Jack Antonoff is in hot water after a moment at the 2024 MTV VM has fans talking was he really blocking out Katy Perry's performance with earplugs or is there more to the story well we've got all the details and trust me you'll want to stick around until the end to hear how Jack responded to the backlash in the most hilarious way so here's the deal during Katy Perry's big video Vanguard performance at the VMAs Jack Antonoff was caught on camera putting something in his ears some fans immediately jumped to conclusions speculating that he was blocking out Katie's performance because of her past Feud with Taylor Swift but here's the twist that Feud ended a long time ago Katie even extended an olive branch to Taylor and she was spotted at one of Taylor's aest tour stops in Australia so what's really going on here Jack decided to clear the air himself by taking to X you know the platform formerly known as Twitter to address the situation he straight up admitted that he was in fact wearing earplugs not air pugs not air pods not anything shady just good oldfashioned blue earplugs from the hero's brand and get this he's actually been using them for a long time he buys them in bulk and uses them on planes and even at night to sleep now Jack didn't stop there he totally leaned into the drama with a cheeky response saying there is nothing left to do but apologize and thank those who covered this story because it's such a pressing issue that needed to be exposed can you believe it he even joked about how this was an embarrassment to his family and that he was taking the day off work to reflect on his earplug usage but here's where it gets even better despite the backlash Jack and his band are moving forward with all their tour dates as planned fans quickly jump to his defense with one sarcastically tweeting how dare you a music producer use earplugs to protect your hearing another fan praise Jack for promoting proper concert ear safety so what do you think was Jack Antonov just protecting his ears or or was it something deeper let me know your thoughts in the comments and don't forget to hit that like button and subscribe we've got plenty more tea coming your way stay tuned