LGBT Comedians React to Drag-tastic VMAs

MTV's Video Music Awards happened Sunday night -- with Beyonce winning big for her Black Lives Matter-inspired "Formation" video and stealing the show with an epic 16-minute performance -- and Twitter reacted to all of the awards show's memorable moments.

When the stars of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars took to the red carpet in outrageous costumes inspired by past VMA-winning videos, everyone took notice.

When Britney was back at the VMAs for the first time in 10 years.

The only person who has Kim K starstruck. #VMAs pic.twitter.com/uscKjpxQkN
-- Ryan Houlihan (@RyanHoulihan) August 29, 2016

When Beyonce performed basically her whole Formation album.

\u201cPretty sure @Beyonce just turned the #VMAs into a Formation Tour stop?\u201d
— river buddy butcher \ud83e\udd20 (@river buddy butcher \ud83e\udd20) 1472438048

\u201cBeyonc\u00e9: "I wanna perform."\n\nMTV: "Ok."\n\nBeyonc\u00e9: "... The whole tour."\n\nMTV: "Ok."\n\nBeyonc\u00e9: "And smash one of your cameras."\n\nMTV: "Ok."\u201d
— Veronica Miller Jamison \ud83c\udfa8 Illustrator \ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffd\u200d\ud83c\udfa8 (@Veronica Miller Jamison \ud83c\udfa8 Illustrator \ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffd\u200d\ud83c\udfa8) 1472437920

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When Kanye delivered a rambling speech and then debuted his new music video featuring an impossibly sexy Teyana Taylor dancing all over some gym equipment:

\u201cThat's why you should always wipe down the gym equipment before and after you use it.#VMAs #kanye\u201d
— Wanda Sykes (@Wanda Sykes) 1472436132

I've never felt fatter than while watching the #VMAs.
-- Ryan Houlihan (@RyanHoulihan) August 29, 2016

When Nicki Minaj performed and we were all supposed to forget about that one tweet.

After the Pulse shooting @NICKIMINAJ liked some tweets about not "having" to speak out and then tweeted this. #VMAs pic.twitter.com/iN0KEyeSfo
-- Ryan Houlihan (@RyanHoulihan) August 29, 2016

When maybe we are getting too old for the VMAs.

\u201cComing up next a performance from Florence Foster Jenkins #VMAs\u201d
— billy eichner (@billy eichner) 1472437344

\u201cme right now: #VMAs\u201d
— Hannah Hart \ud83c\udf4b (@Hannah Hart \ud83c\udf4b) 1472439245

\u201cDo millennials rehearse? #VMAs\u201d
— billy eichner (@billy eichner) 1472433348

\u201cOh no the only "Best New Artist" I recognized was the country one (I think)? #VMAs\u201d
— river buddy butcher \ud83e\udd20 (@river buddy butcher \ud83e\udd20) 1472440769

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