Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars are putting a comedic spin on Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj's must-see Twitter exchange [1] about the MTV VMAs. As the axis of pop culture shifted with Taylor and Nicki's tweets on Tuesday, Bruno decided he wanted a feud of his own. His target: fellow crooner Ed, who has been close friends with Taylor since at least 2012 [2]. Both guys are also nominees for video of the year [3].
Yo I want in on this twitter Beef!! VMAs is the new WWF!! @edsheeran [4] Fuck You!
— Bruno Mars (@BrunoMars) July 22, 2015 [5]
When Ed didn't respond, Bruno figured he'd have to egg him on with a fan-made WWE SmackDown poster.
SHOW YOURSELF!!! @edsheeran [6] https://t.co/J07BphUedV [7]
— Bruno Mars (@BrunoMars) July 22, 2015 [8]
Let's take a closer look at this amazing poster.
@BrunoMars [9] @edsheeran [10] SAY NO MORE. Place yo bets people pic.twitter.com/VsSzsWuIoc [11]
— Angelie Censon (@echosei_ACE) July 22, 2015 [12]
Hours later, Ed started the back and forth with a bang.
@BrunoMars [13] any way we do dis you gon' come up short
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) July 22, 2015 [14]
Bruno was shocked they were "Sheeran this in public."
That Cut deep..U always know how to sheer me to the core. I can't believe we're Sheeran this in public. How dare u! https://t.co/fdYOVnlScF [15]
— Bruno Mars (@BrunoMars) July 22, 2015 [16]
Ed was not going to let Bruno have the last word.
@BrunoMars [17] but all my crew know that Bruno has eyebrows dat be uno. And plays Cluedo with SuBo, but you lose coz you blow
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) July 22, 2015 [18]
The guys weren't the only stars to react to the debate — Aaron Paul reached out to Taylor and Nicki [19] with an invitation to grab breakfast.