Azealia Banks and Bebe Rexha clash in vicious online feud

If Azealia Banks and Bebe Rexha‘s relationship were a song, it would be sung by Ariana Grande: “We Can’t Be Friends.”

The “212” rapper and “Meant to Be” singer engaged in a public spat on Monday, following Banks’ unprovoked critique of Rexha’s physical appearance at the 2025 Met Gala.

“Sis gives me – hormonal birth control implant or something,” Banks wrote on X Monday evening, in response to a photo of Rexha arriving at the annual fundraising celebration wearing a black Christian Siriano ensemble. “It’s giving implanon/nuvaring she needs removed or depo shot that needs to stop happening.”

Rexha responded the following morning, suggesting that Banks “might wanna jump on some type of therapy,” and snarking that the antidepressant “lexapro worked great for me. Something that helps with the deep rooted sadness and chaos you keep projecting. Healing looks good on everyone. Try it.”

A few minutes after sharing her response, Rexha posted again, hoping to draw the back-and-forth to a close: “Ok I’m gonna go and enjoy my day now ❤️ Have a good day everyone love you.”

In a third post that has since been deleted, Rexha, 35, opened up about weathering constant criticism of her appearance and explained that she has a health condition.

“I’m so tired of people commenting on my weight. I have PCOS and struggle with infertility,” she wrote, referring to polycystic ovary syndrome, a hormonal disorder that presents challenges Rexha has been open about in the past. She continued, “I got pregnant, and it didn’t work out and I’ve been carrying that pain in silence. I never owed anyone that truth, but maybe now you’ll think twice before commenting on anyone’s body.”

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Rexha’s attempt to shut down the conflict was only successful on her end, however, as Banks fired off several lengthy responses on Tuesday.

“You should really get off Lexapro lmao, weight gain is a TRADEMARK side effect of Lexapro,” Banks wrote in one, referring back to Rexha’s original response. In another, she offered to be Rexha’s “support sister if u need it’s honestly nothing to be ashamed of because trust me… The problems that come from ssri’s are a lot LOT worse than anything you feel you are going thru now.”

Banks’ comments toward Rexha were part of a larger running commentary she posted in reaction to pictures from the Met Gala’s red carpet, which this year was tinted a deep shade of blue, courtesy of artist Cy Gavin.

The New York City-born musician, 33, had praise for Nicki Minaj‘s Thom Browne look (“Ok now that we can see the boning this look is a serrrve,” compared Sabrina Carpenter to Lil’ Kim (“This is very Notorious K.I.M. coded”), and had a mixed reaction to an image of Katy Perry look that was later found to be AI-generated (“Katy just gives me evil Madonna levels of behind the scenes corporate sabotage”).