Since Twitter is a platform where people can lob comments willynilly behind the safety of a computer or phone screen, it’s also a place where many savage feuds have taken place.
That’s not too surprising but what is surprising is the number of Twitter beefs that have erupted between celebrities. It’s almost like they’re itching for a spat online because that’s what famous people do as a hobby or something.
To recount every single celebrity Twitter beef would take until the end of human civilisation so we’ve round up the most iconic.
From dumb comments and misunderstandings to petty attempts at getting one up over someone, best settle down with some biscuits because tea will be spilled all over the place.
Katy Perry and Taylor Swift
Hoo boy, this has been a rollercoaster that’s been going on for 10 years and originally started on Twitter before erupting all over the place. First they were all gushy with each other back in 2009, tweeting mushy stuff back and forth to one another.
But then things took a turn when Katy apparently poached a few back up dancers from TayTay for her one of her world tours and things quickly descended into swipes in the press, subtle digs in their songs, cryptic tweets, and even some unsubtle shading during carpool karaoke with James Corden.
However, it seems like the decade-long feud is over after Katy shared a photo with the words “peace at last”, but who knows what’ll happen at this point.
Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian
This whole saga began when Kanye West – who has quite the history with TayTay – released a then-new song, ‘Famous’, that had misogynistic seemingly aimed at Swift.
Kanye claims he got permission from Taylor but she quickly denied it and issued out a statement reiterating that. But in a final twist, Kim then called out TayTay by releasing a secret phone recording of the singer apparently approving the lyrics for Kanye’s song, which resulted in the viral hashtag, #KimExposedTaylorParty.
Piers Morgan and Liam Payne
Talk about a strange feud that started over the most random topic.
Morgan got his knickers in a twist when Kylie Jenner was named Forbes’ youngest self-made billionaire and took to Twitter to express his, uh, displeasure.
Then out of nowhere came Liam Payne, who vehemently defended Kylie, and next thing you know we got a beef between a middle-aged alien masquerading as a human and a former One Direction member.
Shane Dawson and Logan Paul
Both are obnoxious YouTubers who command some of the biggest followings on the internet, so a beef was inevitable.
Renowned “doco” maker and cat lover Shane Dawson kicked up some huge buzz when he released a video series that dove deep into what it’s like to be Jake Paul (aka, another obnoxious YouTuber) and implying that he and his even more obnoxious brother, Logan, were sociopaths.
Logan wasn’t too pleased about this and called Shane out on it with a vlog, to which Shane responded with a tweet saying: “It was a joke haha i’m team anyone who understands a joke. and i think he did. but it’s better if he acted like he didn’t. but that’s just my hummmmmble opinion allegedly *rich voice*.”
Was this beef stupid? Yes. Should we have paid it any attention? Not really but we did anyway because that’s the Internet for ya.
Azealia Banks and a bunch of people
Getting into spats seems to be the big thing Azealia Banks does these days and she’s racked up quite a list of them in a very short amount of time.
There was that feud with Lana Del Rey, which involved Banks getting upset over Lana’s criticism over Kanye West before descending into a Twitter back and forth equivalent of “You wanna fight? Alright, let’s fight! Go on, take the first shot!”
Then there was that weird spat Banks tried to start with Lady Gaga, which was something over Gaga allegedly stealing the title “Red Flame” from her. Gaga being Gaga, she took the high road and just didn’t respond, which was the best move ever.
I’d get into her beefs with the likes of Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, and Iggy Azelea but then we’d be here all week.
Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson
This one went from dream couple to bitter exes in record time.
After they broke up following a whirlwind engagement, Pete threw shade at Ari on SNL by lampooning their shortlived relationship. The singer wasn’t having any of it and responded by dragging Pete on Twitter in absolutely brutal fashion.
But after time passed, the former couple settled their differences (as far as we can see), so much so that Ari even threw in a shout out to Pete’s huge, uh, package, in her ‘Thank U, Next’ music video.
Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato
People grow apart over time, it’s just a sad thing that happens. But whereas most would keep that to themselves, Demi decided to spill the tea all over Twitter.
After 10 or so years of being BFFs with Selena, Demi unfollowed her on Twitter all of a sudden before throwing fuel on the flame by tweeting out a meme saying “Swimming away from your bull****.”
As for why she did what she did, Demi only said that they had grown apart because “people change”. Surely there could’ve been a better way to handle it but hey, whatever works I suppose.
