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj.
— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) August 31, 2015
Omg @MileyCyrus is the real live version of Tom Haverford.
— Jeremy Glass (@CandyandPizza) August 31, 2015
Me when Nicki snapped on Miley pic.twitter.com/6Kfb2LjhJy
— MileyWhatsGood❓ (@NOTKarltonBanks) August 31, 2015
"Nothing says turnt like Hailee Steinfeld" pic.twitter.com/dQhYr6YFF7
— John Walker (@JohnWawker) August 31, 2015
Not a full Lovato, a demi Lovato
— amy cakes danky dank (@amycakesDD) August 31, 2015
Wooing? Check yourself, shit starter. I'm grown. https://t.co/0UCk939MLb
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 31, 2015
How embarrassed will we all be about our hand-wringing over Iggy Azalea when it turns out she's just a performance piece by Gwyneth Paltrow
— Matthew Schneier (@MatthewSchneier) August 31, 2015
"Looking for an artist more iconic than me here tonight"
"Sorry can't find any" pic.twitter.com/PGBpX9yr2o
— Mathias (@britneyspeans) August 31, 2015
How great would it be if Rihanna dropped #R8 right now just to pistol whip all these bitches into shape.
— Tynan (@TynanBuck) August 31, 2015
"I'm so proud of you." "And I'm so proud of YOU." – Chrissy Teigen and John Legend every night of their lives
— bobby finger (@bobbyfinger) August 31, 2015
a visual history of kanye west's t-shirt size increase
— Jake Woolf (@jakewoolf) August 31, 2015
Is anyone not shorter than T.Swift? #vmas
— Guy Branum (@guybranum) August 31, 2015
Looks like Nicki did bring Meek with her after all.. pic.twitter.com/XYJ28FBiwl
— Shady Music Facts (@musicnews_shade) August 31, 2015
We are all Video Vanguards.
— Cool Trainer JK (@theJKreview) August 31, 2015
Def Kanyedy Jam.
— Michelle Collins (@michcoll) August 31, 2015
Kanye is so cute, y'all.
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) August 31, 2015
Me listening to Kanye's speech https://t.co/yGWRSrZ72t
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) August 31, 2015
Agreed with everything Kanye said.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) August 31, 2015
@janetmock just texted you .
— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) August 31, 2015
Civilizations rise and fall, but Pharrell's hat game is forever.
— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) August 31, 2015
I am SLAYED!! pic.twitter.com/BGtnFvBsAE
— Anthony Dominic (@tmzanthony) August 31, 2015
"Please welcome, the Emily Ratajkowski of music, Rita Ora, and the Rita Ora of acting, Emily Ratajkowski!"
— Dan D'Addario (@DPD_) August 31, 2015
"Gigi is dressed like one of her mom's lemons." –@ira #VMAs
— KB (@KaraRBrown) August 31, 2015
Do you think Taylor Swift wrote all these "Please welcome…" intro speeches? #VMAs
— Frank Costa (@feistyfrank) August 31, 2015
Mixed emotions on the notifications that I have been tagged on "famousfornothing" accounts
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) August 31, 2015
Hey, quick question– What's going on here? #vmas http://t.co/iBV3jYYhIf pic.twitter.com/5lsXYA51eC
— Jezebel (@Jezebel) August 31, 2015
me considering whether or not to download the free Miley album pic.twitter.com/aO8gKSZa3t
— Dan D'Addario (@DPD_) August 31, 2015
everyone saying justin bieber was crying after his performance, i feel like he got sweat in his eyes
— jimmy flood △ (@jimmyfloood) August 31, 2015
Taylor Swift when she heard "FREE album" pic.twitter.com/jR15nP8ZrS
— Martijn (@MartijnPOP) August 31, 2015
When it's 9pm and you let your mom know you have a project due tomorrow that you haven't started yet pic.twitter.com/bhSPYnipC1
— Vin (@rwiggumrules) August 31, 2015
Bad lighting but, I loved going on stage with this girl tonight. @TheGigiGorgeous #VMAs2015 pic.twitter.com/ydEjNVAfFf
— Brendan Jordan (@jordvnhaus) August 31, 2015
At least Miley didn't do to death-drops what she did to twerking
— John Walker (@JohnWawker) August 31, 2015