Unfortunately, Twitter beef seems to be becoming the norm for celebs. Coming out of nowhere, Keke Palmer and “Bad Girl” Mehgan James are the latest two to exchange a few shady words on the social media platform.
The random Twitter war all started after Palmer tweeted she was binge watching season 9 of Bad Girls Club. Though James might now be better known for appearing on Basketball Wives LA, she got her reality show start on BGC back in 2012.
Binge watching BGC season 9 and Rima has been getting played like a clarinet. ?
— Keke Palmer (@KekePalmer) December 12, 2016
A fan asked Palmer which Bad Girl was her favorite; shocker, it wasn’t James.
Ashley really. Meghan just too corny, her and Julie to me are so weak ? https://t.co/nDlr4M87iK
— Keke Palmer (@KekePalmer) December 12, 2016
James, who admittedly only joined BGC to fight, never holds her tongue and responded to the tweet, calling Palmer a “hater.”
You sound like a hater ??? just saying ? https://t.co/P6my6i9kAW
— Mehgan James (@MehganJames) December 12, 2016
Well, that clapback sparked Palmer to indirectly post a series of tweets about James.
Must be able to separate the difference between someone being entertaining and them being likable.
— Keke Palmer (@KekePalmer) December 12, 2016
Everything that entertain you isn't good for you.
— Keke Palmer (@KekePalmer) December 12, 2016
I'm so happy to be in the space in my life where I can accept that other ppl gonna always have their own feelings about me.
— Keke Palmer (@KekePalmer) December 12, 2016
And understanding that half the folks that try to down play you are people that you would never be involved with anyway.
— Keke Palmer (@KekePalmer) December 12, 2016
Nothing to feel bad about when a certain kind of people don't like you.
— Keke Palmer (@KekePalmer) December 12, 2016
It's not a problem if you are an apple and they like oranges because there's a whole group of people that love apples!
— Keke Palmer (@KekePalmer) December 12, 2016
The former Bad Girl then released several brutal clapbacks. She even claimed that “one of the several athletes” Palmer was sleeping with has “an incurable STD.” James later deleted those tweets, but not before they were screencapped by the internet.
https://twitter.com/MehganJames/status/808395412843458560
The current Scream Queens star took the Twitter beef to the next level by posting a video. Again, she never addressed James by name but she called out a “World Star classic trying to go off on me.”
“But the gag is, I like them overweight, bipolar, insecure, and insufferable. Holla at me, bitch!”
When the GAG IS, you like em' feisty ? #ChiTownsFinest #AintNoFreePromoBih #ChanelEverything #ChristianDior pic.twitter.com/PySCcKxk85
— Keke Palmer (@KekePalmer) December 12, 2016
Palmer’s part of the Twitter beef ends with the video. However, James wasn’t going to let that slide either.
https://twitter.com/MehganJames/status/808429761387233280
https://twitter.com/MehganJames/status/808433192529252352
https://twitter.com/MehganJames/status/808433774627352576
So, yeah. That all happened. James also explained why she decided to go in on Palmer in the first place. And she actually had a semi-valid point.
https://twitter.com/MehganJames/status/808425233497620481
It was strange for Palmer to single out two people she didn’t like, when the question was who her favorite bad girl of the season.
In any case, the two definitely took it too far and the situation was never that deep. Unfortunately, celebs are starting to feel the need to respond and defend any little bit of criticism they encounter on social media.
