LONDON: Taylor Swift wants to put the whole Kanye West controversy at last weekend's MTV Video Music Awards behind her once and for all - because it's spiralled out of control.

The You Belong With Me singer was left crushed when the rapper stormed the stage as she was accepting the prize for Best Female Video - proclaiming Beyonce was the true winner.

She has since accepted West's apology and admits reporters' constant questions are starting to annoy her - because she just wants to "move on" from the shocking incident.

During a radio interview in Tampa Bay, Florida on Thursday (17Sep09), Swift refused to answer presenter MJ's repeated queries about West's stage interruption, and asked to switch to another topic.

She told the DJ, "You know, honestly, I'm trying not to make it into a bigger deal than it already is. It's kind of become more of a bigger deal than I thought it would be. I would just like to move on a little bit. ...I didn't know what to think but I think we should talk about something else. It's nothing I feel like we should talk about."

But Swift is taking something positive from all the negativity surrounding the incident - the notes of encouragement she's received from fans and celebrities, including a special gift from Janet Jackson.

She said, "I think that the outpouring of love is what I focus on about that whole thing, and getting flowers from Janet Jackson is something that I never thought would happen in my whole life.

"Just everybody being supportive and showing love, it was really nice (to know) people I didn't even think knew who I was were out there having my back and being really very kind to me."