2016 was a great year for celebrity feuds. Taylor vs. Kimye. Chrissy Teigen vs. Piers Morgan. Donald Trump vs. his past. So forgive me for saying that we were ALL looking forward to what celebrity drama 2017 might bring.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, we didn't have to wait long for our first beef of the year. In one corner of the ring is DC-based rapper Wale, and in the other is conservative host Tomi Lahren.
Wale recently dropped the diss track "Smile." On the song, the artist name-drops Lahren, but pronounces her name like "Tammy Lauren," while also calling her "miseducated anyway."
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Somehow Bill O'Reilly's Horcrux got wind of the lyrics and directed her ire toward Wale on Twitter, challenging the rapper to "get [her] fricken name right next time." As they said in colonial times, shots were fired.
So if you're gonna put someone in a song...diss 'em.. perhaps get their fricken name right next time @Wale
Wale responded with *this* tweet, mispronouncing Lahren's name again for comedic effect. Pop your popcorn, folks, things are getting good.
Ok Tammy https://t.co/TmO2ztMKNe
Lahren then responded with this tepid burn, where she basically just copied Wale's clapback format (which is a thing NOT to do, as anyone who has passed Celeb Beef 101 knows):
Ok Whale https://t.co/OlbnWgd437
Suffice it to say, people on Twitter were not impressed with Tomi's response.
.@TomiLahren
And the creative mispronunciation continued...
@TomiLahren take the L Tammy!
...and continued...
@TomiLahren @Wale ...nah just take the L, Timothy 👎🏾
...and continued some more.
@TomiLahren OK Thomas.
Hopefully 2017 comes back stronger with its next celebrity feud.
