Gwen Stefani is now saying she did not boycott the VMAs because she was pissed about being slighted at last year's show:

"Despite what you may have heard, the only reason I am not attending the MTV Video Music Awards is because I will be recording and spending time with my family in New York while I'm here working on my LAMB show for Fashion Week," the hollaback girl told the New York Daily News. " Any other speculation out there is false."

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You hear that everyone? Get off her back. She just wanted to spend time with her family. You can't really blame Gwen for not wanting to leave her family and fly cross country to Los Angeles for another boring awards show. What was that? You say the VMAs were held in New York City? Hmm......

Gwen might as well have said she couldn't go to the VMAs because she had to wash her hair and do a load of laundry.