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Shakira and longtime accomplice Gerard Pique’s cut up was famously messy, with rumors of infidelity and Pique rapidly shifting on with 22-year-old Clara Chia Marti. It was additionally reported that the nanny of the couple’s two youngsters knowledgeable Shakira of the alleged dishonest and that Pique then fired her.
Shakira, in return, changed into the queen of petty. She not solely launched the diss observe “El Jefe,” however she additionally put the allegedly fired nanny, Lili Melgar, within the video, and sang (in Spanish), “Lili Melgar / This track is for you, they did not compensate you.”
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Within the track, Shakira additionally took intention at her ex’s new beau’s age, singing, “I am value two 22s. You traded a Ferrari for a Twingo, you traded a Rolex for a Casio.” Pique determined to be petty proper again — and, in reference to Shakira’s snarky lyrics, confirmed up to a press convention driving a Twingo and carrying a Casio watch, which he mentioned would “final a lifetime.” He additionally apparently wasn’t shy about taking Clara over to see his mom, who lives proper by Shakira.
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So Shakira — in one other wildly petty transfer — allegedly put a scary witch model on her balcony dealing with Pique’s mom’s home. Pique’s mom even reportedly informed Spanish reporter Marc Leirado Millán that she was anxious Shakira was doing witchy rituals with it. Oh, and in accordance with fan movies, it seems to be like Shakira has been blasting her track “Bzrp Music Classes #53” loud sufficient for Pique’s mom to listen to. The track slams Pique and accommodates the lyric, “You left my mother-in-law as my neighbor.”
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You gotta love an excellent diss observe about your ex. Final 12 months, Keke Palmer’s then-boyfriend, Darius Jackson (who can also be the daddy of her baby), known as out a sheer outfit she wore to an Usher live performance, writing “It’s the outfit tho … you a mother.” Palmer appeared to reply with a track with Usher titled “Boyfriend,” through which Usher sings, “Someone mentioned that your boyfriend is searching for me. … Effectively, he ought to know I’m fairly straightforward to seek out. Simply search for me wherever he sees you.” After which within the music video, Palmer particularly references Jackson’s feedback, winking on the digicam.
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Nothing beats a celeb with an axe to grind after a breakup. In a famously petty second, Lyndsay Lohan, after her breakup with Wilmer Valderrama, wore a shirt studying “You had been by no means my boyfriend” on a TRL look.
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Whereas performing in London, Lana del Rey modified the lyrics of her track “Chemtrails Over the Nation Membership,” in a transfer many assumed was a reference to her ex Sean Larkin. On the finish of the track, she sang, “He is born in December, and he acquired married after we had been nonetheless collectively. Typically I ponder what his spouse would assume if she knew that I did not know something. … He acquired married whereas we had been in couple’s remedy collectively.” Larkin introduced he’d cut up from del Rey in March 2020, and in early 2022, it was introduced that Larkin had gotten married. Del Rey’s new lyrics recommend that the 2 had gotten again collectively after their 2020 breakup (or had by no means damaged up).
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In 2019, Halsey appeared to publicly expose her ex, G-Eazy, whereas performing her track “With out Me” on SNL. Throughout her efficiency, textual content appeared on the stage behind her, studying “I am so sorry Ashley I cheated” with a number of locations popping up, comparable to “At house in Los Angeles,” and “In Minneapolis,” together with “extra locations I can not even keep in mind.” Followers assumed this was a deliciously petty reference to Halsey’s most up-to-date ex.
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Throughout his set at Coachella final 12 months, Dangerous Bunny appeared a little bit bit salty about his Grammy loss to Harry Types. (Types had taken house the 2023 Album of the Yr Grammy for Harry’s Home, beating out Dangerous Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti). Throughout his set, he projected a tweet onto the stage shading Harry, studying, “goodnight benito may do because it was however harry may by no means do el apagon.” Benito is Dangerous Bunny’s actual first identify.
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After being requested about similarities between Woman Gaga’s “Born This Method” and her track “Specific Your self,” Madonna shaded Gaga, calling her track “reductive” (after which sipping tea). She then took it a step additional on her tour, together with a snippet of “Born This Method” in her efficiency of “Specific Your self,” emphasizing the similarities in sound. She ended the mash-up with a few of her track “She’s Not Me.” I will allow you to make of that what you’ll.
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Again when Pete Davidson was relationship Kim Kardashian, Kardashian’s ex-husband Kanye West posted a number of wildly petty (and generally disturbing) issues about Davidson, dubbing him “Skete” after which releasing a music video that incorporates a claymation Davidson being kidnapped and buried alive.
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He additionally went on a “meme rampage,” evaluating his feud with Davidson to the Marvel film Captain America: Civil Conflict, posting a photoshopped poster for a brand new model of the movie that includes his allies vs. Pete’s — or actually, simply anybody he did not like, together with Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish.
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Nevertheless it wasn’t simply Ye being petty — Davidson may very well be petty again. In a screenshot of messages between the 2 posted on comic Dave Sirus’ account (which Davidson generally used), when Ye requested the place Pete was, he replied, “In mattress along with your spouse,” with a selfie.
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You could have heard the longstanding Hollywood city legend that Richard Gere as soon as ended up within the ER after sticking a gerbil up his butt. It is haunted Gere for 4 many years now, and but nobody can work out the way it began (there’s clearly no proof of it ever taking place). Now, we will not 100% affirm this, however in accordance with Gere’s longtime rival Sylvester Stallone, Gere believes Stallone began it. Stallone says he did not, but when he did…this would possibly rank because the pettiest entry on this checklist.
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In response to Eminem, he and Mariah Carey had a short-lived relationship within the early 2000s — which Carey denied. This may kick off an notorious feud between the 2, stuffed with petty moments. In “Clown,” a track many took to be directed at Eminem, Carey sang a couple of man she known as a clown and a puppet, saying, “It’s best to’ve by no means intimated we had been lovers,” she sang, “when you realize very effectively we by no means even touched one another.” When performing the track onstage, she additionally put a backup dancer in a blonde wig and Detroit jersey, which appeared to verify the track was in regards to the well-known rapper.
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Eminem was petty proper again. Whereas on his Anger Administration tour, Eminem performed Mariah’s track “We Belong Collectively” after which performed voicemails that gave the impression to be from Mariah, saying, “I heard you had been getting again along with your ex-wife. Why will not you see me? Why will not you name me? You are not calling me…” A rep for Mariah denied that it was her voice on the tapes.
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In an iconic instance from my childhood, Disney Channel girlies all over the place will keep in mind the meat between Miley, Demi, and Selena. Within the pettiest second, Miley and her good friend Mandy Jiroux posted a video mocking a video Demi and Selena had posted, copying lots of its moments and making enjoyable of the hole in Demi’s enamel.
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I’ve to say considered one of my favourite examples, although it is small. Working into Woman Gaga on a pink carpet for Elton John’s Oscars watch occasion, Caitlyn Jenner requested if Gaga was nonetheless dwelling in Malibu, as she hadn’t seen a lot of her recently. Gaga mentioned she was, and Jenner replied, “I have not seen you on the Starbucks shortly,” to which Gaga mentioned the iconically shady, “I’ve…switched baristas.”
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Whereas we’re speaking about iconic, petty one-liners, we’ve got to, in fact, talk about Gwyneth Paltrow. After being sued by Terry Sanderson for $300,000 because of a snowboarding accident he blamed Paltrow for, Paltrow countersued for simply $1. That is splendidly petty in itself, however nothing can evaluate to what she quietly mentioned to Sanderson after she gained: “I want you effectively.”
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In one other petty remark, after Diplo tweeted “somebody ought to make a kickstarter marketing campaign to get Taylor Swift a booty,” Lorde randomly acquired concerned, tweeting at Diplo, “ought to we do one thing about your tiny penis whereas we’re at it hm.”
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Zayn leaving One Route may appear in itself a bit petty, however the pettier second got here when he claimed that his bandmates hadn’t replied to his texts in an interview. “I had each intention of remaining buddies with everyone, however I assume sure telephone numbers have modified and I have not obtained calls from lots of people,” Zayn mentioned. “I’ve reached out to some of them and never acquired a reply. Sure folks have pleasure points, but it surely’s stuff you overcome in time.”
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Talking of Zayn…in a tiny however ridiculously petty transfer, after Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik debuted as a pair, Hadid’s ex, Joe Jonas, not solely unfollowed Hadid, however he deleted a photograph he’d posted on Instagram with Zayn and Kanye West throughout Paris Vogue Week that had been captioned “#squad.”
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Keri Hilson prompted rumors of a “feud” between her and Beyoncé after she launched the track “Turnin’ Me On,” which appeared to shade Bey with the lyrics, “Your imaginative and prescient cloudy should you assume that you simply da greatest, You’ll be able to dance, she will sing, however want to maneuver it to the left.” Hilson has since mentioned the lyrics are a reference to “anyone that ever tried to take me down and did not wish to see me succeed. I am not gonna name their names as a result of I really feel I’ve addressed it.”
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However the true petty second got here in 2011, years later, when she refused to pose with an version of Juicy journal with Bey and hubby Jay-Z on the duvet, saying, “No, I am sorry, I can not do this.”
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Lastly, Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been feuding for over a decade, however one of many pettiest moments has acquired to be Kendrick’s back-to-back diss tracks (launched lower than a day aside) that alleged Drake has a second secret baby and that he is a predator. Within the second track, “Not Like Us,” Lamar raps, “Simply be sure you disguise your lil’ sister from him.” The pettiest half? The quilt for the track depicts an aerial view of Drake’s home with intercourse offender symbols throughout it.
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In response to Drake, although, the (false) information of a second secret baby was truly leaked by Drake himself with the intention to bait Kendrick, which is fairly darn petty.
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In one other petty transfer, Lamar carried out “Not Like Us” FIVE TIMES at a live performance in California. Oh, and he launched a music video clearly referencing Drake. Your transfer, Drake.
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