Drama alert! From red carpet confrontations to social media takedowns, celebrities aren't afraid to air their grievances publicly. Join us as we explore the most explosive moments when stars called out their famous peers! These A-list feuds include everything from on-set tensions to award show showdowns that left the entertainment world buzzing.
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00:00There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success.
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo. And today, we'll be looking at the most controversial moments
00:10when celebrities publicly aired their grievances with other stars.
00:15Obviously, knowing his character, I assumed he would react in this way.
00:21Gabby Wendy vs. Michael Bublé. In 2022, reality TV star Gabby Wendy finished as the runner-up
00:28on the 31st season of Dancing with the Stars.
00:31Charlie and Mike deserve the world. Every time they performed, they made people feel something.
00:36I loved watching them. So it's not because of that. It's just like, duh, you want to win.
00:41It's a competition.
00:42Although she narrowly missed the win, it seems Wendy's most unpleasant experience on the show
00:48came weeks before the finale, when singer Michael Bublé served as a guest judge.
00:53On the Last Culturistas podcast, Wendy stated that Bublé was, quote,
00:58beyond dead to her, accusing him of ogling her and blaming him for denying her a perfect score
01:04on her Roomba.
01:05He, like, literally, I f***ed me. Looked me up and down on the way to my trailer.
01:12You know what I mean? I'm like, I'm for sure getting a 10 out of this guy.
01:15Yeah, there's no way.
01:16Yes.
01:17This wasn't the first time Wendy called Bublé out for his behavior towards her.
01:21In an earlier interview with Cosmopolitan, she barely let the question land before naming
01:27Bublé as the male celebrity she most hated working with.
01:30Michael Bublé.
01:34Because he didn't give me a perfect score on Dancing with the Stars, but he did look me up
01:39and down in my outfit.
01:40Kim Cattrall vs. Sarah Jessica Parker.
01:43What is your problem?
01:45I don't have a problem. You have a problem.
01:48I have marabou-covered breasts. That is my only problem.
01:51I'm not blind. I saw that look in your eye in my office.
01:55On screen, Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker portrayed best friends navigating life
02:00in New York City. Off screen, however, that camaraderie has been sorely lacking.
02:05The feud between the Sex and the City co-stars has played out publicly for years,
02:11but things hit a dramatic low in 2018 following the death of Cattrall's brother.
02:16When Parker offered her condolences in a comment on Cattrall's Instagram post,
02:21Cattrall responded with a separate post accusing Parker of being cruel and rejecting both her
02:27sympathy and support.
02:28Parker writing,
02:29Unsurprisingly, this only seemed to deepen the rift between them. Things remained so tense
02:49that when Cattrall finally agreed to a cameo in the spinoff and Just Like That,
02:53she filmed it without any direct contact with Parker.
02:56Who's Samantha?
02:58This is Annabelle Bronstein.
03:00I'm from Injong.
03:02Ta and Cheerio.
03:04And have a great night.
03:06Ta.
03:08Bye.
03:08Tim Gunn vs. Taylor Momsen
03:10Long before the word brat became cool, it was one of many unsavory words fashion guru
03:16Tim Gunn used to describe Gossip Girl actress Taylor Momsen.
03:20And they think that that's real life.
03:23There is an element of that. I will say I'm not Jenny Humphrey. Everyone, I am a different
03:28person. It is a character I play on television.
03:30Back in 2010, Gunn made a cameo appearance as himself on the show, but his brief experience
03:35working alongside Momsen seemed to have left a bad taste in his mouth.
03:39I think that these dresses really express my take on young women today,
03:43our sense of self-confidence and self-worth.
03:46Well, let's take a look.
03:48Okay.
03:48While promoting his book, Gunn's Golden Rules, Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work,
03:53the Project Runway mentor publicly criticized Momsen's on-set behavior.
03:59Gunn claimed that she spent too much time on her phone and struggled to remember her lines,
04:04which led to repeated takes of her scenes.
04:06Honestly, I get to a point where I am at my saturation level of frustration and anger to
04:14a degree.
04:15As a result, Gunn labeled her, quote, sad and pathetic, and even called her a, quote, diva.
04:22Natasha Lyonne versus James Woods.
04:24Since the rise of the Me Too movement, Hollywood actor James Woods' name has come up in multiple
04:39sexual misconduct allegations.
04:41The first surfaced in 2017, when actress Amber Tamblyn accused him of making advances towards
04:47her, even though he knew she was underage.
04:50Have you heard from James Woods, or are you expecting an apology from him anytime soon?
04:56Who?
04:57No.
04:57Okay.
04:58Oh, no shit.
04:59In 2024, Natasha Lyonne chimed in with her own unsettling experience during an appearance
05:06on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend.
05:08Lyonne and Woods had previously shared a scene in Scary Movie 2, which parodied The Exorcist,
05:14where she played the possessed girl, and Woods played the priest attempting to save her.
05:19According to Lyonne, Woods tried hitting on her, despite the fact that she was, quote,
05:24a teenager in full monster makeup.
05:27Because he was like, yeah, you know, I can tell even with the makeup, you're a spinner,
05:33right?
05:34What?
05:34Oh my god.
05:35No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
05:36Yeah, yeah.
05:37Although he denied Tamblyn's accusation, Woods has stayed silent on Lyonne's.
05:43Elton John versus Madonna.
05:45In the cosmos of music superstars, none shine brighter than Elton John and Madonna.
05:50But when the two went up against each other Sunday for Best Song at the Golden Globes,
05:54the cosmic collision got downright fiery.
05:57The music industry has never been short on high-profile feuds.
06:01But long before Drake versus Kendrick or Taylor versus Kanye, two heavyweights, Elton John and
06:07Madonna, locked horns for years.
06:09Their feud dates back to 2002, when John described Madonna's Die Another Day as, quote,
06:15the worst Bond tune ever.
06:17Two years later, he took things even more public at the 2004 Q Awards.
06:23While accepting the trophy for classic songwriter, John mocked Madonna's nomination for Best Live
06:29Act, accusing her of lip-syncing.
06:31Since when has lip-syncing been live?
06:37Sorry about that, but I think everyone who lip-syncs in public on stage when you pay like
06:4075 quid to see them should be shot.
06:42Although he was criticized for this, John stuck to his guns for years, repeatedly calling Madonna
06:48out for faking it on stage.
06:50However, both artists finally reconciled in April 2025 and even planned to collaborate in
06:56the future.
06:57When I met him, the first thing out of his mouth was, forgive me, and the wall between
07:02us fell down.
07:03Lucy Liu vs. Bill Murray
07:05Lucy Liu's breakthrough movie role came in 2000, when she starred as one of the titular
07:10characters in Charlie's Angels.
07:12Although the film opened doors for Liu, the experience was apparently tense, particularly
07:29due to her interactions with co-star Bill Murray.
07:32In a 2021 interview, Liu revealed that Murray had lashed out at her during filming, using
07:37what she called, quote, inexcusable and unacceptable language.
07:41Bill starts to sort of hurl insults.
07:45Some of the language was inexcusable and unacceptable, and I was not going to just sit there and take
07:54it.
07:54At the time, Murray was a huge star, while Liu was still starting out in her career, and
07:59it would have been easy for her to stay silent.
08:02However, she chose to stand her ground, and according to co-star Drew Barrymore, received
08:07support from others on the set.
08:09She literally said, I do not accept that kind of behavior from you.
08:15And we all supported her and backed her up, and we moved forward.
08:19Liu's account is one of several that point to a troubling pattern of behavior associated
08:24with Murray.
08:25Rebel Wilson vs. Sasha Baron Cohen.
08:28It was my worst professional experience, and just feeling, like, humiliated and degraded
08:33as a person, I just, um, I thought it's worth sharing in the book.
08:39From as far back as 2014, Rebel Wilson has gone on record accusing Sasha Baron Cohen, her
08:45co-star and producer on the 2016 film Grimsby, of behaving inappropriately towards her.
08:51Her claims didn't make much of a splash back then, but they sparked a huge controversy in
08:562024, when Wilson expanded on them in her memoir, Rebel Rising.
09:00It is a very deeply personal memoir, so I'm feeling like a mix of, like, anxiety, because
09:06to be so vulnerable and to put it all out there, um, yeah, it does take a bit of courage to
09:12do that.
09:12In excerpts released during the book's promotion, Wilson alleged that Baron Cohen had repeatedly
09:17pressured her into uncomfortable situations.
09:20This included asking her to go nude, and even urging her to perform an indecent act on him
09:26for a scene.
09:27Baron Cohen denied the accusations and sought legal action against Wilson, resulting in the
09:33redaction of certain passages in the UK edition of the book.
09:36A rep for the Borat Star tells E! News,
09:39While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly
09:45contradicted by extensive detailed evidence.
09:47Rina Sawayama vs. Mattie Healy
09:50Rina Sawayama's STFU was written in response to the everyday microaggressions faced by Asian
09:57women like herself.
10:05When she performed the song at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2023, she used it as an avenue
10:11to publicly call out fellow musician and labelmate Mattie Healy, frontman of the 1975.
10:17Sawayama was seemingly referring to Healy's controversial appearance on the Adam Friedland
10:23show months earlier.
10:25Apparently, he had joined the host of the podcast in mocking rapper Ice Spice's heritage
10:30and admitted to enjoying a racially charged adult series.
10:33You guys have no idea what you're doing.
10:36Absolutely no.
10:37Like, there's no idea.
10:38There's no, there's no one here.
10:40People told me not to come on this and I was like, no, it's, it's a real.
10:44No, it's a real thing.
10:45It's a real thing.
10:46Not long after, Healy sparked even further backlash after tweeting an offensive joke in
10:51reference to the band Boy Genius, which prompted band member Lucy Dacus to quickly shut
10:56him down.
10:57I think toxic masculinity is involved in our current political state, like in widespread
11:04like transphobia and homophobia.
11:07Nicki Minaj versus Miley Cyrus.
11:09After winning best hip hop video at the 2015 VMAs, Nicki Minaj thanked her pastor before throwing
11:15caution to the wind and calling out host Miley Cyrus, who stood on a nearby stage.
11:21And now, back to this that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press.
11:30Miley, what's good?
11:31Minaj's vitriol was in response to comments Cyrus had made in a recent New York Times interview.
11:37Months earlier, Minaj had vented on Twitter after her video for Anaconda was snubbed for
11:42video of the year, sparking a broader conversation about race and body positivity.
11:47You said, if I was a different kind of artist, Anaconda would be nominated for best choreo
11:54and vid of the year as well.
11:57Your original intent may have gotten lost in the shuffle.
12:00When asked about the controversy, Cyrus described Minaj as, quote, not too kind, and suggested
12:07her reaction was as a result of jealousy.
12:10After being called out on stage by Minaj, Cyrus defended herself by claiming that her responses
12:15were misrepresented before continuing with the show.
12:18We're all in this industry.
12:20We all do interviews, and we all know how they manipulate.
12:23Nikki, congratulations.
12:25And just because the VMAs have already started doesn't mean that the voting is done.
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12:47Taylor Swift vs. Kanye West
12:49The relationship between music stars Taylor Swift and Kanye West has never quite been cordial,
12:55even in the moments when they tried to appear so.
12:58It all began in 2009, when West rudely interrupted Swift's acceptance speech at the VMAs to declare
13:15that her award should have gone to Beyonce instead.
13:18I'm really happy for you.
13:20I'm going to let you finish.
13:21But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.
13:27One of the best videos of all time.
13:29Believing that this one event was single-handedly responsible for Swift's success,
13:33West released the song Famous, where he seemed to take credit for her rise to fame.
13:39Safe to say, Swift wasn't having any of that.
13:42After snagging her second album of the year award at the 2016 Grammys,
13:46she used part of her acceptance speech to subtly but unmistakably shut down the narrative.
13:51But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you,
13:56someday when you get where you're going,
13:58you'll look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there.
14:04What other confrontational celebs deserve a place on this list?
14:08Let us know in the comments.
14:10I don't know.
14:10I was really, I don't know.
14:12I found it very upsetting.
14:13Because that's, you know, that's not the way I recall our experience.