Miley Cyrus Vs Demi Lovato: A History Of The Feud
Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato, Disney BFFs or twitter sworn enemies? Sometimes it’s hard to tell where we stand with this pair’s rocky, roller coaster friendship. Now it seems the famous frenemies might finally be done for good as they've both unfollowed each other on twitter. But where or how did this very un-Disney beef start?
Firing the first shot was a pre twerking Miley, who in 2008 posted a Youtube video with her friend Mandy Jiroux that seemingly poked fun at Demi and pal Selena Gomez. You see Demi and Selena had their own Youtube channel of smiley, happy vids that reached out to their legions of fans, In one such upload Selena proudly showed off her new ‘Power Rangers’ tee and Demi revealed she’d had her teeth fixed. Miley and her friend Mandy (who?) seemed to find it all pretty funny and created their own video sending up Demi and Selena in the process. Much reference was made to Demi’s new smile (she’d had the gap in her teeth removed) causing some fans to find the clip all a little too '_Mean Girl_s'. Miley then quickly removed the video and later said, "if we offended them we're super-sorry. They were being funny on their show and Elvis says imitation is the greatest form of flattery, so we were imitating them." Lovato and Gomez never said whether or not they found it particularly flattering.
A year later Miley posted a picture of herself alongside Demi on twitter with the caption ‘now this is what true friendship looks like. None of that hollywood crap. @ddlovato I miss you = ]’. Demi would then reply to a fan retweet with, ‘very true. THAT is what a TRUE friendship looks like.’ But it all got a bit strange a few hours later when Demi tweeted again, this time saying ‘yeah.. It's just kind of hard to miss somebody that I don't know anymore.’ At the time she denied this was in reference to Miley, but some things just weren’t adding up.
In 2010, Demi’s personal struggles started to come to light and she soon entered a rehab facility. She would later admit to struggling with bulimia, alcohol and even using cocaine before she sought treatment. Miley too was also starting to shed her Disney image, becoming more known for her raunchy performances and costumes. While Miley continued courting controversy, Demi emerged from rehab and began rebuilding her career, talking openly about her problems and trying to become a ‘positive role model’ for teens. When asked about her relationship with Cyrus in a 2012 interview with 17 magazine she said ‘When we fight it's brutal and we're like, “We're never going to be friends again!” Then two days later, were like, “I love you and I miss you!’ She also added, ‘both [Miley and Selena] will never leave my life no matter what happens, because we've been through so much together.’
Next page: the feud continues.
Lovato continued to open up about her personal struggles in November 2013 when she appeared on Katie Couric’s talk show. By this time Miley had become a figure of controversy thanks to her VMA twerking and advocation of marijuana. When asked about Cyrus, Lovato said, ‘I think that the world needs to get over the fact that she was Hannah Montana when she was 16,’ she then made light of their different paths by adding ‘guess my transition was a little easier because I went straight to rehab. I didn't twerk, I just went to rehab.’
A month later though, one of Miley’s best friends, Cheyne Thomas decided to make light of Lovato’s problems in his own way by uploading an instagram video which mocked Demi's admission to Access Hollywood that she ‘couldn’t go half an hour without cocaine’. Whilst Miley wasn't involved in the video herself, Demi clearly took exception to it and when she ran in to Thomas a few days later she tweeted ‘you are who your friends are’. Cheyne quickly responded and a twitter spat ensued with Thomas at one point tweeting ‘stop trying to get famous off me’. He said what?
As if that all wasn't enough, rumours emerged last month that Miley could be cosying up to Justin Bieber, who is of course Selena Gomez’s ex. This led to reports that Miley was being frozen out by Selena, Taylor Swift and of course Demi. Now it seems the final nail in the coffin has come when Miley unfollowed Demi on twitter a few days ago causing Demi to return the favour. Demi wanted to be sure she got the last word in though so she followed up the unfollow by tweeting a pic from her concert with the caption ‘Ain't nobody got time fo dat!!! #pettybullshit #toobusykillingit #cutethough #NEONLIGHTSTOUR’.
Ain't nobody got time fo dat!!! #pettybullshit #toobusykillingit #cutethough #NEONLIGHTSTOUR pic.twitter.com/6iG0kDdOnt
— demetria lovato (@ddlovato) March 17, 2014So there you have it, a roller coaster ride through the friendship of two ex-teen queens that makes us feel like we’re back in High School all over again. These two have so far taken very different career paths and well, it really shows. Maybe one day they’ll put their beef behind them forever, but until then whose side are you on. Is it Team Cyrus or Team Lovato for the win?
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