Tom Tye
10 Oct 2018
"u know the addy. Pull up anytime. Say it to my face. But if I were you- I wouldn’t."
Twitter. The internet's stage that plays host to some of the best celebrity keyboard warrior beefs of modern times.
Enter the arena: Lana Del Rey vs. Azealia Banks.
September 30th, Lana Del Rey confronts Kanye West for his outspoken support of Donald Trump.
This is followed up by a call out via Banks' twitter, where the rapper stated: "Don't use Kanye for your own vapid attempts to seem politcally aware when there is SO MUCH MORE bootleg witchcraft you could be doing to TRY and take down 45, Kanye is not your enemy or THE ENEMY".
Witchcraft you say? Yeah, Del Rey participated in attempts to place a hex on the US President as a means of removing Trump from office...
And so it begins. Del Rey fires back with her best hardman impression:
@shopcheapyxo u know the addy. Pull up anytime. Say it to my face. But if I were you- I wouldn’t.
— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) October 9, 2018
Banks responds with a barrage of personal appearance attacks:
Let’s talk about arm workouts today!! Example : This is an example of an aging white woman who got work done on her face, and none done on her body (where she needed it most)
— CHEAPYXO (@SHOPCHEAPYXO) October 9, 2018
Let’s walk her through some upper arm workout! #CHEAPYXOTIPS pic.twitter.com/yVmBALwPu0
Del Rey parries this with another low-blow:
I’ll send you my surgeon’s number and a good psychiatrist I know in LA – your psych meds aren’t working #uneedanewcocktail
— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) October 9, 2018
Legal action is threatened:
Where’s the pull up tweet? I’m talking to my lawyer
— CHEAPYXO (@SHOPCHEAPYXO) October 10, 2018
Lana continues to pretend she is 'ard:
Tell him it’s a promise not a threat
— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) October 10, 2018
A few more playground-style shit flinging exhanges are made and the match is over. So what, if anything, have we learnt from this latest online celeb beef? That in a 280-charater limit war of words there can only be losers. Oh, and that Azealia Banks sells soap.