We sometimes have the tendency to think that celebrities are these perfect, do-no-wrong beings. But that couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, they can get mean or have fights with others, including other celebrities.
These celebs were involved in (somewhat speculative) feuds in the past, but showed that they're actually beyond the fighting. Or, maybe there was never a fight or a feud to begin with.
Nicki Minaj is no stranger to awards show snubs, and back in 2015 she spoke out about how her hit song "Anaconda" was snubbed by the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Music Video. In an angry Tweet, she wrote, "If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year."
In a since-deleted Tweet, Swift responded, "I’ve done nothing but love & support you. It’s unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot." And of course Nicki responded by saying the initial Tweet had nothing to do with Taylor.
The two later appeared together in the opening performance for that year's VMAs, where they sang "The Night Is Still Young" and a bit of "Bad Blood." Now that's how you end a feud before it begins.
The two pop stars started out as friends. But when Swift released "Bad Blood," the internet began to speculate that it was actually about a falling out she had with Katy Perry.
In a Rolling Stone interview, she said, "She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour. She tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me." Though she never names Perry, the two were pretty shady toward one another on social media since the song's release.
Shortly before Swift's 2018 "Reputation" tour, Perry sent her a letter with a literal olive branch, apologizing for past behavior. Then in 2019, Perry posted a pic of a plate of cookies that reads, "Peace at last," while tagging Swift. Looks like they're back to being friends.
High School Musical The Musical: The Series costars and exes, things went well between Rodrigo and Bassett, until they didn't. "Driver's License," the 2021 song that put Olivia Rodrigo on the map, was seemingly about Bassett, who reportedly started seeing Sabrina Carpenter after his split with Rodrigo.
Sabrina Carpenter's "Skin" featured the lyrics "Maybe you didn't mean it / Maybe blonde was the only rhyme," potentially referencing Rodrigo's mention of a "blonde girl" in "Driver's License." And later on in 2021, Bassett released "Crisis," "Secret," and "Set Me Free," all of which were speculated to be about Rodrigo.
Though the two apparently hadn't spoken since "Driver's License" released, they shared a pretty fun moment on the red carpet together.
In 1996, Yankovic released "Amish Paradise," a parody song of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" which released the previous year. Initially, Coolio wasn't a fan of the fact that Yankovic parodied his song, despite that kind of being Yankovic's whole deal.
Coolio publicly denounced the parody song, and even added fuel to the fire by dissing Yankovic in his 1997 song, "Throwdown 2000" with the line "uppercuts and fight kicks with 'Weird Al' Yankovic."
Once the 2000s hit, Coolio's feelings did a complete 180. He realized that he put his ego first, and did what he could to make amends. "I've since apologized to him. Again, that was so stupid. … That was a stupid thing for me to do. That was one of the dumbest things I did in my career," he said.
Alongside Mya and Lil' Kim, P!nk and Christina worked together for the 2001 hit song "Lady Marmalade," which is apparently when their famous feud got its beginnings. Though there didn't seem to be animosity in the music video, a lot more happened behind the scenes.
P!nk said during the special, "[Label executive] Ron Fair walked in. He didn’t say hi to any of us and said, ‘What’s the high part? What’s the most singing part? Christina’s going to take that part.'"
She replied with "'Hi. How are you? So nice of you to introduce yourself. I’m Pink. She will not be taking that part. I think that’s what the [expletive] meeting’s about.'"
During her time on The Voice, Aguilera brought P!nk on to be a coach for her team. And while addressing online hate in 2017, P!nk stated that she and Aguilera are on good terms nowadays.
Rumors of a feud between the two stars have been circulating for years. Selena famously dated Justin Bieber on and off for quite some time, ending in 2018. That was also the year Justin married Hailey, leading many to wonder if she was ever the "other woman" in Selena's relationship with the singer.
On an episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, Hailey said, "I can say, period, point blank, I was never with him when he was in a relationship with anybody — that's the end of it."
In a final bid to dispel any rumors of feuds or bad blood, Selena and Hailey posed for pictures while at the event. It looks like this speculative feud is done for good.
