Selena Gomez MTV VMA 2013 performance was overshadowed by controversy, what with her best friend Taylor Swift caught on camera mouthing an F-bomb and Miley Cyrus twerking her way through a Robin Thicke song that is fighting its way through copyright courts.

No one seemed to notice Selena Gomez MTV VMA 2013 performance and her moonman win was unexpected. But the MTV VMAs have a history of providing the unexpected. While the world appeared to be aghast at the Miley Cyrus MTV VMA performance, Selena defended her. In public statements anyway, media has been pushing a photo of Selena Gomez apparently mocking the racy Miley Cyrus VMA performance.

During the Miley Cyrus MTV VMA performance, Selena Gomez and her BFF Taylor Swift looked like they were having a great time. The star pals were dancing and caught up in the beat. MTV's Audience Cam caught Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift singing and dancing along to Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop," even though at one pint it looks like the were making fun of the strip-teaser.

After the MTV VMAs, Selena Gomez said she thought the Miley Cyrus MTV VMA performance was great and that “she loved it,” but two nights after the MTV VMAs, a photographer caught Selena Gomez with her mouth wide open and her tongue darting out at the premiere of "Getaway in L.A." Was Selena Gomez just responding to the media hype that followed it? Or was she coming down off the high of winning a moonman and realize that no one seemed to notice Selena Gomez’s MTV VMA 2013 performance.

Selena clearly enjoyed hanging with her friend. “Honestly, every award show that I go to, they know if Taylor is coming I need to sit with her because she’s like my gal pal and it’s good to like have my best friend with me.”

But Selena Gomez didn’t know that her country-pop confidante would steal the scene even in the audience when cameras panned to the par and caught Taylor Swift dropping the F-bomb.
Immediately after the MTV VMAs, Selena Gomez defended the Miley Cyrus twerk duet with Robin Thicke, saying that was the best part of the show. Selena said "I really thought the collaboration with Miley was amazing… Loved [it].”

Selena Gomez admitted that nabbing a moonman for Best Pop Video at Sunday’s MTV Video music Awards was a complete surprise. At the Monday night at the premiere of her new film, “Getaway,” in Los Angeles she told Access Hollywood “I really didn’t think I was going to win. It was so funny, I was sitting next to Taylor [Swift] and she was grabbing my hand, and I was like, ‘It’s OK. I don’t think I’m going to win.’ And I sat there and I’m watching the One Direction boys looking all pretty, and they said my name and I was like ‘OK, this is great!’ It’s such a great plus because I’ve really worked hard on this record. It’s great when people focus on the things that they need to focus on. So it was good.”

Robin Thicke also loved Miley Cyrus’ performance. Thicke too to Twitter, to thank Miley Cyrus, tweeting “That was dope. Shout out to @MileyCyrus @kendricklamar @2chainz.”