DramaUnexpected Celebrity Feuds: Taylor Swift vs. Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus vs. Nicki Minaj and More

JoJo Siwa and Candace Cameron Bure

There’s a couple layers to this one. It all began in July 2022, after JoJo made a TikTok calling Candace the “rudest celebrity” she had ever met. Following that, Candace spilled that she and JoJo spoke over the phone about the incident in an Instagram video. She explained why JoJo called her rude — revealing that during the premiere of Fuller House, the mom of three told 11-year-old JoJo “not right now” after she asked for a photo. Candace said she felt “crummy” about the encounter, but that she and JoJo had worked out their differences.

Until months later, in November 2022, when Candace became chief creative officer of the Great American Family Network after leaving her position at the Hallmark Channel. The feud came to a head when the Full House alum said Great American Family would focus on highlighting “traditional marriages” instead of focusing on same-sex marriages as well.

JoJo, and many other celebrities, were understandably upset — and JoJo ended up calling Candace out on her Instagram account. “Honestly, I can’t believe after everything that went down just a few months ago, that she would not only create a movie with the intention of excluding LGBTQIA+, but then also talk about it in the press,” she wrote. “This is rude and hurtful to a whole community of people.”

In an interview with People, JoJo said her response to Candace was “a chance to use my voice, use my platform for something good and to change the world for the better.” She also added that she hadn’t spoken to Candace since her comments and that “I don’t think we ever will again.”

Taylor Swift and Katy Perry

The singers’ feud appeared to start in 2013. After years of drama between them, they reconciled in 2018.

Zayn Malik and Jake Paul

After an apparent February 2020 incident in Las Vegas, Jake took to Twitter in a series of since-deleted tweets and slammed the singer. “Bro he literally started yelling and freaking the f–k out,” Jake wrote at the time. “‘You wanna test me mate?’ Lol I feel bad for childhood stars.”

Zayn’s then-girlfriend Gigi Hadid chimed in, writing: “Lol cause he doesn’t care to hang with you and your embarrassing crew of YouTube groupies? Home alone with his best friends like a respectful king cause he has me, sweetie. Unbothered by your irrelevant ugly ass. Go to bed.”

Jake’s brother, Logan Paul, addressed the incident on an episode of his “Impaulsive” podcast and recounted the evening, noting, “I do think [Jake’s] in the wrong here.”

Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian

Following a longtime feud between Taylor and Kanye West, the reality star stepped in to defend her then-husband. After the rapper released a song titled “Famous,” which included Taylor’s name, the “Look What You Made Me” do singer claimed that she didn’t know she would be referred to as “bitch” in the song. Kim spoke about the entire situation during a June 2016 interview with GQ.

“She totally approved that,” Kim claimed at the time. “She totally knew that that was coming out. She wanted to all of a sudden act like she didn’t. I don’t know why she just, you know, flipped all of a sudden. It was funny because [on the call with Kanye] she said, ‘When I get on the Grammy red carpet, all the media is going to think that I’m so against this, and I’ll just laugh and say, ‘The joke’s on you, guys. I was in on it the whole time.’ And I’m like, wait, but [in] your Grammy speech, you completely dissed my husband just to play the victim again.”

Taylor later posted a since-deleted Instagram post, writing: “Where is the video of Kanye telling me he was going to call me ‘that bitch’ in his song? It doesn’t exist because it never happened. You don’t get to control someone’s emotional response to being called ‘that bitch’ in front of the entire world.”

Things appear to have died down since. Kanye even appeared to support Taylor in a September 2020 Twitter post when she was in the midst of battling Scooter Braun for the sale of her masters.

Debby Ryan and Skai Jackson

In 2015, fans speculated that there was bad blood between the Jessie costars after eagle-eyed fans noticed that Skai unfollowed Debby on Twitter. The Dancing With the Stars alum addressed the rumors in a tweet that read:  “No, I’m not rude to her. It’s the other way around.” Debby, for her part, appeared to address the feud in a lengthy Tumblr post at the time.

But, years later, Debby showed love for all her costars in a 2017 social media post and the entire cast reunited in 2020. It seemed like there was no negative energy between them.

Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez

Demi and Selena were BFF goals for years, but after their Disney Channel days have since had a tumultuous friendship. In an April 2020 interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Demi revealed that they weren’t friends anymore.

Drake Bell and Josh Peck

The onscreen brothers had a minor feud in 2017 after Drake tweeted that he wasn’t invited to Josh’s wedding. “When you’re not invited to the wedding the message is clear,” his posts read at the time. “True colors have come out today. Message is loud and clear. Ties are officially cut. I’ll miss you brotha.”

Later that same year, the two patched things up with Josh sharing a photo of himself and Drake hugging alongside a caption that read: “Hug me.”

Justin Bieber and JoJo Siwa

When JoJo showed off her custom car — adorned with her own face on it — in 2018, Justin commented on her Instagram post writing, “Burn it.” The “Baby” singer was quick to apologize in a Twitter post. Tagging JoJo he wrote, “I have nothing against you it was the car and the colors I didn’t like. I really hope you didn’t think it was malicious or mean spirited.”

She was quick to reply, adding, “It’s all good bro! You can perform at my 16th birthday party and we’ll call it good!”

Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande

Fans speculated for years that there was bad blood between the stars, following the show’s 2014 cancellation. However, Jennette was quick to shut down the rumors.

“I just feel that, you know, Ariana and I were and are extremely close and very like-minded in a lot of different ways and then, sorta as the show dissolved, everybody wanted to find some sort of hidden meaning in our relationship,” the actress told E! News in March 2015. “I think we butted heads at times but in a very sisterly way. She knows me so well, and I know her so well that I think it was unfortunate that things kind of got misconstrued.”

Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj

After Nicki appeared to shade the MTV VMAs following the 2015 nominations announcement, Miley spoke about the rapper during an interview with The New York Times

“What I read sounded very Nicki Minaj, which, if you know Nicki Minaj is not too kind. It’s not very polite,” she said. “I think there’s a way you speak to people with openness and love. You don’t have to start this pop star against pop star war.”

During the actual awards show, Nicki took the stage and called Miley out, saying, “And now back to this bitch that had a lot to say about me in the press … Miley, what’s good?” Although it’s unclear where they stand now, Miley released a song called “Cattitude” in 2019, which included a lyric that read: “I love you, Nicki, but I listen to Cardi [B].”