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Shakira and longtime accomplice Gerard Pique’s break up was famously messy, with rumors of infidelity and Pique rapidly transferring on with 22-year-old Clara Chia Marti. It was additionally reported that the nanny of the couple’s two kids 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 monitor “El Jefe,” however she additionally put the allegedly fired nanny, Lili Melgar, within the video, and sang (in Spanish), “Lili Melgar / This music is for you, they did not compensate you.”
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Within the music, Shakira additionally took purpose 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, confirmed as much as a press convention driving a Twingo and sporting a Casio watch, which he stated 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 informed Spanish reporter Marc Leirado Millán that she was anxious Shakira was doing witchy rituals with it. Oh, and in line with fan movies, it appears like Shakira has been blasting her music “Bzrp Music Classes #53” loud sufficient for Pique’s mom to listen to. The music 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 be the daddy of her youngster), referred to 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 music with Usher titled “Boyfriend,” during which Usher sings, “Any individual stated that your boyfriend is on the lookout for me. … Effectively, he ought to know I’m fairly simple 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 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 have 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 music “Chemtrails Over the Nation Membership,” in a transfer many assumed was a reference to her ex Sean Larkin. On the finish of the music, she sang, “He is born in December, and he received married after we have been nonetheless collectively. Generally I’m wondering what his spouse would suppose if she knew that I did not know something. … He received married whereas we have been in couple’s remedy collectively.” Larkin introduced he’d break 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 music “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 dwelling 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, Unhealthy Bunny appeared slightly bit salty about his Grammy loss to Harry Kinds. (Kinds had taken dwelling 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 identify.
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After being requested about similarities between Girl Gaga’s “Born This Means” and her music “Categorical Your self,” Madonna shaded Gaga, calling her music “reductive” (after which sipping tea). She then took it a step additional on her tour, together with a snippet of “Born This Means” in her efficiency of “Categorical Your self,” emphasizing the similarities in sound. She ended the mash-up with a few of her music “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 typically 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 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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But it surely wasn’t simply Ye being petty — Davidson might be petty again. In a screenshot of messages between the 2 posted on comic Dave Sirus’ account (which Davidson typically used), when Ye requested the place Pete was, he replied, “In mattress together with your spouse,” with a selfie.
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You will 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 occurring). Now, we won’t 100% affirm this, however in line 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 may kick off an notorious feud between the 2, filled with petty moments. In “Clown,” a music many took to be directed at Eminem, Carey sang a couple of man she referred to as a clown and a puppet, saying, “It is best to’ve by no means intimated we have been lovers,” she sang, “when you recognize very effectively we by no means even touched one another.” When performing the music onstage, she additionally put a backup dancer in a blonde wig and Detroit jersey, which appeared to verify the music was concerning the well-known rapper.
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Eminem was petty proper again. Whereas on his Anger Administration tour, Eminem performed Mariah’s music “We Belong Collectively” after which performed voicemails that appeared to be from Mariah, saying, “I heard you have 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 in all places 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 certainly one of my favourite examples, despite the fact that it is small. Operating into Girl Gaga on a crimson carpet for Elton John’s Oscars watch celebration, Caitlyn Jenner requested if Gaga was nonetheless dwelling in Malibu, as she hadn’t seen a lot of her currently. Gaga stated she was, and Jenner replied, “I have not seen you on the Starbucks shortly,” to which Gaga stated 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 because of a snowboarding accident he blamed Paltrow for, Paltrow countersued for simply $1. That is splendidly petty in itself, however nothing can examine to what she quietly stated 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 received 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 associates with all people, however I suppose sure telephone numbers have modified and I have not obtained calls from lots of people,” Zayn stated. “I’ve reached out to a couple of them and never received a reply. Sure folks have delight points, nevertheless it’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 music “Turnin’ Me On,” which appeared to shade Bey with the lyrics, “Your imaginative and prescient cloudy should you suppose that you simply da greatest, You possibly can dance, she will be able to sing, however want to maneuver it to the left.” Hilson has since stated 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 quilt, 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 received to be Kendrick’s back-to-back diss tracks (launched lower than a day aside) that alleged Drake has a second secret youngster and that he is a predator. Within the second music, “Not Like Us,” Lamar raps, “Simply ensure you cover your lil’ sister from him.” The pettiest half? The duvet for the music 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 youngster was really leaked by Drake himself in an effort 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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