While criticize other adult female in the music industry , Courtney Love said , " Taylor [ Swift ] is not important . She might be a good space for girl , and she ’s credibly the Madonna of now , but she ’s not interesting as an creative person . "
Plenty of celebs have called out their peers for understandable reasons, such as poor behavior. Sometimes, however, they decide to criticize one of their contemporaries completely unprompted.
Here are 11 times celebs criticized other celebs completely out of the blue:
1.Speaking at HistFest 2024,Brian Coxranted about several things, includingNapoleonand Joaquin Phoenix’s performance in the titular role. According to theStandard, he said, “Terrible. It’s terrible. A truly terrible performance byJoaquin Phoenix. It really is appalling. I don’t know what he was thinking. I think it’s totally his fault, and I don’t thinkRidley Scotthelps him. I would have played it a lot better than Joaquin Phoenix, I tell you that. You can say it’s good drama. No – it’s lies.”
Then , he mocked Joaquin ’s name .
Brian said , " I think he ’s well - name . Joaquin … whackeen … whacky . It ’s a sorting of whacky performance . "
2.In 2024,Courtney Lovecalled out several other women in the music industry on her BBC Radio 6 Music showCourtney Love’s Women. According to theStandard, she said, “It’s great that there are so many successful women in the music industry, but lots of them are becoming a cliché. Now, every successful woman is cloned, so there is just too much music. They’re all the same.”
“I mean, I like the idea ofBeyoncédoing a country record because it’s about Black women going into spaces where previously only white women have been allowed. As a concept, I love it. I just don’t like her music,” she said.
Later in the series, Courtney criticized Taylor Swift. She said, “Taylor is not important. She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.”
And she criticizedLana Del Rey, saying, “I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she should really take seven years off. Up until ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads,’ I thought she was great. When I was recording my new album, I had to stop listening to her as she was influencing me too much.”
3.Lily Allenalso criticized Beyoncé’s venture into country music withCowboy Carter. On a 2024 episode of herMiss Me?podcast, Lily said, “It’s very weird that you’d cover the most successful songs [like ‘Jolene’ byDolly Parton] in that genre. I just feel like it’s quite an interesting thing to do when you’re, like, trying to tackle a new genre, and you just choose the biggest song in that genre to cover.”
" I mean , you do you , Beyoncé , and she literally is doing her . Or is she doing Dolly ? ” she tell .
4.In 2017, Carlos Santana in advertently put down Beyoncé while praising Adele. He told theAustralian Associated Press, “I think that Adele won [Album of the Year] because she cansingsing. With all respect to our sister Beyoncé, Beyoncé is very beautiful to look at, and it’s more like modeling kind of music — music to model a dress — she’s not a singer singer, with all respect to her.”
5.In 2022, Gorillaz co-creator/Blur frontmanDamon Albarntold theLA Times, “[Taylor Swift] doesn’t write her own songs.”
Tagging him onTwitter , Taylor respond , " I was such a big devotee of yours until I attend this . I publish ALL of my own songs . Your red-hot take is whole assumed and SO damaging . You do n’t have to like my vocal , but it ’s really fucked up to try and disbelieve my writing . WOW . "
In a follow - uptweet , she sum up , " PS I wrote this tweet all by myself in case you were question . "
6.In 2014, Diplo decided to randomly body-shame Taylor Swift,tweeting, “Someone should make a Kickstarter to get Taylor Swift a booty.”
number to her defense , Taylor ’s cheeseparing supporter Lordereplied , " Should we do something about your tiny penis while we ’re at it , hm ? "
A few day later , Lorde toldFader , " I have intercourse [ Diplo ] , and he ’s a large brother to me and one of my first booster in the industry , and part of let a friendship with someone like that is not letting them say stupid shit . Taylor ’s my friend as well , and I ’m a female child , and if I see some weird body - shaming on my provender I ’m going to be like , ' Hey man … ' We do still love each other , hopefully . "
7.On a 2020 episode of the podcastScam Goddess,Ayo Edebirisaid, “Today I was actually thinking about one of my favorite scams of all time because [Jennifer Lopez] is performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Her whole career is one long scam.” She also alleged that J. Lo isn’t always the person singing on her own tracks.
Ayo also apologized to the Isaac M. Singer privately . Jennifer toldVariety , " She was mortified and very odoriferous . She came to my fertilization way and apologized with tears in her eyes , order how terrible it was that she had said those things . She felt really badly and loved my performance because we had just done my soundcheck and she actually get to hear me perform . She was just like , ' I ’m so fucking grim , it was so terrible of me . ' It ’s funny . I ’ve hear like things said about me throughout my career , so it really did n’t affect me . "
8.In his 2022 memoirFriends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,Matthew Perrymade several disparaging mentions of Keanu Reeves. For instance, he said, “Why is it that the original thinkers like River Phoenix and Heath Ledger die, but Keanu Reeves still walks among us?”
Elsewhere in the book , he drop a line , " I punched a muddle through Jennifer Aniston ’s dressing room paries when I found out [ Chris Farley died ] . Keanu Reeves walks among us . "
9.In 2019, Angelica Huston seemingly made a subtle dig at the Jacki Weaver and Diane Keaton-led moviePoms. She toldVulture, “I’m looking for movies that impress me in some way, that aren’t apologetically humble or humiliating like, ‘Band of cheerleaders gets back together for one last hurrah,’ you know. An old-lady cheerleader movie. I don’t like that kind of thing. If I’m going to be an old lady — and I’m sort of touching old lady these days — at least I want to be a special old lady. I don’t want to be relegated to some has-been making a comeback. I hate comebacks.”
In response , Jacki toldVanity Fair , " Did n’t she mature up in a castle in Ireland ? I ca n’t see her cheerleading . But then , I grew up in Australia , where there is just no cheerleading finish . I think the most interesting acting happens outside your comfort geographical zone … I just laugh . And then I pronounce , ' Well , she can go sleep together herself . ' I was kind of disappointed . I had always been an admirer of Anjelica . And I recall , ' That ’s a bit mean and piddling . ' I would say she must be going through menopause , but she must have had that historic period ago . "
10.In 2012, Jon Hamm toldElle UK, “Whether it’s Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated. Being a fucking idiot is a valuable commodity in this culture because you’re rewarded significantly….It’s celebrated. It doesn’t make sense to me.”
In response , Kimtweeted , " I just hear about the scuttlebutt Jon Hamm made about me in an interview . I respect Jon , and I am a strong believer that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and that not everyone takes the same path in aliveness . We ’re all working severely , and we all have to observe one another . forebode someone who go their own business organization , is part of a successful TV show , produce , writes , designs , and creates , ' stupid , ' is , in my opinion , regardless . "
Then , during a PaleyFest control panel , Jon toldE ! News , " It ’s surprising to me that it has become remotely a write up . I do n’t get laid Ms. Kardashian , I bed her public theatrical role . What I said was meant to be more on pervasiveness of something in our acculturation , not personal , but she lead law-breaking to it and that is her right . "
11.And finally, in 2014, Martha Stewart criticized Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop, her venture into the lifestyle and wellness space. Martha toldPORTERMagazine, “She just needs to be quiet —she’s a movie star. If she were confident in her acting, she wouldn’t be trying to be Martha Stewart.”
afterwards , at the atFortune Magazine ’s Most brawny Women Summit , Gwynethreportedlyhad this sarcastic reply : " No one has ever suppose anything bad about me before , so I ’m shocked and devastated . I ’ll strain to recover . If I ’m really honest , I ’m so psyched that she sees us as competition . I really am . "
