SZA<\/b>‘s manager Terence “Punch” Henderson<\/b> said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter<\/I> that the singer skipped last week’s MTV Video Music Awards<\/I> as she was hurt by MTV<\/I>‘s decision not to nominate her in the Artist of the Year category.<\/p>\n
Anderson said it was “disrespectful” not to nominate SZA for the award despite the musician having one of the strongest years of her career to date.<\/p>\n
“Obviously, she had one of the best years, if not the best year, of any artist at this point. I don’t see why she wouldn’t be nominated for artist of the year,” Anderson told The Hollywood Reporter. “It just really didn’t make any sense to me. It’s disrespectful.”<\/p>\n
Henderson said he did not get a proper reply from MTV<\/i> about the lack of nomination for SZA in the Artist of the Year category during a call. <\/p>\n
“They couldn’t give a clear answer as to why she wasn’t [nominated],” he said. “It was just, ‘Well, she’s nominated for all these other [awards].'”<\/p>\n
“When we tried to set up the second call, they didn’t want to discuss artist of the year, which to me was really a slap in the face. You can’t discredit what ‘SOS’ has done and is currently doing,” he added.<\/p>\n
SZA’s manager revealed they pulled her VMAs performance after the snub, saying, “I figured, why go perform and do this if she’s not going to be respected to the highest level?”<\/p>\n
“So, it was my call to actually pull out of the performance,” he explained. “I felt it was disrespectful and I was very stern on that and influencing that. If there’s any issues or backlash and all of that, I’m taking all of that.”<\/p>\n
(Photo: Jacob Webster) <\/p>\n