Taylor Swift vs Kanye West: Timeline of Decade-Long Feud

Taylor Swift has finally broken her silence on how the public feud with Kim Kardashian and her then-husband Kanye West took her down psychologically.

The beginning

It started on the night of MTV VMAs in 2016 when Kanye West aka Ye jumped on stage and interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for the Best Female Video Award for 'You Belong With Me' and told her that Beyonce should have gotten the award.

Kanye West Speaks About the Night

Just a day after the VMAs, West appeared on 'The Tonight Show' With Jay Leno. "It's been a difficult day," he explained. He eventually apologised.

Taylor's West-inspired song

A year later, Taylor Swift returned to the VMA stage with her West-inspired song 'Innocent', where she seemingly accepted West's apologies.

Reunion

In the year 2015, Taylor and Kanye made the headlines again when they together posed at the Grammys ceremony. 

West Calls Swift a 'B***h'

When things were returning to normal, Kanye West came with the new song 'Famous'. In the song, Kanye raps, "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that b***h famous."

Kim's Entry into Feud

This upset Taylor Swift. Kanye West's then wife Kim Kardashian came to her husband's defence claiming that Taylor had approved the controversial lyrics in 'Famous'.

Kanye and Taylor Conversation Released

Kim even released Kanye and Taylor's recorded conversation on Snapchat claiming that 'Famous' lyrics were indeed Swift-approved.

Swift Tells Her Side

Swift later gave her own version of the phone call. In an interview, she said, ''The world didn’t understand the context and the events that led up to it. Because nothing ever just happens like that without some lead-up.''

'That Took Me Down Psychologically'

A decade later, Taylor talking about the spat, revealing how the feud with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West took her down psychologically.