Washington
(ANI):
Rapper
Kanye
West
has
jumped
to
the
defence
of
Britney
Spears,
and
blamed
MTV
for
ruining
her
career.
A
day
after
the
MTV
Video
Music
Awards
held
in
Las
Vegas,
West
told
New
York
radio
station
Z100's
JJ,
on
Sep
10
that
the
network
"exploited" the
troubled
pop
star.
"They
exploited
Britney
in
helping
to
end
her
career.
When
Britney
was
opening
[the
VMA
telecast],
near
the
end,
I
felt
so
bad
for
her.
I
said,
'Man,
it's
a
dirty
game.
This
game
will
chew
you
up
and
spit
you
out,'"
People
quoted
West,
as
saying.
Talking
about
his
personal
disappointment
with
MTV,
West
told
Z100
that
he
felt
misled
and
"betrayed"
by
the
network,
and
has
pledged
to
never
work
with
MTV
again.
According
to
sources,
West
was
upset
with
the
way
performances
were
set
up
and
started
complaining
that
he
should
have
performed
on
the
main
stage
and
not
from
a
private
suite
where
many
artists
performed
for
small
groups
of
fans
throughout
the
telecast.
"I
wasn't
mad
that
I
just
didn't
win
any
awards,"
West
says.
"For
me,
[MTV]
made
it
seem
like
performing
on
the
main
stage
was
a
bad
thing,
and
the
suites
were
just
so
great.
It
was
my
dream
when
I
made
'Stronger' to
open
up
the
VMAs
with
a
real
power
performance,"
he
said."
"And
I
just
feel
like
I
got
betrayed
by
them.
I
feel
like
they
tried
to
make
it
seem
like
I
was
so
into
everything
that
was
going
on
in
the
show,"
he
added.