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Singer Justin Timberlake posted a 'sarcastic' response to Kanye West's lengthy speech at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. After being called out in Kanye West's speech at the gala night on August 30, the
SexyBack singer tweeted that the rapper was "cute". (Also Read -
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Some fans were quick to react to the 34-year-old singer's tweet, saying that his comment seemed sarcastic. (Also Read -
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Following the backlash, Justin said:
Later on, the
Mirrors singer praised Kanye, after he watched the rapper's full speech.
During his speech, Kanye called out Justin while giving an example of how awards were sometimes not presented to well-deserved artists.
"I sat at the Grammys and saw Justin Timberlake and Cee-Lo lose," the 38-year-old rapper said, before coming clean that he didn't try to put Justin "on blast".
"Justin, I ain't trying to put you on blast but I saw that man in tears, bro. And I was thinking like, he deserves to win album of the year," he added.