We can’t make this up, but Houston didn’t come up at the star of tonight MTV VMA awards out in Hollywood:
https://twitter.com/jjabraham/status/901963234906951680
Someone should've acknowledged Houston at the start of these #VMAs. You all are not forgotten.
— Will Ganss (@willganss) August 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/BieberssHearts/status/901964493575598080
No mention of Houston at the #VMAS I'm cringing pic.twitter.com/cJNsmYMqMB
— Kate Basler (@kaybe224) August 28, 2017
But Katy Perry did play with a fidget spinner when talking about all the other problems in the world:
.@katyperry on stage holding a fidget spinner talking about how the world is on fire is 2017 in a nutshell #VMAs
— Don't Bore Us (@DontBoreUs) August 28, 2017
.@katyperry with a fidget spinner was everything though! ? #VMAs pic.twitter.com/6zrIZiMTqN
— ExtraTV (@extratv) August 28, 2017
And she made the obligatory Handmaid’s Tale joke:
#VMAs: Watch @KatyPerry reference 'Handmaid's Tale' and the apocalypse in her opener https://t.co/rKj8EniP2G pic.twitter.com/P3RgqLUzz3
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 28, 2017
What the eff is wrong with them?
https://twitter.com/DohaMadani/status/901961979220430850
Anyway, from what we’re seeing Katy Perry as host is a real dud:
what brings us all together and finally unites us is HATING KATY PERRY #VMAs
— Christine Rousselle ??♀️ (@crousselle) August 28, 2017
HAHAHA the crowd isn’t even cheering at Katy Perry’s nominated videos this is amazing. #VMAs
— Christine Rousselle ??♀️ (@crousselle) August 28, 2017
Fire. Ninjas. Space. Katy Perry. @jackantonoff is all of us. #VMAs pic.twitter.com/Bkrs8ve0pk
— Emily (@OnAirWithEmily) August 28, 2017
Katy Perry already gets an F Minus
— KFC (@KFCBarstool) August 28, 2017
And here’s Paris Jackson talking about Nazis:
Paris Jackson gets political at the #VMAs: "We must resist" https://t.co/mlTmdtNYJf pic.twitter.com/D7qN2eybAs
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 28, 2017
For the record, Katy Perry did finally mention Houston at about 38 minutes into the broadcast:
Ahhh nowwww a VERY short message from Katy Perry about #Harvey and encouragement to donate to the Red Cross. Back to whining about Trump
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 28, 2017
How nice of her and MTV.
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