You could say that all celebrities are being crafty in one way or another, since they're
selling movie tickets, albums, or detox tea.
But what happens when they do it at someone else's expense?
These famous faces have all been accused of being manipulative for their own gains.
If insiders are to be believed, Bradley Cooper wanted an Oscar for A Star Is Born so badly
that he was willing to break his co-star's heart to do it.
A source told Page Six that Cooper and Lady Gaga's chemistry was no accident, claiming,
"Gaga fell for Bradley during pre-production and filming, creating the intense emotional
energy you see on-screen and at the Oscars.
[…] He wanted an authentic love story on-screen."
A second insider said Cooper was milking his connection with Gaga for buzz at the 2019
Oscars.
And Gaga claimed the Oscars performance was staged, telling Jimmy Kimmel,
"When you're singing love songs, that's what you want people to feel."
"I'm an artist and I guess we did a good job.
Fooled ya!"
But if Cooper really did want to score his own Oscar, it didn't work.
Gaga walked away with the award for Best Original Song for "Shallow."
Taylor Swift has a habit of calling out her exes in her music, but she apparently met
her match when she and Calvin Harris broke up in 2016.
"Would you do a collaboration with your girlfriend.
You know we haven't spoken about it…I can't see it happening though."
After the split, it was suddenly revealed that Swift co-wrote Harris' hit, "This Is
What You Came For," under a pseudonym.
But after the breakup, TMZ claimed Swift wanted credit.
Harris then tweeted confirmation that Swift was involved, but he certainly didn't thank
her, writing,
"I wrote the music, produced the song, arranged it and cut the vocals.
[…] If you're happy in your new relationship you should focus on that instead of trying
to tear your ex [boyfriend] down."
Tristan Thompson reportedly cheated on Khloé Kardashian a lot throughout their tumultuous
relationship, but it wasn't until he cheated on her with sister Kylie Jenner's BFF, Jordyn
Woods, that Kardashian finally kicked her baby's daddy to the curb.
"He actually says he didn't kiss her.
Liar."
Still, Kardashian initially placed the blame on Woods.
After Woods appeared on Red Table Talk to share her side of the story, Kardashian tweeted:
"Why are you lying Jordyn Woods??
[…] Be HONEST about your story.
[By the way], You ARE the reason my family broke up!"
"Jordan made it a point to say in her interview, by the way I'm not the reason why they broke
up.
And I was just reiterating, you are part of the reason."
However, some reports claim Kardashian and Thompson were largely living separate lives
before the cheating scandal even broke.
Remy Ma has exchanged a series of diss tracks with Nicki Minaj through the years, and their
beef reportedly extends beyond the lyrical insults.
Remy told Wendy Williams that Minaj actually tried to sabotage her career.
"She's been doing this to a lot of females, from Lil' Kim to Mariah to Taylor, and no
one says anything."
She claimed Minaj was after her behind-the-scenes, doing things like…
"Trying to keep me off red carpets or trying to make sure awards don't go to me or she's
not going to be in attendance, or trying to get people to make bad reports about my album
sales."
But it's not only Remy Ma.
Cardi B has also accused Minaj of similar tactics.
After hurling a shoe at Minaj at a New York Fashion Week party in 2018, Cardi took to
Instagram, writing,
"I've let a lot of s--- slide!
I let you sneak diss me, I let you lie on me, I let you attempt to stop my bags, f---
up the way I eat!
You've [threatened] other artists in the industry, told them if they work with me you'll stop
f------- with them!!"
So how did Minaj respond?
With an entire line of merch mocking Cardi's claims.
Drake's sketchy behavior tends to fly under the radar.
He's been accused of faking an entire relationship with Jennifer Lopez for press, and that's
just the tip of the iceberg.
In 2012, Drizzy and Chris Brown's entourages reportedly got into a bottle-throwing brawl
at a New York City nightclub, and many assumed Brown was at fault.
But a club promoter who witnessed the incident told Complex that Brown supposedly sent a
bottle of champagne to Drake, who returned it with a vulgar note about Rihanna, with
whom they both had off-and-on romances.
Drake also reportedly feuded with Kanye West for years, though much of it was done quietly
until 2018, when West slammed Drake for allegedly stoking false rumors of an affair with Kim
Kardashian, with his song "In My Feelings."
When Ariana Grande dropped "7 Rings" in January 2019, multiple rappers, including Soulja Boy,
Princess Nokia, and 2 Chainz, accused her of copying their work.
2 Chainz claimed her track's flow mimicked his "Spend It."
And the hot pink trap house visuals in her video looked a lot like his own "Door Swangin'"
video.
Though Grande never publicly admitted any wrongdoing, she featured 2 Chainz on the "7
Rings (Remix)," and later sang the hook on his song "Run the World."
2 Chainz told Genius that he bonded with Grande after talking to her about the debacle, claiming,
"She was more or less saying that, 'Well, yeah, I thought people knew I took it from
you.'
And I said, 'Well, how would people know that?"
Grande may have also played her ex-fiancé, Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson.
When Davidson poked fun at himself and the breakup in a show promo in November 2018,
Grande tweeted, then deleted:
"For somebody who claims to hate relevancy u sure love clinging to it huh.
Thank u.
Next."
The following week, she dropped "Thank U, Next" — a song in which she mentions Davidson
by name — right before SNL aired.
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