Bruno Mars Says He Did Not Diss Taylor Swift

Skip to ContentNewsBruno Mars Says He Did Not Diss Taylor SwiftBy Tom Breihan11:41 AM EDT on March 17, 2026Share on FacebookShare on RedditShare on EmailShare on BlueskyRick Diamond/Getty ImagesBruno Mars and Taylor Swift became hugely famous around the same time, and the two of them remain stadium-level megastars many years after most of their peers have faded away. Beyond that, though, Mars and Swift don't honestly have that much in common. Their styles of pop music are radically dissimilar, and their careers haven't overlapped much. As the photo above will attest, Swift once handed Mars a VMA and then towered over him while he accepted it, but beyond stuff like that, they've moved in different circles. Now that he's getting ready to mount his own stadium tour, Mars is in the unenviable position of insisting that he did not diss Taylor Swift. On Monday night, Bruno Mars tweeted this: "Taylor has always been supportive and kind to me. Only love over here." Mars' tweet was in response to one from an account called Pop Flop, which posted this "Fans notice that Bruno Mars liked an Instagram reel hating on Taylor Swift for being 'talentless'." Along with that tweet, there was a screenshot, seemingly showing Mars liking a BTS fan-account tweet that said, "Genuinely how did she get famous? White privilege is crazy because imagine if an Asian was as talentless as her."Taylor has always been supportive and kind to me. Only love over here. ❤️— Bruno Mars (@BrunoMars) March 16, 2026Now: Bruno Mars probably did not like that Instagram post, or if he did, it was presumably a double-tap accident. The Instagram account that supposedly posted that note about Swift has seemingly disappeared, and Billboard reports that it "could not verify the screenshot." Either way, it's crazy to think that people are either monitoring Bruno Mars' Instagram likes that closely or that they'd bother making up that screenshot. No public figure, with the possible exception of Donald Trump, wants to be known as the one who thinks Swift is talentless. Share on FacebookShare on RedditShare on EmailShare on BlueskyTom Breihan@tombreihan.bsky.socialRead More:Bruno Mars,Taylor SwiftGET THE STEREOGUM DIGESTThe week's most important music stories and least important music memes.EmailSign upMore from NewsExplore NewsNewsLollapalooza Announces 2026 LineupMarch 17, 2026NewsKid Rock Is Pissed About The DOJ’s Settlement With Live NationMarch 17, 2026NewsJay-Z To Headline Roots Picnic With The RootsMarch 17, 2026NewsWatch Lucy Dacus Cover Daniel Caesar For Like A VersionMarch 17, 2026NewsRosalía Kicks Off Lux Tour, Apologizes For Picasso CommentsMarch 16, 2026NewsEx-KISS Guitarist Vinnie Vincent Selling New Album For $2 MillionMarch 16, 2026