Rapper Kanye West said he was “Sorry” after his interruption of the acceptance speech of singer Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York this week.

Fans and celebrities alike made their feelings quite clear when they voiced their disapproval of the antics while Swift was accepting her Best Female Video award.

West stormed on stage, interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech to launch into a harangue about how Beyonce’s video “was the best video of all time.”

He said “Taylor, I’m really happy for you, and I’m gonna let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.”

This was not well received by the audience who jeered West as he made his way back off stage.  He later said sorry on his blog and commented that he had spoken to Swift’s mother and that she had said exactly what his own mother would have to him.

The audience didn’t seem to know what to do when he arrived on stage.  They didn’t know if this was a planned stunt or whether it was a prank or something else.  Then they started booing and jeering loudly.  This seemed to anger West who then gave the crowd the finger.

Beyonce, who won video of the year and two other awards for her track “Single Ladies” invited Swift back onto the stage so she could complete her speech.

Reaction was restricted to the show itself.  Celebrities and fans alike sent Twitter on fire as they voiced their reactions to the incident.  Many well known celebrities were openly critical of him including the singer Pink who said “Kanye West is the biggest piece of sh** on earth.”  Katy Perry tweeted, “F—U Kanye.  It’s like you stepped on a kitten.”

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton joined in the fray with a tweet about Taylor Swift deserving the award, because it is what the people voted for.

It appears that alcohol may have had something to do with the events on the night.  Guests sitting close to the rapper said he had been drinking at his table, as alcohol was allowed there.

MTV may be rethinking that for next year, because this wasn’t the only thing that happened on the night.  Another rapper, Lil Mama also crashed the stage during the performance by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.  The rapper features on the MTV show “Americas Best Dance Crew.”

Commenter’s said “We wouldn’t be surprised if MTV didn’t allow alcohol next year.”

This brings to the fore the old argument about civility and old fashioned manners.  Are our celebrities getting out of control?  Are their ego’s or flunkies inflating them so much they think they can do what they like?

The rest of the awards ceremony went according to plan as Madonna made a personal tribute to Michael Jackson, and the trailer for his documentary This is It was aired for the first time.  The documentary is due to be released next month.