Celebrity Feuds

Lisa Ling is taking a huge shot at Caitlyn Jenner for shading presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

We asked Lisa, a staunch Hillary supporter, about Caitlyn's comment on her show ... that Hillary cares more about herself than other women.

Caitlyn got all political during the season 2 premiere of "I Am Cait" -- but Lisa thinks Jenner needs to step out of the political arena ... at least where Hillary's concerned.

Watch ... she doesn't just throw shade, she attacks Caitlyn's womanhood.

Terry Crews thinks the war of words between Justin Bieber and Nate Diaz should be a WAR OF FISTS ... saying he firmly believes the best way for the men to settle their beef is to throw down!!!

Crews was out at Craig's when we asked how the guys in Hollywood's newest celebrity feud should settle their beef ... a beef that started when Bieber dissed Diaz's fighting style on social media.

Of course, Diaz fired back on the "TMZ Sports" TV show -- saying, "F**k that fool."

But Terry -- who stars in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" -- says the time for talk is OVER and it's time for the guys to settle it like men ... IN THE OCTAGON!!!!

Holly Holm's manager says Dana White "hates my guts" for allowing Holly to fight Miesha Tate before a Rousey rematch ... telling TMZ Sports, "It's personal."

White went on ESPN Tuesday and trashed Lenny Fresquez -- saying, "He's an old boxing guy who thinks he's smart, and he's not."

White added, "I don't know if Holly really knows what she lost. I think she has so much faith in the people that surround her, she feels like, 'Well, they got me this far.'"

Now, Fresquez is firing back ... telling TMZ Sports the idea he forced Holly to fight Miesha is "ludicrous."

"I didn't make Holly fight Miesha. Holly is the boss. I work for her. We gave her the different options. Fight Miesha in March. Wait for Ronda in November or December. She said, 'I don't want to wait. I want to fight.'"

As for Dana's comments, Fresquez says ... "Dana hates my guts. It's personal. How could it be my fault? Holly is the boss."

When contacted by TMZ Sports, Dana White explained, "When we met with them [Holly] wasn’t even in the meeting. Holly wasn’t present when we were talking about her money or any of it. It's Holly’s life, and Holly’s career. She should have been in the meeting too."

After the fight, Fresquez says Holly addressed the team and took full responsibility -- "Holly told us, 'I'm not Monday morning quarterbacking anything. Everyone did their job except me.'"

As for her next fight, Fresquez says Holly wants a rematch with Miesha -- "We'd like to fight Miesha at UFC 200 in July. Then fight Ronda in November."

Justin Bieber is in a brand new celebrity feud ... with UFC superstar Nate Diaz!!!

Here's the deal ... after the fight, Bieber praised Conor McGregor on social media -- posting a photo of the guy with the caption, "Still the champ."

Then he posted video of a toast he made to Conor saying, "To McGregor. He's still the champ. That broke my heart."

He added, "No bandwagon but Conor is a true champion, fights with style and finesse, all the respect to Nate but his style is terrible. Nate has crazy heart respect."

So, how did Nate Diaz react???

He posted a image on Instagram showing him slapping Bieber in the face with the caption, "Shut your bitch ass up."

He added the caption, "Bieber's a hater."

Your move now, Justin ...

Bette Midler gifted Kim Kardashian with a tree years ago before turning Kim's Instagram nude into a punchline ... TMZ has learned.

By now you know Kim took extreme exception to Bette's cyber-jab -- saying, "hey @BetteMidler I really didn't want to bring up how you sent me a gift awhile back trying to be a fake friend then come at me."

Now, we know ... that "gift" was a tree that Bette planted in Kim's honor as part of Bette's New York Restoration Project.

Bette dedicated one of the trees to Kim when she launched her MillionTreesNYC initiative in 2007 -- and even sent Kim a handwritten note.

We're told Kim believed the gesture was a friendship branch ... until Bette mocked her on Twitter.

As for Bette, she just fired back at Kim saying, "I never tried to fake friend you. Looks like anyone can take a selfie but not everyone can take a joke."

Mariah Carey was in a bad mood Monday night, and she took it out on mortal enemy Jennifer Lopez.

We got Mariah leaving The Beverly Hilton hotel when she reaffirmed her dislike for J Lo, in the most high school of ways. She's said it before, and is not backing down.

As for why Mariah's mood was sour ... we're told the limo that was supposed to take her to the event honoring Brett Ratner bailed on her. Seems she was her typical late self, so she had to take a Lyft.

May the feud never die!

Kim Kardashian went on the counterattack Monday night after she was called on the carpet for posting a bangin' nude pic that turned out to be a year old.

Kim went in for the kill with Bette Midler, who tweeted earlier, "If Kim wants us to see a part of her we've never seen, she's gonna have to swallow the camera."

Kim's response ... "I really didn't want to bring up how you sent me a gift awhile back trying to be a fake friend then come at me #dejavu."

It didn't stop there. Chloe Moretz tweeted, "I truly hope you realize how important setting goals are for young women, teaching them we have so much more to offer than just our bodies."

Kim's response ... "Let's all welcome @ChloeGMoretz to Twitter, since no one knows who she is. your nylon cover is cute boo."

And then there's Piers Morgan, who tweeted, "I know the old man's $50 million in debt, Kim -- but this is absurd. Want me to buy you some clothes?"

Kim had some choice words for him, first, "Hey @piersmorgan never offer to buy a married woman clothes. thats on some ashley madison type s--." And get a load of her not-so-humble brag, "sorry I'm late to the party guys. I was busy cashing my 80 million video game check and transferring 53 million into our joint account."

So no doubt ... the winners, Bette, Chloe and Piers. They got all up on Kim's twitter.

Kim posted this pic Monday night, and we're taking a wild guess but we think this one's also old.

Daniel Cormier says Jon Jones' good guy image is all BS -- claiming Jon privately called him the "biggest p***y he ever met" and told him to "suck his d***."

It all went down at a UFC media event in Vegas -- with DC saying that Jon is a fraud ... and hasn't learned a damn thing from all of his issues outside of the Octagon.

Jon took exception and they went off on each other ... insane.

Nate Diaz did NOT suffer a hand injury during that violent stand-off with Conor McGregor at the UFC 196 presser Thursday ... with sources telling us Nate is "ready to fight."

After Conor smacked Nate's fist, people noticed Nate clutching his right hand ... and several media outlets speculated that he suffered an injury that could put the fight in jeopardy.

But deeply connected sources tell us, "Nate is fine and ready to fight ... he didn't even see a doctor because he wasn't hurt."

Translation -- the fist escaped unscathed.

IT'S (almost) TIME!!!!

Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz hate each other more then Trump and Rubio ... and now TMZ Sports has even more video that proves how deep the hatred goes.

Check out this raw footage from the UFC 196 news conference ... which shows even more smack talk than you saw on the stage.

The estate of legendary jazz and soul singer Nina Simone has no love for Zoe Saldana -- who's playing Nina in a biopic -- and sparked outrage over Zoe's skin color after the movie trailer debuted.

Nina's estate finally gave its two cents on Saldana getting the role, and it was not good. It's clear in the trailer that producers darkened Zoe's skin for the movie, "Nina" ... and that's pissing off fans, and clearly the estate too.

After Saldana simply tweeted a quote from Nina ... the estate fired back -- "please take Nina's name out of your mouth. For the rest of your life."

Simone fans have had equally harsh reactions to Saldana's casting. They're pissed about her prosthetic nose, and the darkened skin thing is really pissing people off because Nina stood for up for black empowerment and civil rights.

Critics think Viola Davis or Uzo Aduba would have been better picks. Saldana hasn't responded. The movie comes out next month.

Madonna and Guy Ritchie will square off in court Wednesday over custody of their 15-year-old son Rocco, and we've learned Madonna has changed her strategy.

As we reported, the singer and Guy have not gotten along since their 2008 divorce. In fact, we're told they aggressively dislike each other.

Madonna's initial strategy to get her son back was to trash Guy's parenting skills. She believes he's way too permissive and Rocco suffers as a result. Our Madonna sources say she is an extremely strict and controlling parent ... which often benefits the boy, but at the same time pisses him off.

Now we're told Madonna has changed her tune. Rather than trying to force Rocco back to the U.S. through a judge's order, she's trying to win him back by proclaiming her undying love ... frequently through social media.

That said, as one well-connected Madonna source told us, "She always has to be right. It's her nature. She and Guy have disagreed on every [child rearing] decision they talk about, and it's made her feel like he's a bad parent."

Rocco -- who's been living with his dad since late December -- will have a voice in where he ends up living.

A New York City judge just ordered Howard Stern "Wack Packer" High Pitch Erik to steer clear from The Elephant Boy after allegedly threatening to kill him.

Erik's attorney, Jeff Scaggs, tells TMZ the judge issued a no-contact order Tuesday at his arraignment on one count of aggravated harassment. However, the order allows for "incidental" contact, meaning the two can still interact through public appearances or on 'The Stern Show.'

Scaggs tells us the whole thing has been extremely stressful for Erik, especially because he says EB still attacks him about his weight and dead mom on Twitter.

TMZ broke the story ... Erik was arrested in January for texting threatening messages to Elephant Boy. Cops say the messages read, "You're a dead mother f***er I'll break your face and strangle you."

Erik will be back in court next month.

Conor McGregor rolled into a megafan's L.A. apartment this week -- after seeing a cardboard cutout of himself on the guy's balcony ... and the fan was so blown away, he could barely hold himself together.

Conor was driving to the gym when he noticed the cutout (which was displayed along with an Irish flag) -- and screamed up to the guy that he would drop in.

What ensues is pretty awesome ... you gotta watch the clip.

As for Conor's opponent at UFC 196 (which goes down March 5th in Vegas) -- we also got video of Nate Diaz in a recent training session ... acknowledging that he might get "merked."

It's pretty revealing footage ... Diaz knows McGregor is a dangerous guy -- but warns Conor not to underestimate him.

One last thing ... check out this video of McGregor hitting up Rodeo Drive in Bev Hills after tooling around in his Lambo -- dude LOVES to be rich!!!

Watch UFC 196 – McGregor vs. Diaz – Live on PPV on Saturday, March 5.

Akon lives by a simple precept ... if someone doesn't want to be with you, just let them go.

We got Akon at LAX Monday and he sounds like the ultimate voice of reason. He's not taking sides with either Kesha or Luke, but he has a hard time believing the Sony producer is a rapist.

Sam Smith suggesting he might be the first openly gay man to win an Oscar ... pissed off screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who's now calling out Smith.

Not long after Smith won Best Original Song for the "Spectre" theme ... Black, who is openly gay, tweeted a reminder that HE won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 2009 for "Milk."

He also claims Smith is infatuated with his fiance, olympic diver Tom Daley.

The "first" argument might seem kinda petty -- especially since Smith didn't state he was first as fact -- but Black tells TMZ, "I think knowing our collective LGBTQ history is important. That's all. We stand on the shoulders of countless brave men and women. We should honor that."

As for the shot about Daley ... Black wouldn't elaborate. We've reached out to Smith, but no word back.

Fun fact: Elton John also won an Oscar, long before Black, in 1994.

Smith has now apologized.