Being famous comes with its perks, but it can also create enemies (especially with friends and family who aren’t as famous). When there’s money and power involved, it’s drama, and celebrity families like the Trumps, the Osbournes, the Hogans, and even the British royals have been subject to infighting at one point or another. Here are the top 10 famous families with nasty (and embarrassing) feuds that have played out in the public eye.
1. The Hogans
In 2025, Hulk Hogan’s ex-wife Linda announced she was in an ongoing feud with her ex-husband (whom she called a liar and a sex addict) and her daughter. Their daughter Brooke Hogan responded days later in a long IG post, saying she stopped speaking to both of her parents nearly a decade ago due to “completely separate reasons” and shocking the public by saying she was abused by her parents as a child, adding, “Up until adulthood, I’ve received berating and vile text messages, verbal, public reamings with unbelievably hurtful words said to me that cannot be forgotten.”
2. The Osbournes
In 2021, it came to light that Kelly Osbourne and her older sister Aimee, who typically avoids public attention, do not maintain contact. When Kelly appeared on Dax Shepard’s podcast Armchair Expert, she explained that she doesn’t talk to her sister, as they’re very different and don’t understand each other. Aimee moved out at age 16 so she wouldn’t be filmed on the family’s reality show, saying in an interview with The Independent, “Back then, I still felt I was trying to figure out who I was in the chaos of family life, so why on earth would I want that portrayed on television?”
3. The Kardashians and Caitlyn Jenner
When Caitlyn Jenner transitioned, the Kardashians appeared to be supportive, but Caitlyn didn’t return the favor and trash-talked her ex-wife, Kris, in her 2017 memoir. Kris responded on KUWTK, saying, “I’ve never been so angry and disappointed in somebody in my whole life,” and Caitlyn went on to criticize her ex and stepkids in the media, as in a Hulu doc, calling them fame-hungry and saying comments like, “Kimberly calculated from the beginning, ‘How do I become famous?’”
4. Prince William and Prince Harry
This drama between brothers started in 2018 when Harry started dating Meghan Markle. In Harry’s autobiography Spare, he admitted that his brother wasn’t happy with how Harry and Meghan tried to fight back against the British tabloids that were mistreating Meghan. In the book, he claimed that William physically assaulted him during an argument. Today, it looks like there’s no repairing the relationship, and Harry has started a new life with his family in Montecito.
5. Britney Spears & Her Family
Britney Spears has had feuds with both her sister and her father. The feud with her sister ensued after she was released from her 13-year conservatorship, when she called out multiple members of her family for inflicting pain and trauma for years. Just three months later, Jamie Lynn’s memoir was released, and she did many press interviews and podcasts speaking about her touchy relationship with her big sister. The feud continued on Twitter and Instagram, where they traded barbs, and Britney issued a cease and desist to stop talking about her.
Britney’s feud with her father has been a long-standing one, and when she spoke out in court in 2021 after being released from her conservatorship, she explained the prison that he had put her in, which included terms like not allowing her to have more children, having medication changed suddenly and dramatically, having access to her sons restricted, and more.
6. Meghan and Thomas Markle
The feud between Meghan Markle and her father, Thomas, exploded in the days and months leading up to her 2018 wedding day with Prince Harry. While Meghan explicitly asked her father to respect her privacy, Thomas ignored her and staged paparazzi photos. He also gave multiple press interviews and decided not to attend the London wedding. Meghan wrote her father a heartfelt letter (which was leaked to the media) where she asked her dad to stop using their names to make a quick buck, and Thomas participated in interviews after the wedding, saying that she “cut him off,” proving that he chose not to listen to that either.
7. Jay-Z and Solange Knowles
Imagine your sister and husband getting into it so badly that there’s footage of them physically fighting! A line was crossed after the 2014 Met Gala when elevator security footage showed Solange physically attacking Jay-Z after a heated discussion at an afterparty. The public statement they released was bland and underwhelming, with both parties saying they had apologized and moved on, but many people think it was because of Jay Z being unfaithful to Beyoncé. In a 2014 lyrics, Beyoncé sang, “Of course sometimes sh-t go down. When it’s a billion dollars on an elevator.”
8. Angelina Jolie and John Voight
This famous dad and daughter duo have had their ups and downs throughout the course of Angelina’s entire life. Issues first arose when her father broke up with her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, after he cheated on her. While the two were estranged for decades, they reconnected after Angelina’s mother passed away in 2007. However, the feud rumors swirled again when he wasn’t invited to her wedding to Brad Pitt in 2014, and their relationship remains rocky to this day since her dad is reportedly still in touch with Pitt after the messy divorce.
9. Melania and Ivanka Trump
Former adviser and Vogue staffer Stephanie Winston Wolkoff revealed a long-standing feud between Melania and Ivanka in the candid book Melania and Me, delving into their tense relationship. According to the writer, Melania nicknamed her “Princess Ivanka” and stated that the two have always been extremely competitive with each other and that this increased tenfold after they came into the White House. A couple of their tiffs include Ivanka attempting to head up decorating the East Wing (traditionally the First Lady’s responsibility) and Ivanka being able to use the Trump name for brand lines while Melania was not permitted to do so with her skincare line.
10. Priscilla Presley & Riley Keough
After Lisa Marie Presley passed away, her mother, Priscilla, and her oldest daughter, Riley Keough, got into an ugly legal dispute over Lisa Marie’s estate. Based on reports from the Associated Press, Priscilla filed legal documents that disputed the validity of an amendment to her daughter’s trust in 2016 that removed Priscilla and replaced her with Lisa Marie’s two children, Riley and Benjamin Keough. The legal dispute was settled in June 2023, appointing Riley as the executor of the will. Priscilla claimed that everyone was on good terms and that the feud was merely for publicity, but people have their doubts.
