Being a celebrity means that you are never truly out of the public eye.

As such, one wonders how they ever manage to relax, knowing that at any moment some paparazzi photograph of them might cause mayhem to their private lives, one mysterious 'source' speaking to a glossy magazine could set the rumour mill whirring into motion for weeks to come.

And don't even get me started on social media. Quite how any celebrity manages to run their Twitter and Instagram accounts is beyond me, if only due to the sheer volume of messages, comments and the like that they must receive every single hour of the day.

Of course, you could well argue that the positives of such a way of life far outstrip the negatived, and you're probably right, but the fact remains that it must be a somewhat exhausting existence.

Someone who knows this very well is Katy Perry. Not only is the singer wildly famous, one of the most instantly recognisable faces on the planet, but she's also been embroiled in her fair share of feuds and rumours down the years.

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The most obvious example of this would, of course, be her long running beef with Taylor Swift, a feud that divided fans right down the middle. However, the pair appear to have buried the hatchet recently, after Katy Perry was reported to have sent Swift a literal olive branch ahead of the latter's Reputation tour.

As it turns out, though, it wasn't only Taylor Swift that Perry has had issues with in the past.

Recently emerged texts, between Kesha and Lady Gaga, which were revealed in court as part of Kesha's ongoing legal proceedings against producer Dr Luke, allegedly involve Lady Gaga calling Katy Perry "mean", among other comments.

Well, Gaga hasn't waited long for the dust to settle on this one, and took to Twitter to give her side of the story. She wrote;

".@katyperry & I have grown up in the industry together. We’ve gone through both celebrations & differences w/ each other. These are old texts. We’ve matured, gotten over the past, love each other & share deep respect. Katy is my friend and is truly a kind soul. End of story."

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Katy Perry then responded with a message of love of her own.

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Fans of both artists seemed delighted that the situation was handled with so much class and care by the two women, and the only question on social media that was left needing answers was, when are the pair going to collaborate on some music?

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Now that would be a great way to see out 2018, wouldn't it?

One of the biggest feuds in pop music used to be between Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. The trouble began way back in 2013 when the two songstresses became embroiled in a dispute over backup dancers.

Taylor reportedly invited three of the dancers who toured with Perry on her 2011-12 California Dreams tour to join her Red Tour. They accepted, but then one dancer named Lockhart Brownlie was allegedly approached by Perry's team to join her Prism tour, along with fellow dancers Scott Myrick and Leah Adler, forcing them to give up Taylor's tour midway through. All three dancers jumped ship, and Taylor was reportedly pretty furious.

As a result of this, Taylor publicly unfollowed the three dancers on Twitter and seemed to be far more antagonistic towards Perry from that point onwards. She even lambasted Perry in an interview with Rolling Stone, stating: "For years, I was never sure if we were friends or not. She would come up to me at awards shows and say something and walk away, and I would think, 'Are we friends, or did she just give me the harshest insult of my life?'"

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She added: "She did something so horrible. I was like, 'Oh, we're just straight-up enemies'. And it wasn't even about a guy! It had to do with business. She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour. She tried to hire a bunch of people out from under me. And I'm surprisingly non-confrontational – you would not believe how much I hate conflict. So now I have to avoid her. It's awkward, and I don't like it."

Indeed, many pop music fans have assumed that Taylor Swift’s track Bad Blood is meant to be directed towards Perry, while Perry’s “Swish Swish” is apparently aimed at Swift. However, after many years of nasty comments and cold shoulders, the two artists appear to have finally buried that hatchet; last May the two appeared to call a truce after Swift posted an Instagram story of Katy extending an olive branch. Awww.

As a result, many fans of the two musicians have been left wondering if a collab might materialise sometime in the future. Happily, it sounds as though Katy Perry herself wants it to happen.

This week, while attending the iHeartRadio Music Awards, a reporter on the scene asked Katy: "What about the rumours that Katy Perry and Taylor Swift could make music together?" Katy responded: "I'm making music with Zedd. I'm open—open, open, open."

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Wow; it sounds like they've really turned a corner. We've come a long, long way from the dark days of 2013 guys. I'd personally be delighted to see these two work on a project together: I'm sure it would be awesome!

Taylor Swift fans have slammed an interviewer after a recently resurfaced video video of him roasting the star has gone viral again.

Taking to TikTok, a clip of Taylor Swift's interview from 2012 while appearing on the British talk show hosted by Jonathan Ross has recently gone viral again - but maybe not for the right reasons.

The 34-year-old appeared on the show to discuss an array of different topics including the origin story of the 'Swifties', singing the national anthem at an NBA game, and why she hates talking about her love life.

And obviously, the latter is where things went wrong thanks to a few jokes thrown about by Ross.

When discussing her new (but now old) single 'We Are Never Getting Back Together', Ross said: "...It's a great song and I guess it's about... a breakup... a specific breakup?" to which Swift replies back with: "Yes, but not like a compilation of all of them."

"You've had a few, as we've said," Ross hits back, also adding: "Do you think, Taylor, that you... do get into relationships too readily? Do you think you give up too much of yourself too soon? Would this be why this keeps happening?

Swift responds with: "I don't know."

She also states that a lot of people do think that about her, to which Ross yells: "That's because you've had so many f****** breakups!"

The audience roars with laughter, as does the 'Love Story' singer, but she then starts explaining that thinking too much into it ruins the authenticity of the situation, which is why she avoids that.

That specific section was reposted to TikTok just a day ago where it garnered a lot of attention, with many wondering why the interviewer would be so harsh.

"She just believes in love and wants to be loved," one user wrote while another added: "such an awful thing to say to someone tho like why ask her that."

A third also chimed in with: "Jonathan Ross wouldn't sit there and conduct an interview with a man in the same way. Most songs are about past relationships and experiences. Why is that always honed in on it esp. with her music?"

Others also commended Swift for her responses with this one user writing: "She’s a hopeless romantic. Omg I love her! She’s so cute!"

Another also commented: "No man can handle her that’s why. They can’t stand being involved with a woman more powerful than them!"

Swift has found great success writing about her relationships over the past decade and she doesn't plan on slowing down any time soon.

Her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, is currently available to listen on all major music streaming platforms.

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We know Katy Perry as the coquettish pop singer who squirted whipped cream out of her boobs in California Gurls and confessed she loved making out with ladies in I Kissed A Girl. However, before she crooned "swish swish, bitch," she was gospel singer Katy Hudson. In fact, she even released a self-titled gospel album in 2001. Raised by Pentecostal pastors, young Katy got her start singing in church, as secular music was discouraged in her home.

What caused Katy Perry to change ? Maybe she didn't change at at all, because deep down she was always a wild child. Over the weekend, the singer was going through family memorabilia and shared a story about getting suspended from Santa Barbara Christian School in 1996. And what was the scandalous reason? Cutting class? Swearing at a teacher? Smoking in the girls' room? Nope, nope and nope. She got busted for humping a tree, which she pretended was Tom Cruise! (Must have been a short tree.)

On Instagram Story, Katy shared a photo of the suspension report, which formally describes her "inappropriate behavior." (Or should I say 'risky business'?)

"At the 2:00 p.m. recess, Katy and four other students were in an 'off-limits' area (behind the backboards) practicing a skit. Katy pretended that a tree was Tom Cruise and began making sexual motions (pelvic thrusts) to the tree. When Katy met with Mrs. Calkins, Mr. White, and myself, she was asked to describe or demonstrate what she had been seen doing on the playground in front of some other students. Katy chose to describe it. Her words were 'it was inappropriate' and 'like making out."

We all get in trouble for doing stupid things when we're young, but this reason for suspension is hilariously bizarre. It sounds like Katy was barking mad. I wonder if her teachers ever got down to the root of the problem. Maybe they were stumped. Hopefully they offered her an olive branch. It's tree-mendously rude to make her pack her trunk and leave. (Okay, I'm done now.)

The suspension report goes on to list more common kinds of juvenile troublemaking. Katy wore "crop tops" with her midriff showing. She used inappropriate language such as "pissed off," "brats," and "Oh my God," taking the Lord's name in vain. She got busted for playing Spin The Bottle and Truth and Dare with other students, in which she kissed others on the cheek. (The horror!)

However, Katy Hudson's most Katy Perry-esque behavior was salacious dancing: "Katy was seen by 2 teachers recently outside their classroom doing the Macarena dance in which she made body motions with sexual overtones (described by one teacher as being "like an exotic dancer.") The same dance moves that her scolded in school helped her become an international pop superstar.

Well, what we can we say? She humped a tree, and she liked it.

If there's one thing we all love, it's a big celebrity feud. I can't exactly put my finger on why they're so compelling. Maybe it's because it's good to remind ourselves that celebrities are just as human as the rest of us and have feet of clay, because they can get into a fight with someone just as easily as anyone else.

Just think about the major beef that Katy Perry and Taylor Swift have, or the long-running vendetta between Kanye West and Jay‑Z. Every time these rivals post a salty comment, or make a disparaging remark in an interview, or even come out with a new diss track, we can't help but sit up and take notice.

But one of the biggest celebrity feuds out there has got to be the cold war being waged between Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. The actress and reality TV star were once bosom buddies, and regularly appeared together in the clubbing scene during the mid‑2000s. They had an extremely vitriolic relationship which often got nasty.

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Now things have kicked up a notch, after the Instagram account Paris2000s uploaded an damning video. The vid consists of an interview which appeared to show Lindsay stating that Paris had assaulted her. In the video, Lindsay states: "[Paris] hit me last night, for no reason apparently, at my friend's house and I didn't know she'd be there and she hit me, she hit me with a drink, and poured it all over me and it hurts and it's not OK."

However, when the camera turns to Paris, she seemingly denies the accusation, and tells Lohan to "tell the truth." Lindsay then admits that: "everybody lies about everything" and denies having said anything. The video then goes on to show Lindsay insulting Paris, before going on to deny to paparazzi that she'd ever said anything derogatory. When the video ended up getting a lot of attention, Paris Hilton herself commented on it, writing "pathological liar."

Now Paris has thrown even more shade at her seemingly-former friend Lindsay. When interviewed by a reporter for E! News, who asked her for clarification regarding her "pathological liar" comment, Paris replied: "Just saying a fact. Fact of Life," before adding, "Good luck to her. I wish her the best." Hmm, do I detect the barest hint of condescension in her tone? I think I do.

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Recently, Lindsay provoked controversy on social media after she appeared to harshly and publicly reprimand two employees working at the VIP beach house she owns, because the women were not wearing matching shoes. Lindsay stated: "Wear the same shoes please ... Or you're fired" in an Instagram comment, before insisting that she wasn't joking about terminating their contract. Perhaps she was joking, or perhaps Paris is right ...