VMAs prod. spills tea on Miley/Nicki, Kanye & more
Longtime MTV executive Van Toffler can breathe an extra-long sigh of relief this week, having not only wrapped the 2015 edition of the MTV Video Music Awards, but his last in 28 years at the network.
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Were Nicki and Miley really mad or just playing? I would say ... not playing. We had no idea what either of them was going to say, and we didn’t anticipate that. Clearly, from Miley’s reaction, it was genuine.
Did you expect Kanye to talk for so long when accepting the Video Vanguard Award? We originally thought Kanye was going to do a medley. Then we thought he was going to not do music and talk. Then, about two acts into the show, we thought he would do a couple-song medley. This is after the show started. Then, about an act before, we found out that he might not do music and just speak -- but we had to be prepared for both, so we had a track cued up. We were in the truck and we heard this 10 minutes before he was to accept the award.
You were involved in the infamous 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, which MTV produced, where Janet Jackson had a “wardrobe malfunction” while performing with Justin Timberlake. Were you surprised that Miley Cyrus’ breast ended up on MTV as well?
I was -- let’s call it an executive producer of the halftime show, when we were surprised. And Miley was a surprise as well -- we had no intention at all of showing that on MTV. The bit was, we were doing a cutaway of her, getting ready to tease her final musical performance, and she was doing a wardrobe change but she didn’t have a mic. So she picked up the mic and the curtain fell -- it was a complete accident. Nor was Janet’s breast at the Super Bowl intentional -- we had no idea that she and Justin had worked out some finale with her wardrobe. I’m not sure if she intended that, either.
Why was one such a big deal and not the other? The Super Bowl is the biggest event in television -- it’s family viewing. With Miley, she had done an Instagram naked the day before. People anticipate her nudity -- that’s her statement. She had surprised people in 2013 when she danced with the foam finger with Robin Thicke, so she had gotten her shock value already.
There’s a rumor that this is the last VMAs. Is there any truth to that? There is absolutely no truth to that. It is the last time I will produce the VMAs, but no truth to it being the last one.
I meam the feud is obviously fake and Janet's 'wardrobe malfunction' was obviously planned, they just didn't expect such awful backlash, so yeah, seems like he may well lie
I meam the feud is obviously fake and Janet's 'wardrobe malfunction' was obviously planned, they just didn't expect such awful backlash, so yeah, seems like he may well lie
She was wearing lingerie under the breast plate. He was supposed to take off the breastplate but he accidentally ripped off both.
So muc for the people saying it was fake ! Miley's reaction was real.