Celebrity Feuds

Colin Cowherd finally reacted to Dabo Swinney calling him a "fraud" after the National Championship game Monday night ... telling the Clemson coach, "I can take a punch."

Swinney called out Cowherd minutes after the game last night over Cowherd's harsh criticism of the team earlier in the season.

So, Tuesday morning on 'The Herd' on FS1 ... Cowherd reacted -- but it wasn't a firefight. He gave Swinney the ol' "Tip of the cap."

Still, Cowherd didn't exactly back down ... saying his job is to have strong takes on topics people care about and he'll continue to do just that no matter the blowback.

He even used a Donald Trump example to make his point.

Cowherd finished with a strong message to Dabo -- "You're a helluva coach ... you made college football better."

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are fighting as fiercely against each other as they did when they broke up.

Amber just filed legal docs claiming Johnny has defied their settlement by refusing to pay her installments for the $7 million settlement they struck. Johnny has fired back that Amber has dragged her feet in the settlement and not signed the documents needed to seal the deal.

Johnny, who is asking the judge to slap Amber with $100,000 in sanctions, strongly insinuates Amber doesn't really want a divorce ... because she's reveling in the public attention. Johnny's lawyer says in legal docs, "It is clear that she is intent on prolonging resolution and continuing litigation as long as the public's attention will allow."

Amber says in her declaration, it's Johnny who has dragged his feet in the divorce. Amber says in her docs, "I want my life back. I want to be divorced from Johnny now."

Lara Spencer and Megyn Kelly may have hugged, kissed or schmoozed before the camera rolled, but it certainly wasn't apparent from what we see at baggage claim at JFK.

The 'GMA' host and the soon-to-be NBC talk show host were feet from each other Monday night, but not a word was spoken ... at least as far as we can see.

ABC and NBC are in fierce competition, but then again competitive anchors still chew the fat.

Chris Brown and Soulja Boy are gearing up for a bloodbath in the ring, but for various reasons they can't pull it off in the U.S. ... so we've learned they're planning to fight it out in Dubai.

Sources connected with both Chris and Soulja tell TMZ they genuinely dislike each other and each wants to beat the crap out of the other, but what they want more than anything is a huge paycheck by running the fight on Pay-Per-View.

The initial plan was for a Vegas fight, but we've learned there are several rules and regs that would make such a fight impossible there, not the least of which is a mandatory drug test for amateur fights ... which both Chris and Soulja know they would never pass.

We're told their plan is to take the fight overseas -- first choice Dubai -- and they believe the Pay-Per-View audience would rake in untold millions of dollars.

Longtime inaugural announcer Charlie Brotman is pissed Donald Trump fired him from the post he's held for 60 years, but tells us he'll still be working come Jan. 20.

The 89-year-old announcer, who's MC'd presidential inaugurations since Dwight D. Eisenhower, said he thought about suicide when he found out Trump gave him the boot.

We're happy to report ... Charlie's bouncing back, and will have a new gig on the big day. It's not as prestigious as being the official guy -- he calls it being a "make-believe" announcer -- but it pays.

Charlie says he knows why Trump's tapped MLB announcer Steve Ray instead of him, and he thinks it smacks of political payback.

Bottom line: no Vin Scully-esque send-off for Charlie, but he's still got a job!

God knows it's hard out there for octogenarians.

Mike Tyson is using the majesty of song to describe his hatred for Soulja Boy ... and it's hilarious.

Iron Mike hit the recording booth with producer Damon Elliott and belted out a verse for the new track, "If You Show Up" ... which obviously takes aim at Soulja.

As we previously reported, Mike's coaching Chris Brown for their big celeb boxing match ... and in the song, Mike says bluntly, "I'm gonna teach him how to knock your ass out."

We're told Chris is planning on doing a verse this week and a music video is in the works -- which will be released on Mike's YouTube page.

Charles Oakley straight -up OPEN HAND SLAPPED Charles Barkley in the face during a 1999 off-the-court encounter ... so says ex-NBA champ Chucky Brown.

In fact, Chucky says he watched the entire thing ... and says Barkley got punked hard.

Chucky gave the blow-by-blow on the "Jerseys & Dress Shirts" podcast with MJ and Dale "The Lawyer" ... explaining how it unfolded in a hallway before an NBA player's union meeting.

In case you didn't know ... Oakley and Barkley had bad blood for years. They famously fought on the court in a pre-season game in 1996.

Brown says Barkley refuses to acknowledge the incident. We're reaching out to his reps anyway.

The entire interview airs January 13.

Dana White says Meryl Streep is an "uppity 80-year-old lady" who was completely WRONG when she took a shot at MMA during the Golden Globes.

We spoke with the UFC honcho about Meryl's comments Sunday night -- when she was ripping Donald Trump's immigration plans and said if we kick out foreigners, "you'll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts."

White objects in a BIG WAY -- calling the dig at his sport "stupid" and "uneducated."

We also asked if he thought Meryl targeted MMA because Dana gave a speech for Trump at the Republican National Convention.

Donald Trump isn't taking Meryl Streep's Golden Globes attack lying down -- he's dismissing her as a Hillary Clinton "flunky."

Streep used her acceptance speech for the Cecile B. DeMille Award to bash the President-elect for his campaign tactics ... especially his infamous run-in with a disabled reporter. The speech got a huge response in the room ... and, apparently, at Trump Tower.

Trump called her, "One of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a Hillary flunky who lost big."

His Twitter reply continued ... "For the 100th time, I never 'mocked' a disabled reporter (would never do that) but simply showed him "groveling" when he totally changed a 16 year old story that he had written in order to make me look bad."

His right hand woman, Kellyanne Conway, has also joined the fray.

Meryl Streep's Golden Globes attack on Donald Trump stirred a lot of emotion, and at least one war -- between Meghan McCain and comedian Billy Eichner.

Billy blasted McCain on Twitter after the Fox News host posted a message disparaging Meryl's harsh critique of Donald Trump, calling her a "f****** moron."

Meghan fired back, saying Billy lived in a "bubble" and was part of the problem between Hollywood and the Republican Party. That only made Billy go off again ...

Billy's known to speak his mind on his game show, "Billy on the Street," where he stops people at random for pop quiz questions ... usually with a celeb in tow. We're guessing Meghan's not a fan.

She never responded after her 2nd tweet, so ... score one for Billy?

2017 continues to try to destroy Soulja Boy ... with one of the scariest men in the history of humanity, Mike Tyson, promising to help Chris Brown beat the brakes off Soulja in their celebrity boxing fight.

Mike pledged his allegiance to CB in an Instagram video where he vowed to give Brown the knowledge needed to KNOCK SOULJA BOY THE F**K OUT!!!

Don't feel too bad for Soulja, though ... if you remember, he has Floyd Mayweather in his corner, exactly the guy you'd want if you were trying to avoid a Mike Tyson-style ass kicking.

Looks like this thing is real ... and we can't wait!!!

Soulja Boy needs to become Soulja Man for his fight against Chris Brown ... and he's asking the fitness world for help with his weight gaining.

Soulja took to Instagram Sunday with his request -- asking for any trainers and "muscle fitness companies" to come forward with advice on how to up his poundage.

Quick suggestion ... eat ... lift ... pray.

Mariah Carey's bungled NYE performance cannot be better explained by anyone better ... than Mariah Carey.

Mimi posted an audio clip Sunday describing what went down -- and it matches up exactly with TMZ's reporting. She makes it clear... "they foiled me."

Hear her take for yourself ... straight from the horse's mouth.

50 Cent is pulling some serious favors to ensure Chris Brown comes out with a 'W' if he and Soulja Boy square up ... calling none other than Mike Tyson to train CB.

50 posted the vid claiming he's speaking with Iron Mike -- the two yak it up pretty heavy -- and one thing's apparent ... they're both in Chris' corner.

Check out the vid -- Mike's got a bold prediction on the fight's outcome -- but something tells us Soulja and Floyd Mayweather think otherwise.

Kyle Richards is one clever chick ... she's figured out an angle to pump up viewership for "Celebrity Apprentice" ... and it involves harnessing the Trump haters.

We got Kyle at Craig's in WeHo Friday night, reacting to the Twitter war between Trump and his replacement host, Arnold Schwarzenegger. As you know, Trump claimed ratings victory, even though his comparison was really apples to oranges.

Chris Brown cussed out a manager of an NYC gym and spit at the door on the way out after a confrontation during a basketball game.

Sources present at Life Time Athletic tell TMZ ... Chris and his crew were on the basketball court, playing loud music and hurling insults and swear words during the action. We're told members complained and a manager walked over and asked the group to tone it down.

We're told Chris went ballistic, screaming and swearing at the woman. She wasn't having it and ordered them to leave. A witness tells us on his way out Chris spit on the door.

We've reached out to Chris' people ... so far, no word back.