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Even though MTV said there was no duet planned between Taylor Swift and Kanye West, as soon as we heard someone announce "Ladies and gentlemen!" during the rapper's performance last night, we figured the cameras would cut to a shot of Taylor joining him onstage. Alas, that never happened, and E! Online's Ted Casablanca reports that execs for the network "were not pleased" with Swift's somewhat awkward performance and the fact that she "backed out of a planned duet between the two superstars."

Despite the plans to have Taylor join Kanye to close the show, the country star "refused to go on" and she had MTV, Kanye's camp and even her own peeps working throughout the duration of the show to see if she'd change her mind and join him.

Kanye has apologized a thousand times for the incident, and while we wanted to punch him in the naughty bits when he interrupted Taylor last year, we don't know what more Taylor wants from him -- maybe she's jealous that he's a better live performer?