Shirley Manson writes open letter slamming Kanye West at the Grammys

Shirley tells Kanye to "grow up" in a letter on her Facebook page.

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by Lauren Smith |
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Garbage's Shirley Manson has written an open letter criticising Kanye West and his behaviour at the Grammys.

If you've not been keeping up with Mr West's latest on-stage antics, Kanye decided to do EXACTLY what he did with Taylor Swift at the VMAs in 2009, at this year's Grammys - walk on stage and interrupt someone during their acceptance speech. This time it was Beck, who had just won Album of the Year, and Kanye told viewers that Beck "needs to respect artistry" and should have "given his award to Beyonce".

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But Shirley is NOT down wth Kanye's behaviour, telling him off in a letter on her Facebook page:

"It is YOU who is so busy disrespecting artistry" she began. "You disrespect your own remarkable talents and more importantly you disrespect the talent, hard work and tenacity of all artists when you go so rudely and savagely after such an accomplished and humble artist like BECK."

Shirley is not happy with Kanye
Shirley is not happy with Kanye

She added that Beyonce didn't need Kanye to defend her (fair point) and that Kanye needed to "grow up":

"You make yourself look small and petty and spoilt. In attempting to reduce the importance of one great talent over another, you make a mockery of all musicians and music from every genre, including your own. Grow up and stop throwing your toys around. You are making yourself look like a complete twat."

Wow. Well, at least there's no bad blood between Kanye and Beck. The singer, who is coming across as a rather nice man, told Us Weekly:

"You can't please everybody, man...I still love him and think he's genius. I aspire to do what he does."

And Kanye has said he doesn't dislike Beck, he just thought Bey's album was better. Blimey. Can't Kanye just start holding his own award ceremonies so he stops crashing others?!

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