This Taylor Swift/Katy Perry feud is the gift that keeps on giving. Of course, this is exactly what Swifty wanted when she wrote that song about Katy Perry and then made sure to emphasize to Rolling Stone that the song was definitely about another female artist and not a guy, and we’re all just playing right into her Lisa Frank emblazoned clutches — but f*ck it, what do I care. I loves me a good celebrity feud.
TMZ is reiterating what we already knew/assumed, that the rivalry stemmed over Katy Perry “stealing” Taylor Swift’s backup dancers that were hers in the first place:
The 3 dancers had actually worked with Katy first, but when Katy’s tour ended several years ago they needed work. So they signed up as dancers during Taylor’s tour.
We’re told the dancers told Taylor up front … they did not want to sign for the full tour — they wanted a 30-day out, and we’re told it’s because they were just waiting for Katy to go back on tour.
When Katy hit the stage again, they gave their 30-day notice, but Taylor got so pissed off she fired them on the spot.
Page Six, on the other hand, has a much more salacious version of events, and despite the fact that Taylor Swift claimed the feud had nothing to do with a guy, IT WAS TOTALLY ABOUT A GUY. Supposedly the alleged dancer-stealing was just the icing on the cake and the real source of the feud boils down to John Mayer.
Taylor and Mayer had a love affair in 2010 before he dumped her. She released the song “Dear John” with lyrics, “Don’t you think 19’s too young to be played by/Your dark twisted games.”
In 2012, Perry started dating Mayer, who said he was “really humiliated” by Swift’s song. Music sources told Page Six, “Perry started making digs at Taylor from then on.”
Ladies, ladies. You do realize you’re fighting over creamed corn in a denim shirt, correct? Come on now: Taylor, Katy Perry didn’t steal your dancers and Katy, you fully knew what you were getting into when you started dating one of Creamed Corn’s exes. So shake glittery hands and make up.
Or don’t, because this is fun too.
