Celebrities, they’re just like us! And that means getting themselves into messy situations with friends, family, and fellow celebs.
Throughout 2023, there have been some seriously intense celebrity feuds.
Some of the beef that brewed this year was newly ignited, while other situations heated back up again after years in the dark.
From musicians to reality stars, check out our list of the biggest celebrity feuds throughout 2023.
Britney Spears VS. Justin Timberlake
In the entertainment industry, it’s never too late to add fuel to the fire–even if it’s a subject that’s decades old.
Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears were an “it” couple 20 years ago, but in 2023, Spears released her memoir and unleashed new information about their relationship.
According to the “Toxic” singer, she was pregnant with Timberlake’s child at one point in their relationship, but he encouraged her to get an abortion.
“If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it,” she wrote in the book. “And yet Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father.”
As a result, Britney’s fans flooded Timberlake’s comments section with questions, criticizing him for how he treated his then-girlfriend. He never responded to the chatter.
Ice Spice VS. Matt Healy
Music fans all know about Ice Spice and Taylor Swift’s unlikely friendship, but some might not know that it started after some unsavory comments from the latter’s then-boyfriend.
In January, Healy mocked the rapper’s looks and ethnicity while on a podcast. He called Spice — who is Nigerian and Dominican — an “Inuit spice girl” and a “chubby Chinese lady.” He also imitated Hawaiian and Chinese accents.
“I heard ‘chubby Chinese lady’ or some s**T like that, and I’m like, ‘Huh? What does that even mean?,’” Ice Spice said to Variety at the time. “First of all, I’m thick. What do you mean Chinese? What?”
The “Princess Diana” rapper went on to say the 1975 frontman made amends months after he appeared on the podcast, telling Variety that Healy “apologized to me a bunch of times.”
Taylor Swift VS. Kim Kardashian
One of the longest running feuds in the entertainment industry was reignited when Taylor Swift mentioned just how much she was affected by her beef with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in a December 2023 interview.
“You have a fully manufactured frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, which Kim Kardashian edited and then put out to say to everyone that I was a liar,” she said about the 2016 incident.
“That took me down psychologically to a place I’ve never been before,” she continued. “I moved to a foreign country. I didn’t leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid to get on phone calls. I pushed away most people in my life because I didn’t trust anyone anymore. I went down really, really hard.”
As a result, fans took to Kardashian’s Instagram comments with snake emojis, calling her out for allegedly editing her ex-husband’s phone call with Swift. Kim has yet to respond to the recent revival of the topic.
Scooter Braun VS. His former clients
Scooter Braun was once the biggest manager in the music industry, boasting names like Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, and Demi Lovato.
But, in 2023, a chunk of his big-name clients ended up jumping ship and looking for new management, including Grande, Lovato, J Balvin, and Idina Menzel.
Since news of these departures broke in August, no new information about why so many of his clients are leaving has been revealed. Braun did joke about the news on X, though, tweeting, “Breaking news … I’m no longer managing myself.”
Sydney Sweeney VS. Lili Reinhart
Riverdale actress Lili Reihnart and Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney found themselves in some drama back in September.
The stars both attended the Armani Beauty “One Night in Venice” event at the Venice International Film Festival, and the internet began overflowing with gossip after a TikTok of them on the red carpet went viral.
In the video, Lili is posing for a group picture when Sydney comes up to greet everyone with a hug–but fans quickly noticed Lili’s seemingly displeased facial expressions.
Reinhart did not hesitate to shut the feud rumors down, posting a tweet a couple days later, saying, “Stop making villains out of women every chance you get.”
She went on to double down on the idea that there’s no beef between them when she took to her Instagram story, posting a selfie of her and Sweeney, writing, “We’ll be over here if you need us.”
Cassie VS. Diddy
Cassie filed a lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend Diddy in federal court on November 16.
In the suit, she accusing the hip-hop mogul of rape and a decade of abuse, which she says began when she was just 19 years old.
While there were dozens of horrific claims made in the suit, the former couple ended up settling out of court just 24 hours after the lawsuit was filed.
Kim Kardashian VS. Kourtney Kardashian
Anyone who has sisters–or siblings in general–knows that there are interesting ebbs and flows to that relationship. For Kim Kardashian and her sister Kourtney, it seems like they’re fighting more than they are making up.
In 2023, the reality stars made headlines for their feud over Kourtney’s wedding to Travis Barker.
According to Kim, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana–the designers who worked on Kourtney’s wedding looks–took note of her style and reached out to her to collaborate on a collection that launched not too long after Kourtney got married.
The Lemme founder wasn’t happy with her sister’s collaboration soon after the wedding, insisting Kim copied her idea and, as a result, minimized her special day.
“It’s just legit copying my wedding, everything that I did,” Kourtney said at the time.
The sisters ultimately agreed to move past their disagreements about the situation, even after Kim pointed out that Kourtney also copied elements of her 2014 wedding to Kanye West.
Casey Wilson VS. Tim Allen
Happy Endings alum Casey Wilson shocked fans when she candidly spoke about her awful experience working on a movie with Tim Allen.
“He was so f***ing rude,” Wilson said of working opposite Allen on the Disney+ series The Santa Clauses. “It was the truly single worst experience I’ve ever had with a costar ever.”
Wilson added that “everybody was walking on eggshells” around Allen on set, and “people just looked frantic…. When he was done, he was so f***ing rude. Never made eye contact, never said anything. It was so uncomfortable.”
Tim Allen has not yet responded to her claims.
Sophie Turner VS. Joe Jonas
There’s no bigger celebrity feud than a high-profile divorce. In 2023, Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas went from one of the most beloved couples in Hollywood, to the center of some serious divorce drama.
The Jonas brother filed for divorce on September 5, after four years of marriage. Jonas and Turner released a joint statement a couple days later, saying that the relationship was ended “mutually” and “amicably.”
Over the next few weeks though, narratives were thrown back and forth about both parties, painting a much worse picture than originally thought.
According to a report from TMZ, multiple sources say that Jonas was “less than supportive” of Turner while she was allegedly “struggling” after the birth of their second child.
Another story surfaced days later, when a “source” leaked that Turner “liked to party,” while Jonas preferred to stay home with the kids.
As different narratives continued to leak, Joe a public statement to fans during the Jonas Brothers concert at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
“It’s been a tough week. I just wanna say, look, if you don’t hear it from these lips, don’t believe it,” he said at the time.