It has recently been announced that Miley Cyrus will be hosting the MTV VMA's this year and in light of her position, she was asked her take on Nicki Minaj's comments on her supposed VMA snub.

In July, Minaj was quoted on Twitter stating:

"If I was a different 'kind' of artist, 'Anaconda' would be nominated for best choreo and vid of the year as well. When the 'other' girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination [...] If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year. Black women influence pop culture so much but are rarely rewarded for it."

Pop star Taylor Swift seemed to take her comments as a a direct attack and responded by attempting to make peace, with evidently caused media outlets to pose it as a musician rivalry.

"People forget that the choices that they make and how they treat people in life affect you in a really big way," Cyrus told EW. "If you do things with an open heart and you come at things with love, you would be heard and I would respect your statement. But I don't respect your statement because of the anger that came with it. [...] If you want to make it about race, there's a way you could do that. But don't make it just about yourself. Say: 'This is the reason why I think it's important to be nominated. There's girls everywhere with this body type.'"

"I think there's a way you speak to people with openness and love. You don't have to start this pop star against pop star war," Cyrus continued. "It became Nicki Minaj and Taylor in a fight, so now the story isn't even on what you wanted it to be about. Now you've just given E! News 'Catfight! Taylor and Nicki Go at It.'

"I know you can make it seem like, 'Oh I just don't understand because I'm a white pop star.' I know the statistics. I know what's going on in the world. But to be honest, I don't think MTV did that on purpose."