The most memorable celebrity fights that 2019 left us
Last year, it brought to light infidelities, demands for equality and demands for the care of the planet.
The universe of Hollywood superstars and other world celebrities lived in 2019 a particularly turbulent year full of confrontations that has brought to light infidelities, claims of equality and demands for the care of the planet.
These are some of the most notorious scandals of the past year:
Kardashians vs Jordyn Woods
The Kardashian clan, which now dominates the beauty industry and the catwalks, began February with a high-profile and media family scandal.
US specialized media published that Jordyn Woods, Kylie Jenner's best friend, had an affair with Tristan Thompson, the father of Khloe Kardashian's daughter.
During a party, the basketball player kissed Woods, who had been a close friend to the celebrity family for years, unleashing a storm among its members that jumped to the screens.
In a 30-minute interview with the actress and director Jada Pinkett, Woods confirmed that the athlete had indeed kissed her, which ended the Canadian and the model's relationship with the Kardashian family, which crossed out the fact as "betrayal."
Tati vs Charles
Last May, famous makeup youtuber Tati Westbrook caused controversy by posting a video claiming that influencer James Charles, another cosmetics superstar, abused her power as a celebrity to pressure men to date her.
The brawl was joined by makeup artist Jefree Star, who through her social networks said she had evidence of the abuse while thousands of followers of the three celebrities followed the confrontation on their screens.
Charles denied the accusations in a video on his YouTube channel in which he provided several text messages as evidence of what he considered "good behavior", although he managed to lose more than three million subscribers in that social video network .
His public response has 48 million views and the friendship between Jefree, Tati and Charles ended.
Taylor Swift vs music industry
In June, music superstar Taylor Swift claimed through social networks that her former record company Big Records Machine had sold its catalog to Scooter Braun, the manager of Justin Bieber and Kanye West, with whom she has had problems throughout her life. career.
In a post titled I don't know what else to do, she acknowledged the difficulties in performing her songs during her own tribute at the American Music Awards (AMAs), where she was declared the artist of the decade 2010-2020.
The young singer owns the lyrics but not the recordings, so she announced this summer that she plans to re-record her first five albums from November 2020 to get her music back.
Reggaeton vs Latin Grammy
In September, when the Latin Grammy nominees were revealed, several street artists lashed out at the awards for the lack of genre nominations.
This lack of recognition of the urban genre caused annoyance to artists like Daddy Yankee and J Balvin, who argued that reggaeton was very popular during the year and should be distinguished.
Through social networks, the issue went viral with publications by other singers such as Anuel AA, Maluma and Karol G.
By winning best urban music album, Bad Bunny claimed that reggaeton is part of Latin culture, although she did urge her colleagues to produce better quality music and stop focusing on numbers.
Jane Fonda vs climate politics
October was the month that iconic Hollywood actress Jane Fonda starred in a tough fight against the climate crisis by taking part in various activist rallies.
Fonda was arrested at least four times when protesting every Friday in front of the US Congress in Washington.
To do this, the actress moved to the American capital and founded a group to demonstrate every week until January 2020.
Fonda said then that she was avoiding a fifth arrest, because of her acting commitments and because, if she was captured again, she would have to spend a night in prison.
The 81-year-old performer, who has a long history of activism beginning with her opposition to the Vietnam War, has invited other celebrities to these sit-ins, including Ted Danson, Piper Perabo, Sally Field and Diane Lane.
Selena Gomez vs Justin Bieber
Also in the tenth month of the year, the singer Selena Gomez presented two songs that seem to allude to her old relationship with Justin Bieber after almost 8 years of a tumultuous and toxic connection, just at the same moment in which the Canadian married with model Hailey Baldwin.
Phrases such as "in two months you replaced our 'we', as it was easy. It made me think that I deserved it, in the hardest part of my recovery" fed the interpretations of the artist's fans, who know the chronology of her relationship with her ex-boyfriend.
Selena Gomez and Bieber had a rocky relationship, with breakups and reconciliations between 2011 and 2018, until the musician announced in July of that year that he had proposed to Baldwin, just two months after breaking up with Gomez.
Golden Globes vs actresses and directors
Following the announcement of the Golden Globe Award nominations, women in the media objected to the lack of mentions of films made or starred by women, in a long Academy tradition of highlighting male stories.
Likewise, the 2019 awards, organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), were the first after the historic edition of the previous year, in which practically the entire film and television community dressed in black to denounce the sexual harassment of women.
Natalie Portman surprised then with a phrase when presenting, along with Ron Howard, the Golden Globe for the best director: "And all the nominated men are ...".
