These celebs could block out the sun with shade. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the times celebs sent their former paramours a very shady and very public message.
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00:00 I like writing their names into songs so they're ashamed to go in public, but I'm not gonna say that
00:05 in my monologue. Welcome to Mia's Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the
00:13 time celebs sent their former paramours a very shady and very public message.
00:24 Number 20, Jojo Siwa versus Kate Mills and Avery Cyrus. In 2023, the Dance Moms star
00:32 posted a TikTok pointing out some red flags she'd come across in the dating department.
00:38 Her public dating record was limited at this point, so putting the pieces together wasn't
00:49 too hard. Our speculations were further fueled by Katie Mills' response. "You hold a lot of power,
00:56 you and your platform. How can you tell someone that you love them and then ghost them the next
01:02 day and then post all over the internet that we're clout chasers and love bombers? I don't get it."
01:06 As one of the star's ex-girlfriends, she fired back Siwa's jabs and condemned her for her
01:12 actions, knowing that she and Siwa's other ex, Avery Cyrus, did not have the same following to
01:19 back up their own claims. Cyrus also seemingly called out Siwa in another TikTok post, although
01:26 she pointedly avoided naming names. Still, followers were pretty sure they knew who was
01:33 talking about who. "And then she starts being weird again and she's like, 'I don't want to do
01:36 this whole friends with benefits thing.' That was my final straw. I honestly just couldn't handle
01:40 getting rejected another time." Number 19, Jennifer Lopez versus a bunch of exes. During a chat with
01:48 Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live, Jennifer Lopez opened up about her preferences in romantic
01:55 partners. "I'd say my type of man is, I like manly, you know what I mean? So it's like I don't like
02:00 kind of a softer, you know, edge to them. I like kind of a tougher edge to them." In this spiel,
02:06 she mentioned that she doesn't care too much about looks. Alright, pretty subtle JLo. However,
02:12 she then quickly tacked on a comment calling back to her dating record to prove her point.
02:19 "I don't, I'm not like a looks person. I don't know if you noticed over the years."
02:23 [Laughter]
02:25 Cohen clearly disagreed with the star's criteria for what is considered traditionally good looking,
02:32 and noted that he was probably not the only one. While JLo tried to save face,
02:37 we ended on a note that made many of us wince and go, 'yikes!' Well, if you dated JLo,
02:43 at least you can be consoled by the fact that she probably thinks you're manly,
02:48 and she's really into your great personality. "I thought they were all hot, you know? They're
02:56 all hot. Other people might be like, 'what the hell was she thinking?'" Number 18, Lady Gaga
03:01 vs. Taylor Kinney. In 2016, the Born This Way singer and actor Taylor Kinney called off their
03:08 engagement, parting ways after five years together. "Now we've been waiting for a wedding
03:13 date and now it's all over." While Gaga was totally amiable online, posting an endearing photo
03:21 and writing a heartfelt caption announcing that they were taking a break, she later dropped a
03:27 relatively telling hint during an interview with CBS Sunday Morning. She seemed to imply,
03:33 in a rather poetic fashion, that she felt that she'd given more than she had been getting back.
03:39 "Sometimes I don't know that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with."
03:46 She sure kept it classy, but that didn't stop viewers from reading between the lines.
03:53 Number 17, Jennifer Garner vs. Ben Affleck. When news of the Hollywood power couple's split broke,
04:00 it appeared to be one of Showbiz's more amicable separations. In fact, the pair still seemed to be
04:07 on good terms and continue to peacefully co-parent their three children. "My response to my children
04:13 is the highest responsibility I have." Despite this, Garner hinted that their marriage wasn't
04:18 always sunshine and rainbows. She told Vanity Fair, "When the sun shines on you, you feel it.
04:26 But when the sun is shining elsewhere, it's cold. He cast quite a shadow."
04:32 Some noticed the sentence was quite reminiscent of this quote from the talented Mr. Ripley.
04:38 "It's like the sun shines on you and it's glorious.
04:45 And then he forgets you and it's very, very cold."
04:48 And who stars in that movie? Yep, Affleck's longtime bestie, Matt Damon.
04:54 Number 16, Katy Perry vs. Diplo. As a promo for her album Witness in 2017,
05:02 Katy Perry streamed live on YouTube for a staggering four days straight.
05:11 When the singer invited James Corden into the house, he drew her into a game of "Spill Your
05:17 Guts" or "Fill Your Guts," in which each had to either answer personal questions or eat something
05:24 incredibly unappetizing. Somehow, this quickly devolved into publicly ranking exes in bed.
05:32 "From best to worst in bed." "Oh."
05:35 "No!" "Now, rank, John Mayer,
05:39 Diplo, and Orlando Bloom." With an insistent Corden prompting her, Perry played along,
05:46 putting Diplo as third, below John Mayer and Orlando Bloom.
05:51 "Diplo?" "Yes."
05:55 "And then, Mayer then Bloom? Bloom then Mayer." "Oh, there it is!"
06:00 It wasn't long before Diplo fired back with a reply on Twitter, now ex. Ouch.
06:08 Number 15. Shakira vs. Gerard Piquet
06:12 In 2017, Shakira told 60 Minutes why she initially hesitated to marry footballer Gerard Piquet.
06:21 "I don't want him to see me as the wife. I'd rather him see me as his girlfriend, exactly.
06:27 His lover, his girlfriend, like a little forbidden fruit, you know?"
06:32 Little could she have anticipated, just a few years later, he would allegedly find that
06:39 forbidden fruit with another woman. They called it quits in 2022, and Shakira capped off the year
06:46 by dropping "Monotonia," a song that seemed to quite literally lay bare her heartache.
06:52 By January 2023, she'd entered her villain era with Beats A Rap Music Session #53,
06:59 a track that doesn't hold back, taking shots at her ex and his new flame.
07:05 She also appeared to allude to the breakup while accepting the Woman of the Year award
07:18 at the first-ever Latin Women in Music Ceremony.
07:22 "It doesn't matter if someone is faithful to you or not. What really matters is if you're still
07:29 faithful to yourself."
07:30 Number 14, Blake Shelton vs. Miranda Lambert
07:34 Their relationship was often in the media spotlight,
07:38 with rumors hinting that all was not well in paradise. Despite staying relatively quiet,
07:44 whispers of infidelity and personal struggles followed their 2015 divorce.
07:50 "It's one of those weeks."
07:52 In 2018, Lambert's love life rekindled the rumor mill when the media caught wind of her
07:57 apparent relationship with singer Evan Felker, who was still married at the time.
08:03 Guess who else had some thoughts on the matter? Yep, her ex-husband, Blake Shelton. He took to
08:10 Twitter, now ex, to send out a very conveniently timed post about karma.
08:16 Don't worry, Lambert got her own shot in too, switching up the lyrics to "Little Red Wagon"
08:22 at the 2019 ACM Awards.
08:25 Number 13, Sophia Bush vs. Chad Michael Murray
08:32 Ever heard the expression, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"?
08:38 Even though that is the approach the One Tree Hill actress chose,
08:42 she was sipping wine like it was the kind of tea we love to spill.
08:47 "My mother once said to me that if you don't have anything nice to say,
08:51 not to say anything at all. So cheers to you in Michigan.
08:54 I'm gonna have a little rosé for you, girl."
08:57 Her brief, five-month marriage to co-star Chad Michael Murray ended amid rumors of
09:03 infidelity between him and his House of Wax castmate, Paris Hilton.
09:08 Anyway, Bush dismissed her relationship with Murray as nothing more than two stupid kids
09:13 who had no business being in a relationship in the first place.
09:17 "I mean, look, at the end of the day, we're grown-ups."
09:19 In short, we're guessing as soon as the final cut was called on the One Tree Hill set,
09:25 these two severed ties too.
09:27 "I am not pushing you away, Lucas. I am holding on for dear life, but I need you to need me back."
09:34 Number 12, Kelly Clarkson vs. Brandon Blackstock
09:38 In 2004, Clarkson gave us the ultimate breakup tune that we have no doubt helped many through
09:45 tough times.
09:46 "But since you've been gone, I can't breathe for the first time."
09:54 However, following her divorce from Brandon Blackstock after seven years of marriage,
09:59 she turned to another artist's music to vent her frustration.
10:03 During her much-loved Kelly Oakey segment on her talk show, Clarkson sang a version
10:09 of Gayle's "ABCDEFU" with lyrics tailored to her situation.
10:15 "ABCDEFU, forget you and your dad and the brightness you don't have."
10:21 Clarkson was clearly hurting and had decided to turn that sh-- well,
10:27 it into art as she worked through her heartache.
10:31 She continued to perform a, let's call it, less family-friendly version of the song
10:36 during live performances too. It's savage, but we're here for it.
10:42 "Everybody but your dog, you can all get lost."
10:46 Number 11, John Mayer vs. Jennifer Aniston
10:50 With his dating track record, you might have forgotten about his brief fling with
10:56 Friends star Jennifer Aniston.
10:58 "Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson."
11:00 "The first, this is the... I think it's double jeopardy actually."
11:09 If so, you've also likely forgotten the not-so-nice things he said about her after they split.
11:16 In an interview for Playboy, Mayer insisted on making sure everyone knew that he was the dumper
11:24 and also took a few jabs at their eight-year age gap.
11:28 He painted Aniston as someone clinging to her past glory days,
11:33 among some other poor-taste comments.
11:36 Jen responded graciously, "But if we had been in her shoes,
11:40 he'd have been on the receiving end of one of these."
11:43 Number 10, Greg Sulkin vs. Bella Thorne
11:50 When Greg Sulkin and Bella Thorne ended their relationship in 2016,
11:54 it seemed on the surface to be the kind of breakup rare in Hollywood.
11:58 Mutual and even civil. In a joint statement, they blamed their busy schedules
12:04 and said they'd always share a deep love and respect.
12:08 However, when Thorne's relationship with Sulkin's friend Tyler Posey became public a month later,
12:15 Greg's tweets suggested he was, understandably, Sulkin in life as well as name.
12:22 "Who doesn't enjoy watching entertainment at the circus?" he wrote.
12:26 And, "Children want attention."
12:29 BURN!
12:30 Number 9, Miley Cyrus vs. Liam Hemsworth
12:35 January 2023 seemed to be the time for dropping shady revenge songs about exes.
12:47 So, when on January 13th, Hemsworth's birthday, Cyrus dropped her banger "Flowers,"
12:54 we all took a trowel to the lyrics to dig up any seeds she might have sown.
13:00 Indeed, they were plentiful, from referencing the home they lost to the Woolsey fire,
13:07 to subtly addressing some red carpet moments, and even down to her choice of outfit.
13:13 "I can buy myself flowers, write my name in the sand."
13:20 However, her ultimate mic drop moment was winning her first Grammy for the song,
13:26 and performing it at the ceremony with a few ad-libbed one-liners
13:30 and enough enthusiasm to rouse a stadium.
13:35 "I can love you better, I can love you better, oh, than you did!"
13:39 Number 8, Sam Smith vs. Mystery Man
13:47 Sam Smith became a household name with the success of their debut album,
13:52 In The Lonely Hour, in 2014, its singles-dominating radio stations worldwide.
13:59 At the Grammys, it quickly became clear that there was a muse for the album.
14:04 When Smith took to the stage to accept their fourth award,
14:08 they thanked the man who the record was about,
14:11 someone they said they'd fallen in love with the year before.
14:14 "Thank you so much for breaking my heart, because you got me four Grammys."
14:18 Honestly, we think it was worth it too.
14:23 The man is believed to be Smith's manager, Elvin Smith.
14:27 So, then again, maybe Sam was just being really sincere.
14:31 Number 7, Perrie Edwards vs. Zayn Malik
14:36 With Perrie Edwards as one-quarter of the much-loved British girl group Little Mix,
14:41 and Zayn Malik still a part of the insanely popular One Direction,
14:46 it was easy to see why the pair made a great match.
14:50 Their three-and-a-half-year relationship was immortalized,
14:54 or at least so fans thought, in a tattoo of Edwards on Malik's arm.
15:00 The cartoon-looking pea is even sketched wearing the camo jacket she wears a lot,
15:04 which is actually Zayn's.
15:05 However, when the latter broke it all off via a text message, Edwards was devastated.
15:12 A year later, in 2016, Little Mix put out the hit track "Shout Out To My Ex,"
15:19 in which Edwards made the sort of burn we're not sure one can recover from.
15:31 Number 6, Rihanna vs. All Her Exes At Once
15:36 Since her rise to fame, Rihanna has had some wild relationships with some very famous figures,
15:43 including her toxic relationship with Chris Brown, her brief time with Josh Hartnett,
15:48 and more recently, her on-again, off-again with Drake.
15:53 But in 2016, the songstress took aim at all of them on Instagram,
15:58 when she laid all blame at their doors with one simple sentence.
16:02 Number 5, Taylor Swift vs. Joe Jonas
16:18 Taylor has built much of her discography around reclaiming the narrative of her heartbreaks.
16:25 Case in point, All Too Well.
16:28 However, she also mastered the art of shade outside her music.
16:33 Then there's also the time she opened up to Ellen about a boy,
16:44 Joe Jonas, who broke up with her over the phone in 25 seconds when she was 18.
16:52 Let's not forget the time she was captured holding a camp rock doll of Jonas, mockingly remarking,
16:58 Last but not least, we'll always remember that SNL monologue. Iconic.
17:10 Number 4, Ariana Grande vs. Pete Davidson
17:20 Their romance barely lasted the summer, but it seemed as passionate as it was fast,
17:26 at least judging by the matching tattoos.
17:29 However, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson's engagement was over almost as soon as it began,
17:36 and all that sweetness on social media quickly turned sour.
17:41 On a promo for Saturday Night Live, Pete Davidson worked the breakup into his characteristic
17:48 self-deprecating humour, asking singer Maggie Rogers to marry him.
17:53 And when she refused, joking,
17:55 Grande wasn't pleased, posting in since-deleted tweets,
18:06 "For somebody who claims to hate relevancy, you sure love clinging onto it, huh? Thank you, next!
18:13 Yikes!"
18:15 Number 3, Selena Gomez vs. Justin Bieber
18:19 When did social media become a good place to feud with your ex?
18:24 The pinnacle of shade between Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez came in 2016,
18:29 when fans posted hostile comments on Bieber's Instagram photos of his new girlfriend,
18:35 Sofia Richie. Bieber threatened an Instagram shutdown, while Gomez told him that if he
18:41 couldn't handle the hate, he should stop posting pictures of Richie. He retorted that certain
18:47 people had used him for attention, prompting Gomez to return fire that unnamed someones had
18:54 cheated multiple times. Gosh, we wonder who all these someones could be!
19:00 It was a painfully public spat until Gomez apologized and Bieber deleted his Instagram
19:07 for a while.
19:08 Number 2, Justin Timberlake vs. Britney Spears
19:12 In 2002, this "it" couple broke up following rumors that Britney Spears had been unfaithful.
19:20 Timberlake seemingly capitalized on the narrative,
19:23 releasing "Cry Me a River" along with a music video featuring a Britney look-alike.
19:34 Spears was reportedly frustrated by this move. In her 2023 memoir, she revealed that he'd
19:42 conveniently neglected to mention all the times he'd cheated on her.
19:48 Timberlake eventually apologized for contributing to systemic misogyny.
19:57 However, in 2024, he seemingly dismissed accountability, saying he would like to
20:04 apologize to no one. Many saw it as a jab at Spears, who had recently apologized for
20:11 any offense her memoir may have caused. So, no lessons learned here.
20:17 Number 1, Amber Rose vs. Kanye West aka Ye!
20:27 Amber Rose's relationship with Ye and Kanye West is a story that's been around for a long time.
20:38 Ye's relationship with Kanye West is a story that's been around for a long time.
20:44 But when Ye brought up her past line of work in a social media tirade against Rose's ex-husband
20:52 Wiz Khalifa, Rose wasn't having it. We can't repeat exactly what she said here, but rest assured,
21:00 she pulled absolutely everything off.
21:03 Still, Kanye wasn't done. He replied by denying her claims of some intimate personal preferences,
21:11 though we're not sure how much of a comeback it really was. Either way,
21:16 it's information we definitely didn't need to know.
21:20 If you were famous, would you put your ex on blast so publicly? Let us know in the comments.
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