{"id":228768,"date":"2026-03-16T07:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T07:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/bruno-mars-denies-shading-taylor-swift\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T07:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T07:25:08","slug":"bruno-mars-denies-shading-taylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/bruno-mars-denies-shading-taylor-swift\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Mars denies shading Taylor Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-03-16\" datetime=\"1773645908\" pubdate=\"\">16 March 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Bruno Mars became the focus of online discussion over the weekend after fans noticed he appeared to \u201clike\u201d a post on X criticising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/taylor-swift\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,taylor-swift\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a>, before later distancing himself from the message and publicly praising the singer.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Bruno Mars has no bad blood with Taylor Swift after being accused of liking a social media post mocking the superstar<\/p>\n<p>Pop Faction and several users claimed the 40-year-old singer had briefly liked a post shared on Friday (13.03.26) featuring a video of Taylor performing alongside a caption that read: \u201cGenuinely how did she get famous? White privilege is crazy because imagine if an Asian was as talentless as her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post was widely circulated but was incorrectly labelled as coming from BTS\u2019 official account, despite not appearing on the group\u2019s page.<\/p>\n<p>As screenshots spread, Bruno addressed the situation directly on Sunday night (15.03.26), making clear he had no issue with Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on X: \u201cTaylor has always been supportive and kind to me. Only love over here.\u201d He followed with a second post urging users to keep interactions positive: \u201cSpread Love on these apps!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nPop Faction later reported that Bruno had removed the like that initially sparked the speculation.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe incident comes after Bruno replaced Taylor, 37, at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. His single I Just Might reached the top spot in January, ending her 15-week run with The Fate of Ophelia from her album The Life of a Showgirl.<\/p>\n<p>\nBad Blood hitmaker Taylor hasn&#8217;t commented on the situation with her chart rival, though it seems there is no bad blood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/bruno-mars-denies-shading-taylor-swift-1439174.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 March 2026 Bruno Mars became the focus of online discussion over the weekend after fans noticed he appeared to \u201clike\u201d a post on X criticising Taylor Swift, before later distancing himself from the message and publicly praising the singer. 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