4 of Courtney Love biggest celebrity controversies: she’s criticised Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Madonna and Lana Del Rey – but what did Kurt Cobain’s widow say about Britney Spears’ dad, and her own daughter?
It’s no secret that Courtney Love, the widow of Kurt Cobain, truly doesn’t have a filter when it comes to voicing her opinions – just look at her interview history over the past decades.
In a recent conversation with The Standard UK, the 59-year-old musician criticised a number of today’s biggest pop stars, including Taylor Swift, Madonna, Lana Del Rey and Beyoncé.
On Del Rey, she stated, “I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she should really take seven years off.” She also claimed that she doesn’t like Madonna, and “[Madonna] doesn’t like me”.
Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, but netizens have slammed Love for her attempt at dragging down the most talented musical icons of our generation.
To be fair though, she did acknowledge their successes too.
Here are some of Courtney Love’s biggest controversies involving other celebs.
1. Charlie Sheen
Love stirred controversy when she brought up her experience shooting heroin at Charlie Sheen’s house in the 1990s, as shared in an interview on The Fix.
She said she finally managed to kick the habit by 1996, “except for one incident in July 2005, where I shot myself up on purpose to kill myself”, she added.
2. Madonna
Back in 1995, Love infamously crashed Madonna’s interview by yelling in the background at the MTV Video Music Awards.
After interviewer Kurt Loder picked up on the shouting, he invited a seemingly intoxicated Love to their conversation.
3. Britney Spears
It read, “Britney’s dad molested her; imagine the father that molested you owning you for slavery while you’re forced to sing songs picked for their sexual content every night – insane, right? I have it on first-hand authority, and fight as hard as she does, she still didn’t pull that card; it’s a pride thing I can relate to. However, they want to play dirty, let’s go – I’m so not afraid of the little trolls who hit this when I was f***ed up who are called lawyers. Let’s go.”
4. Frances Bean Cobain, her daughter
As previously reported, after Love attacked her daughter online, calling her “deceptive and deluded” for choosing to live with her dad’s side of the family, Frances was granted a restraining order in 2009, barring her mum from contacting her directly or indirectly, Marie Claire reported.
In 2012, Love accused Kurt’s Nirvana bandmate Dave Grohl of being sexually inappropriate towards Frances – then just 19 years old. Frances shot down the comments though, and responded by saying, “Twitter should ban my mother,” per Rolling Stone.
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- It’s no secret that Courtney Love, the widow of Kurt Cobain, truly doesn’t have a filter when it comes to voicing her opinions – just look at her interview history over the past decades
- In a recent conversation with The Standard UK, the 59-year-old musician criticised a number of today’s biggest pop stars, including Taylor Swift, Madonna, Lana Del Rey and Beyoncé