Amber Rose is positioning this confession as a moment of accountability and growth—admitting she played a role in the chaos while making clear she's evolved since 2009. She's framing her reconciliation with Taylor Swift as proof that everyone involved has moved past ancient history.
Insiders are speculating about whether Amber's podcast reveal was calculated timing for attention or genuine oversharing gone wrong. Sources close to the situation say Kanye's camp is not thrilled about this walk-down-memory-lane moment, especially with his current legal and professional battles.
Amber Rose appeared on 'Ball in the Family' podcast hosted by Lonzo and LiAngelo Ball on May 6, 2026. She recalled telling Kanye: 'We need to be on the carpet ... taking shots of Henny' before the VMAs, and repeatedly reminding him, 'You the biggest thing in the whole world.' The infamous interruption occurred when Kanye stormed Taylor Swift's acceptance speech to declare Beyoncé had 'one of the best videos of all time.'
Amber Rose just handed us the receipts on who was whispering in Kanye's ear before one of music's most iconic disasters—and somehow she's making it about personal growth. Classic Amber: messy, unfiltered, and completely aware of exactly what she's doing.
Well, well, well. Amber Rose has finally cracked open the vault on one of pop culture's most jaw-dropping moments, and she's dropping a bombshell that's got everyone rewind-ing their 2009 VMA footage. In a appearance on the 'Ball in the Family' podcast with Lonzo and LiAngelo Ball, Amber confessed that she was basically Kanye West's hype woman before he stomped onto that stage and interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech—and she's not even sorry about it.
So what exactly went down pre-show? According to Amber, she and Kanye were locked in full pre-VMAs mode, complete with Hennessy shots and a steady stream of ego inflation. 'We need to be on the carpet ... taking shots of Henny,' Amber recalled telling Ye before the event.
But the real kicker? She was constantly reminding him just how massive he was: 'You the biggest thing in the whole world.' That's right, folks—she was essentially filling up his tank with Hennessy and grandiosity before he rolled onto that red carpet like a powder keg waiting for a spark. Here's where it gets juicy.
Despite all that hype and encouragement, Amber claims she had absolutely zero clue what Kanye was about to do once they got inside Radio City Music Hall. 'All of a sudden I'm just sitting there and then he's on stage,' she said. 'I'm like, Oh s***.
I was not expecting that.' Imagine her face in that audience—watching the man she'd been hyping up all night decide to personally insert himself into Taylor Swift's career-defining moment. The cognitive dissonance must have been chef's kiss. Now, Amber made it crystal clear she didn't endorse Kanye's methods—not one bit—but she's still standing firm on his actual point that night.
'Do I agree with how he did it? No,' she said. 'But was he right?
Yes. That's how I feel.' There it is: the classic Amber Rose non-apology apology, where she manages to take zero responsibility while technically admitting fault. It's a masterclass in plausible deniability.
But wait—there's more to this story than just relitigating 2009 drama. Turns out, Amber and Taylor have actually buried the hatchet since that chaotic night nearly two decades ago. According to Amber, there's 'no bad blood' between them now, and Taylor even reached out after learning Amber's son is a die-hard Swiftie—sending merch and concert tickets his way.
So while the internet loves to pit these women against each other, it seems they've already done the work of moving on. Amber summed it all up with surprising wisdom: 'We were just young and f***ing winging it.' Honestly? That's probably the most honest thing anyone's said about that entire era.
