Katy Perry takes a dig at Taylor Swift over Twitter feud
Katy Perry has waded into rumored rival Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj's Twitter feud by poking fun at the Bad Blood singer's choice of words in her response to the hip-hop star's apparent MTV Video Music Awards diss.
Swift and Minaj got into it on social media on Tuesday (21Jul15) after the Anaconda hitmaker appeared to take aim at the pop star after Swift's Bad Blood promo landed a Video of the Year nomination and Anaconda didn't.
Minaj suggested her video was snubbed for the top prize because it
didn't feature "women with very slim bodies", prompting Swift to
respond, "I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you
to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your
slot..."
The feud rumbled on throughout Tuesday with Swift eventually trying
to make peace by urging Minaj to join her onstage at the awards
show next month (Aug15) if she wins.
A day later (22Jul15), Perry offered her take on the social media
spat, tweeting, "Finding it ironic to parade the pit women against
other women argument about as one unmeasurably (sic) capitalizes on
the take down of a woman..."
Many pop pundits believe Swift's song Bad Blood is about her feud
with Perry, who she previously accused of being unfriendly at an
awards show and "sabotaging" a business deal.
Perry has her own issues with the Video Music Awards nominations it
seems - she's disappointed Rihanna's B**ch Better Have My Money
promo didn't get a best video mention: "The real travesty is where
is the shine for #BBHMMVideo when VMA eligibility period was
7/7/14-7/1/15 & that gem dropped 7/1."
Meanwhile, Minaj returned to social media on Wednesday (22Jul15) to
further address her spat with Swift, posting a clip of a Marie
Claire article on the issue, thanking the outlet and some others
who, she said, "used their voice to help me make a very obvious
point," referring to her stance on misrepresentation in the
media.
Clarifying her own statements, she added, "Nothing to do with any
of the women (nominated), but everything to do with a system that
doesn't credit black women for their contributions to pop culture
as freely/quickly as they reward others. We are huge trendsetters,
not second class citizens that get thrown crumbs.
"This isn't anger. This is #information. It's all love to MTV.
Kisses to my fans and thank you for my 3 nominations."