The Nastiest Celeb Feuds Of The Last 10 Years
In honor of Ryan Murphy's new miniseries Feud, which examines the bitter rivalry between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, we're taking a look at some of the nastiest celeb feuds of the past decade. From accusations to physical altercations, get ready for some serious claws to come out.
Lea Michele vs. Naya Rivera
It was a battle of the divas when Lea Michele and Naya Rivera spent six years on the set of Glee together. The two were even referred to the "second coming of Shannen Doherty and Tori Spelling" by E! News.
The leading ladies were allegedly compared to two sides of the same battery by a Glee writer, Rivera wrote in her memoir Sorry, Not Sorry. "We were both strong willed and competitive—not just with each other but with everyone—and that's not a good mixture," Rivera said (via Perez Hilton).
Rivera went on to mention she thought that Michele didn't enjoy sharing the spotlight with her, especially as her Glee character Santana got bigger story lines and screen time.
In that same memoir, Rivera opened up about Michele's relationship with the late Cory Monteith, which Michele was less than thrilled about. Hollywood Life reported Michele allegedly wanted to make sure her memories from Glee were positive and she was upset Rivera had discussed Michele's romantic relationship with Monteith.
During the last season of Glee, Rivera was demoted to recurring character, a move that was rumored to be because of drama with Michele. It was also reported the two didn't speak to each other that entire season.
Katy Perry vs. Taylor Swift
Believe it or not, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift actually started off as friends. In fact, back in 2009 the two were actually tweeting niceties to each other. In 2013, they abruptly stopped tweeting.
Swift later told Rolling Stone during an interview about her 1989 album, that her song "Bad Blood" was about another female artist but wouldn't spill as to who it was. She said for years she wasn't sure if the two were friends. Eventually, Swift said the mystery enemy, "basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour. She tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me."
While fans speculated who the singer was, Perry tweeted, "Watch out for the Regina George in sheep's clothing..." Yikes!
This feud allegedly led to the ongoing rumor that Swift's song "Bad Blood" was about Perry, with Swift squad member Selena Gomez playing what many said was reportedly the "Katy Perry role."
Solange vs. Jay-Z
Beyonce's younger sister Solange Knowles had some serious beef with her big sister's husband Jay-Z. At a Met Gala after-party in 2014, Jay was attacked by Solange in an elevator. TMZ posted the elevator surveillance video, where viewers could see Solange take quite a few hits at Jay before being held back by a security guard.
Later, it was rumored Solange was upset that Jay got too close for comfort to clothing designer Rachel Roy (later thought to be "Becky with the good hair" mentioned on Beyonce's Lemonade album).
Throughout the whole ordeal, Beyonce is seen standing in the elevator off to the side. It was reported that Solange and Bey ended up getting in a separate car from Jay that night.
A statement from the family read: "Jay and Solange each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred. They both acknowledge their role in this private matter that has played out in the public. They both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family," (via People).
It looks like the Knowles and Carter families seemed to bury the hatchet on their feud, but now we know never to get between Solange and her sister.
Chris Brown vs. Drake
Musicians Chris Brown and Drake's feud started over something that men have been fighting over for ages—a woman. Billboard reported that back in June 2012, a fight broke out between Drake's and Brown's crews, allegedly over a note that read "I'm f***ing the love of your life," (presumably Rihanna).
In 2014, they managed to say they'd moved on but not for long—when Brown sat down with radio station Hot 97 in 2015, he called out Drake saying, "We're not getting no check from talking about dude. We're giving him all this pub. We're us. I can't keep making these motherf***ers famous. I'm responsible for reviving a lot of careers," (via Billboard).
In October 2016, Brown threw shade at Drake again, saying he was a "boring mama's boy" and that was the reason Rihanna allegedly broke up with him. Apparently Brown can't handle that Drake and Rihanna are still friendly—he thinks Rihanna and he are the real soulmates.
Meanwhile, throughout all this, Rihanna just continues to slay.
Kimye vs. Taylor Swift
Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West and Taylor Swift's feud all started when West interrupted Swift's MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech for Best Female Video in 2009.
Seven years later, West released his song "Famous" with his infamous remarks about Swift: "I made that b**ch famous," Elle UK reported. Swift said she had no idea about the lyrics, but months later, Kardashian West got on Snapchat and threw some serious shade in the form of videos of West calling Swift to let her know what he would rap about, but allegedly leaving out the "b**ch" lyric, making Swift upset.
Swift herself then hopped on Instagram with her own response, ending with: "I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that I never asked to be a part of, since 2009."
Celebs far and wide were quick to choose sides in the feud, with Selena Gomez staying true to her squad member Swift tweeting: "There are more important things to talk about...Why can't people use their voice for something that f***ing matters?"
Khloe Kardashian chimed in on Twitter as well, writing, "Kim is a savage! Don't f**k with her man hunni! #KUWTK"
Miley Cyrus vs. Nicki Minaj
Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj exchanged some words in 2015. Cyrus called Minaj out in a New York Times interview, saying Minaj made her beef about not getting nominated for a Video Music Award for Anaconda all about her.
Cyrus said to the Times, "Not to sound like a bitch, but that's like, 'Eh, I didn't get my VMA.' If you want to make it about race, there's a way you could do that. But don't make it just about yourself. Say: 'This is the reason why I think it's important to be nominated. There's girls everywhere with this body type,'" (via E! News).
This prompted Minaj to call out Cyrus at the VMA's, asking her "What's good?" and calling her a b**ch while on stage.
Minaj later cleared the air with Time Magazine, saying, "The fact that you feel upset about me speaking on something that affects black women makes me feel like you have some big balls. You're in videos with black men, and you're bringing out black women on your stages, but you don't want to know how black women feel about something that's so important? Come on, you can't want the good without the bad. If you want to enjoy our culture and our lifestyle, bond with us, dance with us, have fun with us, twerk with us, rap with us, then you should also want to know what affects us, what is bothering us, what we feel is unfair to us. You shouldn't not want to know that."
Gwyneth Paltrow vs. Martha Stewart
The bad blood between the two lifestyle mavens began when Martha Stewart called out Gwyneth Paltrow, reportedly saying to Porter Magazine, "She just needs to be quiet. She's a movie star. If she were confident in her acting, she wouldn't be trying to be Martha Stewart," (via Page Six).
The two then passive aggressively took jabs at each other through (how else would lifestyle gurus do it?) recipes. Stewart posted a recipe for "Conscious Coupling" pie, poking fun at Paltrow and ex-husband Chris Martin's divorce. Paltrow shot right back with a "Jailbird Cake" on her site Goop, referencing Stewart's time spent in jail.
From the sound of it, don't expect a "friendship cookie" recipe anytime soon.
Lady Gaga vs. Perez Hilton
Blogger Perez Hilton and singer Lady Gaga used to be friends. Gaga revealed that one day while the two had a lot to drink, Hilton started asking her "terrible questions" and was being negative about her Born This Way album.
He later got even nastier about Gaga's next album, ARTPOP, encouraging fans to buy Christina Aguilera's Bionic instead.
"He's just mad that I don't want to hang out anymore because I don't want to be around fake people," Gaga told The Hollywood Reporter. "I really believed, when I first met him, that he wanted to change. I really believed that he wanted to bully people less on his site and that he wanted to move into a more positive space. I was really there for him and I really supported him."
According to Gaga, the whole feud boils down to constant comparisons to Madonna. "There's this thing with some people that I'm a 'threat to the throne' and I don't want your ... throne," she told Howard Stern on his radio show. "And no thanks, and I have my own. And I don't actually want a throne at all because I don't view myself as a queen. I view myself as one of my fans and that's it," (via The Hollywood Reporter).
Donald Trump vs. Rosie O'Donnell
President Donald Trump and comedian/actress Rosie O'Donnell's feud has been going on for years—so long in fact, they are actually a year over the "decade" headline in this story. Back in 2006, O'Donnell took the first dig. After getting upset about Trump's decision to allow Tara Conner, who was named Miss Teen USA at the time, to keep her crown, O'Donnell called him bankrupt and "not a moral authority for the country." Trump's response was calling O'Donnell a "woman out of control" and a "real loser," according to Fox News.
It only gets nastier. Fast forward to 2014, when O'Donnell went back to The View, Fox News reported. Trump tweeted, "Rosie is back on The View which tells you how desperate they must be. It is the standard short term fix and long term disaster." He later followed up with, "Rosie is crude, rude, obnoxious and dumb — other than that I like her very much!"
During the 2016 presidential election, when he was asked about his comments about women, calling them "fat pigs," "dogs" and "slobs," he responded "Only Rosie O'Donnell."
O'Donnell then tweeted: "try explaining that 2 ur kids."
Blac Chyna vs. the Kardashians
Rob Kardashian's ex-fiancee Blac Chyna has been feuding with the Kardashian family for a while. In May 2016, Chyna applied to trademark the name Angela Renee Kardashian. The older Kardashian sisters' companies said no way and swiftly filed for opposition to Chyna's trademark request.
In addition to the trademark incident, Chyna has a child with Tyga, whose girlfriend is Kylie Jenner. Jenner was extremely upset at the whole situation at first, but Stylecaster reported the family has since gotten over the initial shock.
As of March 2017, Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner has been preparing to take on Chyna, as Chyna seeks custody of her daughter with Rob, Dream Kardashian.