No, Taylor Swift didn’t do <i>that</i> on live TV during VMAs

The MTV Video Music Awards — a night of music, nudity, unscripted drama and … farting? That's what it seemed to turn into Sunday night when a flatulent sound erupted through the microphone as Taylor Swift was announcing her new music video for "Wildest Dreams."

There it was. Flanked by her girl-power "Bad Blood" squad, it appeared that Taylor had, after taking meticulous care to hold it in, let one rip. Ever-vigilant VMA watchers took to Twitter, aghast. Did Tay Tay really just pass gas on live television?

Some fans blamed themselves for the embarrassing audio.

But, was it actually Taylor?

WAS IT?

The response to Taylor's alleged flatulence was so vehement that MTV decided it was necessary to set the record straight: Despite the unfortunately coincidental pause, squat and shocked facial expression, Taylor Swift absolutely did not fart on live television.

Mirror reports an MTV spokesperson has declared, "MTV confirmed that the sound heard in the moment Taylor Swift introduced her new music video, "Wildest Dreams," was isolated to a production microphone. There was absolutely no possibility of it being Taylor or anyone in her party's microphones picking up ambient sounds."

Still, though, one has to wonder.