Maroon 5 Singer Adam Levine Slams Video Music Awards On Twitter, MTV Responds With Tweet

Maroon 5 lead singer and “The Voice” judge Adam Levine has lashed out at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Twitter, claiming that the network only pretends to care about music when the VMAs roll around each year.

Levine tweeted, “the VMA’s. one day a year when MTV pretends to still care about music. I’m drawing a line in the sand. f*** you VMA’s.”

MTV tweeted back at the singer, adding a little humor, asking him if he would be watching Sunday’s award ceremony and if he would tweet a photo of the Best New Artist award his band won at the 2004 VMAs:

.@ Soooo you'll be tuning in at 9/8C tomorrow right? (BTW, bonus points if you TwitPic your 2004 Moonman!) #VMA cc @
@MTV
MTV

Levine appeared to ignore that tweet and later said that he did not regret his remarks.

still waiting to have my "jerry macguire mission statement moment of deep regret..." not happening. phew!
@adamlevine
Adam Levine

With reality shows receiving more and more attention on MTV — the recent season premiere of “Jersey Shore” attracted the most social engagement of any TV show this year and was MTV’s most-watched season premiere ever — Levine may have had a point, but I’m not sure that cursing out the VMAs was the most constructive way to make it.

What do you think of Levine’s rant against the VMAs? Do you think he’s right?

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7 Responses to Maroon 5 Singer Adam Levine Slams Video Music Awards On Twitter, MTV Responds With Tweet

  1. Goukisan says:

    yup he is right

  2. Anonymous says:

    MTV does not care about Music if the did they would show Videos , unlike MTV Gret Britain , MTV USA Sucks ,

  3. August Griggs says:

    ya i definitely agree with him

  4. Anonymous says:

    Mtv sucks. They even made tmf the once free channel paytv. Then again thats crap too. MTV revert back 20 years or die

  5. BoSoxTweets says:

    MTV- Maternity Television 

  6. Joshua Lathan Sr. says:

    when I was a kid, mtv actually showed music videos. I just really dated myself. I want my,I want my, I want my MTV.

  7. We interviewed Maroon 5 a couple weeks ago, and they were totally rad.  You can read it here:
    http://vegasallnight.com/whats-happening/maroon-5-interview/