Everyone watching the VMAs tweeted about Beyoncé

Why watch the VMAs if you're not going to tweet about it?
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Everyone watching the VMAs tweeted about Beyoncé
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 28: Recording artist Beyonce accepts the award for Video of the Year onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) Credit: getty/jeff kravitz

Half the fun of an awards show is just getting to tweet about it.

Sunday night's MTV VMAs had a lot of people tweeting, whether to show their confusion about Kanye's crazy video or their undying love for Beyoncé.

These were the top moments on Twitter during the event.


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1. Beyoncé finishes performing Lemonade.

2. Kanye West debuts "Fade" after his speech.

3. Rihanna accepts the Vanguard Award.

4. Kanye West gives speech about 'Famous' video and says "I see you, Amber" to Amber Rose in the crowd.

5. Rihanna performs for the second time of the night.

Of course, those were far from the only highlights. Check out other big Twitter moments below.

Celebrities started tweeting before they arrived.

Alicia Keys looked incredible.

Troye Sivan and Alessia Cara hung out with DJ Khaled to get their heads in the game.

Four of the Final Five proved they can rock it anywhere balance beam or red carpet.

Britney Spears, hot off the release of her new album, couldn't wait for the event to begin.

But, others, like Kim Kardashian, needed some help choosing their outfits first.

Stars tweeted about their victories.

Fifth Harmony celebrated their win for Song of the Summer.

Lena Dunham expressed a universal opinion about Rihanna.

Debra Messing is obsessed with Alicia Keys.

Beyoncé killed it with her medley of songs from Lemonade.

Kelly Rowland showed her love for her Destiny's Child sister.

Diplo missed out.

And Beyoncé was (unsurprisingly) amazing.

Kanye's speech had people flipping out.

Chrissy Teigen chimed in.

Kylie Jenner thought it was crazy.

Kanye was vined immediately.

Families were proud of one another.

Joe Jonas was happy for his little brother Nick.

Kylie Jenner tweeted her support for Kim and Kanye.

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