One Direction was supposed to usher us through the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday by serving as the evening's hosts. The boy band presented the first award of the ceremony minutes after taking the stage, hanging out Best Pop Video to Selena Gomez. After that, we never saw the fivesome again, except via sporadic crowd shots and during their acceptance of the Song of the Summer honor.


Instead, Kevin Hart, who hosted the 2012 awards, took the stage twice. The comedian repeatedly claimed he was not the VMAs' host, yet he was the only person to shepherd the awards along in any form.


Hart offered his signature humor in response to the ceremony's zaniness. "Miley better get a d--k pregnancy test after all that grinding," he joked after the singer performed "We Can't Stop."


He also warned Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez to "stay the hell away from" Robin Thicke. "Unless y'all want to end up on a d--k Amber Alert or something, y'all keep your a--es still."


Live updates from the show are available below.



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  • Miley Cyrus




  • Katy Perry in Emanuel Ungaro




  • Lady Gaga in Prabal Gurung




  • Selena Gomez in Atelier Versace




  • Taylor Swift in Hervé Léger By Max Azria




  • Rita Ora in Alexandre Vauthier Couture




  • Ciara in Givenchy




  • Ellie Goulding in Brian Atwood




  • Miley Cyrus in Dolce & Gabbana




  • Katy Perry in Emanuel Ungaro




  • Robin Thicke




  • Erin Wasson in Alexandre Vauthier Couture




  • Naya Rivera




  • Lady Gaga




  • Adam Lambert




  • Lady Gaga




  • Rihanna




  • Drake




  • Lady Gaga




  • Jennifer Hudson




  • Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller




  • Robin Thicke and Paula Patton




  • Wiz Khalifa




  • Iggy Azalea in Emilio Pucci




  • Holland Roden in Naeem Khan




  • 2 Chainz in Versace




  • Lil' Kim




  • Riff Raff




  • Chilli




  • Coco Rocha in Fausto Puglisi




  • Daft Punk




  • Kanye West




  • Justin Timberlake




  • Ryan Lewis and Macklemore




  • Mary Lambert




  • Ashanti




  • Willow and Jaden Smith




  • Joan Smalls




  • Allison Williams




  • Grimes




  • Jemima Kirke




  • DJ Cassidy




  • Sarah Hyland in Marchesa




  • Kendrick Lamar




  • Jillian Rose Reed




  • Flying Lotus




  • Tomo Milicevic, Shannon Leto and Jared Leto




  • Jermaine Fowler




  • J Woww




  • Ronnie Magro and Sammi Giancola




  • Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer








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