> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fugtrospective: The MTV Video Music Awards of 2004 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugtrospective-the-mtv-video-music-awards-of-2004/ - Published: 2014-08-19T17:00:44.000Z - Updated: 2014-08-19T23:12:25.000Z - Author: Heather - Tags: #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:39 ## Jennifer Lopez ![Jennifer Lopez at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mtv-vmas-2004-jennifer-lopez-retrospective.xml) "HOLA LOVERS. You think Perry Whoozits invented THE HAT? I WILL SHOW YOU THE HAT THAT BEGAT ALL HATS. IT IS THE HAT MOTHER. ITS HAT WOMB CREATED YOUR HAT, PARNELL!!! WHO'S HAPPY NOW?!?!? Besos!" ## Fergie ![Fergie at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/fergie-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_322488.xml) This is so heinous that I can't even appreciate the attempt at wordplay. Because it's WORDPLAY OF LIES. ## Lenny Kravitz ![Lenny Kravitz at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2014/08/mtv-vmas-2004-lenny-kravitz-retrospective.jpg) Lenny Kravits AND Always pads: better with wings. ## Lil Kim ![Lil Kim at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mtv-vmas-2004-lil-kim-retrospective.xml) At times Lil' Kim was so subtle, it was easy to forget she was there. ## Beyonce ![Beyonce at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mtv-vmas-2004-beyonce-retrospective.xml) BEYONCE IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PERSON NOW. This is so... I mean, did she buy Liberace's cocktail pajamas at auction and have them hemmed? ## Beyonce ![Beyonce at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/beyonce-2-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-ma290804a_038.xml) No, but seriously. Say what you will about her -- and I am at the TOP of The Beygency's Hit List -- but she has slicked up her act and gotten SO MUCH BETTER at this since 2004\. Also, in Googling whether she was still merely a Child of Destiny at this time (she was not; she went solo in 2003), I realized her second album is called B'Day. Did NOBODY point out that might read like Bidet? ## Jay Z ![Jay Z at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jay-z-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_322279.xml) Jay Z has not changed. Well, except for his actual outfit. ## Usher ![Usher at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/usher-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_322298.xml) Usher had to put out four fingers so that people would not think he was TOTALLY copying Jay's look. ## Ashlee Simpson ![Ashlee Simpson at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ashlee-simpson-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_322249.xml) This was her original nose. It is also ORIGINAL FUG. It's so awful, y'all. It heaves. ## Ashanti ![Ashanti at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ashanti-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_322258.xml) It's nice to see that Ashanti has always gravitated toward things with a Vagina Sling option. ## Alicia Keys ![Alicia Keys at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/alicia-keys-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_322310.xml) This is not great, but weirdly, it fits her better than like 90 percent of what she wears now. ## Christina Aguilera ![Christina Aguilera at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mtv-vmas-2004-aguilera-retrospective.xml) THE MARILYN PHASE. ## Christina Aguilera ![Christina Aguilera at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/christina-aguilera-2-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_322506.xml) Brothel Couture at its finest. ## Paris Hilton ![Paris Hilton at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/infphoto_322363.xml) THE BARBIE HAIR. THE NAKED. And I assume that's NOT a glowing evil face over her navel, but it might as well be. This picture just tickled my soul. She looks like she was exhumed from a forgotten beauty pageant. ## Brooke Hogan ![Brooke Hogan at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/brooke-hogan-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-ra290804a_130.xml) Remember when Hulk Hogan was trying to make his daughter happen? The cargo pants industry sure does. AND HER BRA HAS POCKETS. It's A CARGO BRA. What do you put in tiny nipple pockets? Quarters? Listerine strips? Dignity? ## Hilary Duff ![Hilary Duff at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hilary-duff-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-ra290804a_139.xml) This is as frustrating as if it were the first time. All the necklaces were so unflattering on her, and the baggy wrinkly shorts, and the bra straps falling all over everywhere... so bad. SO BAD. ## No Doubt ![No Doubt and Gwen Stefani at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/no-doubt-gwen-stefani-vmas-mtv-2004-ma290804a_195.xml) Oh, Gwen. This is so you. ## Gwen Stefani ![Gwen Stefani at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/gwen-stefani-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_321950.xml) Ditto. ## Lil Kim ![Lil Kim at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lil-kim-2-infphoto_322512.xml) Lil' Kim changed, too, actually. Not that you'd notice because she's so discreet. ## Amy Lee and John Cougar Mellencamp ![Amy Lee and John Cougar at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2014/08/mtv-vmas-2004-amy-lee-john-cougar-mellencamp-retrospective.jpg) So I guess at this time Amy Lee owned a whorehouse in the middle of grizzly country, and John Cougar Mellencamp REALLY needed Bruce Springsteen to take him shopping for jeans. This reminds me of the best Marry F\*\*k Kill that we ever did: John Cougar, John Mellencamp, and John Cougar Mellencamp. I think we killed the Coug. OBVIOUSLY, John Cougar Mellencamp lives, but I can't remember if I married him or not. I think so? To preserve him in my life forever? ## Michelle Branch ![Michelle Branch at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/michelle-branch-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_322489.xml) Michelle Branch is probably not too pleased this outfit was immortalized. ## Gwyneth Paltrow ![Gwyneth Paltrow at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/gwyneth-paltrow-ma290804a_1521.xml) I wish I had a full shot of this. The outfit is dumb, the face is great, and the GOOP is... totally pulling this off in a way that's super irritatingly good. ## Mandy Moore ![Mandy Moore at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mandy-moore-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_322277.xml) I miss Mandy Moore. But not in this dress. ## Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey ![Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jessica-simpson-nick-lachey-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_322259.xml) Oh hey, remember these two? Actually, Jessica does not look that bad here. I mean, it's a LOT of boob, but it could be -- and has been -- so much worse. ## Vanessa Minnillo ![Vanessa Minnillo at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/vanessa-minnillo-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-ra290804a_109.xml) Nick's future wife was there also, nipples and all. ## Eva Mendes ![Eva Mendes at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/eva-mendes-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_322519.xml) WHAT is that skirt. FOR SHAME. ## Dave Navarro ![Dave Navarro at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dave-navarro-mtv-vmas-2004-retrospective-infphoto_322338.xml) Remember Dave Navarro? He'd like you to. ## Kanye West ![Kanye West at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/infphoto_322396.xml) YO, NAVARRO, I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU, AND I'MMA LET YOU FINISH, BUT 2004 HAD SOME OF THE UGLIEST SHIT OF ALL TIME. OF ALL TIME! EVEN BEYONCE HAD PROBLEMS. THANK GOD I KEPT IT CLASSIC AND STROKED MY CHIN WITH THAT GOATEE SO THIN AND MY SPIRIT FULL OF LOVIN' BUT MY EYES FULL OF SIN AND FINGERNAILS NEAT AS A PIN BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF IF YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM DOPEOCITY. [Fugtrospective: The MTV Video Music Awards of 2004Now that GFY is a decade into life, it's time to make it feel SO OLD by flashing back ten years, and remembering what the VMAs looked like before styling was quite the game it is now. BEYONCE, GUYS. And ASHLEE SIMPSON. And Hilary Duff. And MY GOD LIL' KIM. And remember when people let Paris Hilton do stuff? Like, on purpose? ALL THAT AND MORE. \[Photos: INF Daily, Splash, Getty\]![](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/content/files/www-gofugyourself-com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mtv-vmas-2004-jennifer-lopez-retrospective.xml)](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugtrospective-the-mtv-video-music-awards-of-2004-08-2014/)