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Mon, May 17 2010

A Guide To The Selena Gomez And Demi Lovato Feud: What (Or Who) Drove These Disney Princesses Apart?

It’s a tangled web, involving fellow starlets Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift and some teen heartthrobs: Taylor Lautner, Nick Jonas and Joe Jonas. Here’s a primer on this incestuous crew:

  • Miley used to date Nick seriously back in ’08; they broke up and Nick dated Selena, kicking off a catty YouTube rivalry between the Hannah Montana phenom and Selena (who posted clips mocking Miley on the site).
  • Taylor Swift got serious with Joe, who dumped her in a now-famous 27-second phone call in October ’08. Months later, Taylor and Miley performed together at the 2009 Grammy Awards as the JoBros sat and watched. Cameras panned toward the Jonai to capture the awkward moment.
  • Selena dated Taylor Lautner in the spring of 2009; then Taylor Swift dated him and cut him loose circa December 2009. Weeks after that split, Selena reportedly rekindled the flame with the Twilight hunk — who was totally getting passed around! Not that he minded, probably. Then Selena got back together with Nick. But that was short-lived.  Selena and the singer broke up this past April. Our brains hurt!
  • Selena Gomez is very good friends with Taylor Swift, despite the Tay-Tay-sharing. Demi is now BFF with Miley (who may or may not be the biggest Selena fan). Miley and Taylor are pretty friendly, it seems.
  • Demi and Taylor are both friendly with John Mayer in real life and on Twitter. Make of this what you will.

More on the end of the Selena-Demi friendship, which appears to have unraveled late last Spring: Weeks after Selena and Taylor Lautner called it quits (the first time) in May 2009, Demi was vehemently denying that she was smitten for Taylor, who was starting to gain mad buzz for his upcoming Twilight: New Moon role. She and Selena were still BFFs at this point. Anyways: Six months after Demi’s denial, Tay-Tay Lautner was hooking up with Taylor Swift, who’s sort of the Audrina Patridge of this Disney/Hills scenario. Not in the inner circle of Demi and Selena (cuz three’s a crowd), the magical country princess (that would be Taylor Swift) seemed like their stepsister, and Demi’s denials of finding Lautner cute may have been a precursor to protecting her relationship with Selena. Perhaps Selena became friendly with Taylor “The Tooth Fairy” swift over their shared histories with a certain werewolf.

So what does Taylor Swift have to do with the price of bread?

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Comments

  1. By teddy

    Demi and Selena have been freinds but have had some problems lately……………………….
    1.both seeing other people(Demi and Miley)and(Taylor and Selena and Justin b.)
    2Selena hasn’t been there for Demi during hard times.
    3.both very very busy.
    4.When together the fun has just faded away
    Its like when you are with someone and there is awkwardness.
    –teddy m. love ya forevaaaaaaaaaaaa!

  2. By notasconfusing

    Honestly, teen drama sucks when it involves yourself but is actually amusing when it’s someone else. At the end of the day? Best Friend is 10 letters. So is Lying Bitch.

  3. By jackei

    i love selena and demi they have been friends a long time ago !!! :)))))

  4. By megan

    I’ve been best friends with sophie since nersury

  5. By amy

    this isnt true.. i know what happend.
    demi is back with the ‘cutting’ thing and selena was afraid
    and wasnt with her in her hard times so demi just said
    that they arent friends anymore.
    and i guess a lil’ jelouse.. well.. i still love demi and SELLY : )
    and im sure they will be BFFS in no time cus demi is
    with her doctors now and she will stop with the cutting and they will be together like ALWAS ! : D < 3

  6. By Kylie

    I’ve been best Friends with the same girl since kindergarden. Now we’re both freshmen in highscjool and live 900 miles away from eahother and we’re still neatfriends. She lives in NY and I moved to GA. I like Selena better. Demi has issues obviously now. And she’s had them. Cutting? Eating disorder? Anger? That’s why Joe dumped her!! It’s in people!!!

  7. By Taylah

    The way everyone acts like they personally know these girl is awesome :) *sarcasm*. I assume with Demi and Selena being 18, they have grown apart. It happens. People shouldn’t try to force their friendship.

  8. By Tween Angst

    Most of the previous comments appear to be written by illiterate ignoramuses. Perhaps you should spend a little less time dwelling on Demi & Selena, and a little more time with a dictionary.

  9. By mary

    its just sad for everyone……im sorry to say but my bet is fame got in there way…im sure it wasnt all over a boy or talyor swift….goes more deeper then that….if i had a crack at both of them gurls ill pull them by therer ears until they make up i love them both and my lil gurl likes them both…

  10. By selenaFan

    i had a best friend since i was 9 we were inseperable and i loved her like a sister, i’m 20yrs old now, and we are no longer friends. in fact we see each other ‘s here and there, i mean it’s bound to happen we live in the same town and we do not talk we look the other way. i know it’s sad, but people change and the person you thought you knew they were, they aren’t anymore. i dont think selena and demi hate each other because i dont hate my ex best friend but they probably miss each other, but if whatever it was that happened between the two, is too damaging to repair sometimes its best to let that person go, bad breakups are bad brrakups and its hard to regain trust.

  11. By yanislen

    i thinkk they should be frenddss forever they are my role models and idontt lykk seeingg bestt frenddss madd. thattss whyy theyyy cann workk itt outt. andd theyyy are still bestt frenddss becux under thiss argumentt theyyy still love each other (of course as sisterrss andd frenddss). theyyy cantt be madd att each otherr forever. att leastt idontt wantt too. ithnkk theyyy are bothh amazingg but thiss iss justt somethinngg idontt lykkk att all. especiallyyy! cux theyyy been frendss lykk foreverr! )’:

  12. By justin

    hey this is autumn how are you today your a pretty girl

  13. By Jessicaaxx

    I had a fight w/ my bff and now we arent frends..it happens…im a huge selly fan

  14. By renee

    yall stop fightin yall two are both great grils and yall are great examples and take what yall learn from yalls shows like demi your show sonny with a change i get the meassge that you shouldnt fight with your friends especailly over a guy,,,and selena from your show wizards of waverly place i get the meassge that you shouldnt fight wif your friends cause from like wizards you and jennifer stone when yall mad at each other but yall worked it out and yeah i noe its jus tv but yall both send out great messages and yall should take yalls adivce that yall r giving out to other friends so STOP FIGHTIN CAUSE YALL BOTH R AWESOME AND YALL SHOULDNT FIGHT OVER A GUY….YALL BOTH R MUCH BETTA THAN THAT!!!!

  15. By Juliana

    it makes me sad to see their friendship end. Personally its kind of taylors fault, she split em up. Ever since taylor talkd sht about joe (even tho she hung up the phone wen he brokeup with her and didnt give him a chance to explain) oviously demi took Joe’s side (there really good friends!) and taylor got bad so she pulled selena onto her side…wich is dumb cuz selena should have known better.

  16. By Ali

    i think demi’s alil hurt in this situation cause oof the whole twitter thing and selenas family attacking her, nd tht just made everythinq crash and crumble causee theyy probably drifted,
    became friends with people that dislike each friend
    , and they werent to fond of those friends cause taylor swift probably dislikes joe and demi went out with joe and taylor tried giving demi advice how hes not a good guy and selena probably backed taylor up and demi felt attacked
    thats just one scenario but theres probably things that built up and obviously demi is the one hurting the most causse shes the one telling the press all the bizz selena said she had nothing but love for her and her family soo it maybe demis feelinqs are hurt.
    that was confusing me so idont kno if anyones gunna get what i said
    but thats what i think. i also think that they are going to be bestfriends again tho because they bump into eachother way to muchh.

  17. By Watha Hechappend

    My head hurts!

  18. By Sydney

    Oh and dara
    selena is way better than demi

  19. By Sydney

    okay Tazzy you are so right if they were best friends and they can`t work it out then there not realy best friends but i still don`t get why they can`t still be friends. And all this Drama dose not realy help! But I still want to see demi on wizards of waverly place. There prrofecinal actresses they should still be abel to work together and not have any drama gouing on. But i don`t think that cane happen when your famouse theres always drama.

  20. By nana

    i dont get it but i know demi lovato speaks the truth so i dont blame her.