Los Angeles: Singer Katy Perry believes Taylor Swift "unmeasurably capitalises on the take down of a woman."
Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. Pics/Santa Banta
The "Dark Horse" hitmaker waded into a war of words between her
long-time rival and rapper Nicki Minaj over the 2015 MTV Video Music
Awards (VMAs) nominations and in a thinly-veiled attack suggested Swift,
25, is a hypocrite, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
The 30-year-old shared her thoughts on the dispute on micro-blogging
site Twitter on Wednesday, writing: "Finding it ironic to parade the pit
women against other women argument about as one unmeasurably
capitalises on the take down of a woman..." Shortly afterwards, Minaj,
32, favourited the tweet.
Perry later added: "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... @MTV (sic)".
The brunette beauty and Swift have been embroiled in a feud, which is
believed to have inspired the latter's latest track "Bad blood," for
some time.
The spat between Swift and Minaj erupted on after the hip hop star
bemoaned being nominated for just three VMAs, with her "Anaconda" video
being overlooked for the top prize, Video of the Year.
"When the 'other' girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination," she tweeted.
"If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year.
"I'm not always confident. Just tired. Black women influence pop
culture so much but are rarely rewarded for it (sic)," she further
added.
But Swift - who received nine nominations in total - felt
the tweets were aimed at her and hit back saying she has loved and
supported Minaj.
"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."
Minaj then accused Swift of missing the point of her argument, but the duo eventually reconciled their differences.
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