IN TAYLOR Swift’s own words, “it used to be mad love” between her and Katy Perry.
However, things took a turn for the worse after a dispute about background dancers.
When it comes to the past feud between Katy Perry and Taylor Swift, the latter insisted the Dark Horse singer was the one who started it.
According to Taylor, Katy attempted to ruin her 2013-2014 Red Tour by poaching the tour’s background dancers for her own Prismatic World Tour.
Without specifically naming Katy, the All Too Well songstress confessed to Rolling Stone: “For years, I was never sure if we were friends or not.
“She would come up to me at awards shows and say something and walk away, and I would think, ‘Are we friends, or did she just give me the harshest insult of my life?’
“It wasn’t even about a guy! It had to do with business, she basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour.
“She tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me and I’m surprisingly non-confrontational.”
Taylor added: “You would not believe how much I hate conflict.
“So, now I have to avoid her. It’s awkward and I don’t like it.”
Following Taylor’s interview, Katy took to Twitter and seemingly responded with a Mean Girls reference and said: “Watch out for the Regina George in sheep’s clothing…”
What happened between Katy and Taylor?
In May 2015, the disharmony between the two reached a fever pitch with the release of Taylor’s song Bad Blood.
However, the GRAMMY Award winner denied the song’s lyrics were directed at Katy.
While speaking on the matter, Taylor claimed she told the above-mentioned outlet it was about “losing a friend” to divert listeners away from her personal romances.
“It doesn’t point to any one person or any one situation,” She said to GQ.
“But if you’d listened to my previous four albums, you would think this was about a guy who broke my heart and nothing could be further from the truth.
“I never said anything that would point a finger in the specific direction of one specific person and I can sleep at night knowing that.
“I knew the song would be assigned to a person and the easiest mark was someone who I didn’t want to be labeled with this song.”
Katy remained silent on the Bad Blood speculation until she commented on Taylor’s VMAs conflict with Nicki Minaj and tweeted: “Finding it ironic to parade the ‘pit women against other women argument’ about as one unmeasurably capitalizes on the takedown of a woman…”
In May 2017, Katy appeared to fire back at Taylor with the release of her single Swish Swish.
Although fans connected the dots between Bad Blood and Swish Swish, the American Idol judge did not confirm or deny the speculation.
While stopping by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, she cheekily admitted: “I think it’s a great anthem for people to use whenever somebody’s trying to hold you down or bully you.”
When did Katy and Taylor reconcile?
On June 17, 2019, fans were surprised to see Katy appear in Taylor’s music video for You Need to Calm Down.
In an effort to make peace, the Daisies singer shared that she was the one to reach out to Taylor.
She shared with Kyle and Jackie-O: “It was a process. I sent her a literal olive branch and a note apologizing for my part in all of it when she started her Reputation tour.
“We started talking a little bit and trusting each other… Because it’s about trusting.”
Katy further explained to Stellar: “We wanted it to be an example of unity.
“Even though it was difficult, it was important to make that appear in the music video because people want people to look up to.
“Forgiveness is important. It’s so powerful. If you can forgive your enemy, that’s amazing – as difficult as it is!
“We don’t have a very close relationship because we are very busy but we text a lot.”
Taylor echoed similar sentiments to Capital Breakfast UK and commented: “She and I have really been on good terms for a while.
“We saw each other at a party, and walked up to each other, and hugged it out, and talked about things.
“Then we saw each other again and hung out at another party, and it was just like something felt so much lighter about my life when things became really good between us.
“She and I have been fine for a while and really on good terms but we didn’t know if we were ever gonna really tell people about it.
“We wanted to make sure that was solid between us before we ever made the public aware.”
SOURCE: thesun.co.uk
