AP/GettyAfter the MTV VMA nominations were officially announced last night, things very quickly got heated between a number of high profile music artists on Twitter.
It all started when Nicki Minaj complained about her relative lack of overall nominations and that her video for ‘Anaconda’ wasn’t nominated for Best Choreography and Video of the Year.
Hey guys @MTV thank you for my nominations. ??? Did Feeling Myself miss the deadline or…?
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
If I was a different "kind" of artist, Anaconda would be nominated for best choreo and vid of the year as well. ???
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
However, her general point that women with certain types of bodies tend to win these awards didn’t go down too well with Taylor Swift, who took the comments personally.
@NICKIMINAJ 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..
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 21, 2015
And Nicki Minaj was pretty annoyed with Swift calling her out, judging by her “favourites”.
always look to the favs pic.twitter.com/cgnGDBv030
— Sapna Maheshwari (@sapna) July 21, 2015
Huh? U must not be reading my tweets. Didn't say a word about u. I love u just as much. But u should speak on this. @taylorswift13
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
@NICKIMINAJ If I win, please come up with me!! You're invited to any stage I'm ever on.
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 21, 2015
So much shade!
And thus began a series of hilarious misunderstandings, as Kim Kardashian accidentally waded into the argument, appearing to reference her husband Kanye West’s infamous VMA stage interruption of Taylor Swift in 2009.
TwitterWait wait I'm in Paris it's the middle of the night & I'm posting my Vogue Spain pics not having a clue what's going on in the music world
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) July 21, 2015
I'm not trying to shade anyone! That's not my style! I just thought that caption was perfect for that pic! Changing the caption now! #ironic
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) July 21, 2015
If Kim Kardashian shades you by accident you neeeeeed a timeout.
— James Harness (@JamesHarness) July 21, 2015
Next, Bruno Mars wanted in on the action and he seemed to find the whole situation pretty funny.
Yo I want in on this twitter Beef!! VMAs is the new WWF!! @edsheeran Fuck You!
— Bruno Mars (@BrunoMars) July 22, 2015
It’s actually WWE now though, mate. WWF are all about the pandas.
Still, we’d love to see this go down in a pro-wrestling ring, to be honest:
@BrunoMars @edsheeran SAY NO MORE. Place yo bets people pic.twitter.com/VsSzsWuIoc
— Angelie Censon (@echosei_ACE) July 22, 2015
Luckily, Ed Sheeran has a good line in promo skills and threw some smack talk in Mars’ direction.
@BrunoMars any way we do dis you gon' come up short
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) July 22, 2015
That Cut deep..U always know how to sheer me to the core. I can't believe we're Sheeran this in public. How dare u! https://t.co/fdYOVnlScF
— Bruno Mars (@BrunoMars) July 22, 2015
@BrunoMars but all my crew know that Bruno has eyebrows dat be uno. And plays Cluedo with SuBo, but you lose coz you blow
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) July 22, 2015
Oh it is on!
There’s only one thing for it…
