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Shakira and longtime companion Gerard Pique’s break up was famously messy, with rumors of infidelity and Pique shortly 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, was the queen of petty. She not solely launched the diss monitor “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 goal at her ex’s new beau’s age, singing, “I am price 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, showed 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 going through Pique’s mom’s home. Pique’s mom even reportedly instructed Spanish reporter Marc Leirado Millán that she was anxious Shakira was doing witchy rituals with it. Oh, and in keeping with fan movies, it seems to be like Shakira has been blasting her track “Bzrp Music Periods #53” loud sufficient for Pique’s mom to listen to. The track slams Pique and comprises the lyric, “You left my mother-in-law as my neighbor.”
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You gotta love an excellent diss monitor about your ex. Final 12 months, Keke Palmer’s then-boyfriend, Darius Jackson (who can also be the daddy of her baby), called out a sheer outfit she wore to an Usher live performance, writing “It’s the outfit tho … you a mother.” Palmer appeared to respond with a track with Usher titled “Boyfriend,” by which Usher sings, “Someone mentioned that your boyfriend is searching for me. … Nicely, he ought to know I’m fairly simple to search out. Simply search for me wherever he sees you.” After which within the music video, Palmer particularly references Jackson’s feedback, winking on the digital camera.
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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 changed 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 once we had been nonetheless collectively. Generally 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 break up from del Rey in March 2020, and in early 2022, it was announced 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, reminiscent of “At house in Los Angeles,” and “In Minneapolis,” together with “extra locations I am unable to 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, Unhealthy Bunny seemed a bit bit salty about his Grammy loss to Harry Kinds. (Kinds had taken house the 2023 Album of the 12 months Grammy for Harry’s Home, beating out Unhealthy Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti). Throughout his set, he projected a tweet onto the stage shading Harry, studying, “goodnight benito might do because it was however harry might by no means do el apagon.” Benito is Unhealthy Bunny’s actual first title.
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After being requested about similarities between Woman Gaga’s “Born This Manner” and her track “Categorical Your self,” Madonna shaded Gaga, calling her track “reductive” (after which sipping tea). She then took it a step additional on her tour, including a snippet of “Born This Manner” in her performance of “Categorical Your self,” emphasizing the similarities in sound. She ended the mash-up with a few of her track “She’s Not Me.” I am going to 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 includes 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 Warfare, 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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However it wasn’t simply Ye being petty — Davidson could possibly 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 together 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 determine the way it began (there’s clearly no proof of it ever taking place). Now, we will not 100% verify this, however in keeping with Gere’s longtime rival Sylvester Stallone, Gere believes Stallone began it. Stallone says he did not, but when he did…this may rank because the pettiest entry on this listing.
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Based on Eminem, he and Mariah Carey had a short-lived relationship within the early 2000s — which Carey denied. This might kick off an notorious feud between the 2, filled with petty moments. In “Clown,” a track many took to be directed at Eminem, Carey sang a few 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 already know 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 played 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 together 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 a lot of its moments and making enjoyable of the hole in Demi’s tooth.
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I’ve to say one in all my favourite examples, despite the fact that it is small. Operating into Woman Gaga on a pink carpet for Elton John’s Oscars watch celebration, Caitlyn Jenner asked 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 never 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, focus on Gwyneth Paltrow. After being sued by Terry Sanderson for $300,000 on account 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 said to Sanderson after she received: “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 Path might sound 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 pals with all people, however I assume sure telephone numbers have modified and I have never acquired calls from lots of people,” Zayn said. “I’ve reached out to some of them and never acquired a reply. Sure individuals have satisfaction 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 only 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 for those who assume that you simply da finest, You possibly can dance, she will be able to 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 actual 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 quilt, saying, “No, I am sorry, I am unable to try 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 duvet for the track depicts an aerial view of Drake’s home with intercourse offender symbols throughout it.
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Based on Drake, although, the (false) information of a second secret baby was really leaked by Drake himself to be able to bait Kendrick, which is fairly darn petty.
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In one other petty transfer, Lamar performed “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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