Bebe Rexha answers Azealia Banks' Met Gala diss with a painful confession: 'Maybe now you'll think twice'

Bebe Rexha met Azealia Banks’ trademark toxicity with vulnerability, and a revelation astir her health, aft the “212” rapper shaded her quality astatine the 2025 Met Gala.

The Grammy-nominated “I’m Good” singer, who walked the steps of the Met successful a customized Christian Siriano gown, said successful a since-deleted tweet shared Monday that she lives with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and suffered a gestation loss. About an hr earlier Rexha’s confession, Banks (who was not contiguous astatine the Met Gala) commented connected a photograph of the vocalist astatine the manner event, writing: “Sis gives maine — hormonal commencement power implant oregon something. It’s giving implanon/nuvaring she needs removed oregon depo changeable that needs to halt happening.”

The “Chase It” singer-songwriter, who has antecedently spoken retired against body-shaming trolls, said successful her station that she was implicit comments astir her appearance. She said that she suffered with infertility, adding, “I got pregnant, and it didn’t enactment out.” She did not uncover erstwhile the gestation occured.

“I’ve been carrying that symptom successful silence,” she continued. “I ne'er owed anyone that truth, but possibly present you’ll deliberation doubly earlier commenting connected ... anyone’s body.”

Rexha bolstered her effect to Banks with a 2nd tweet connected Tuesday, channeling the rapper’s estimation for antagonistic societal media posts. In the past, Banks has feuded with galore musicians including Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Iggy Azalea, Rihanna and Doechii, among respective others. The “In the Name of Love” vocalist encouraged Banks to question nonrecreational help, including therapy and medicine utilized to dainty slump and anxiety.

“Lexapro worked large for me,” she wrote successful the tweet. “Something that helps with the heavy rooted sadness and chaos you support projecting. Healing looks bully connected everyone. Try it.”

Hours aft Rexha’s tweet, Banks seemingly dug her heels successful and claimed determination was a nexus betwixt the singer’s usage of Lexapro and her failed pregnancy. “I def had a miscarriage connected SSRI’s, too,” Banks wrote earlier encouraging her latest societal media adversary to “get disconnected the SSRI’s period.”

Monday’s lawsuit marked Rexha’s Met Gala debut. She was among the scores of entertainers, artists and entrepreneurs to fashionably descend connected the Metropolitan Museum of Art successful New York City. Notable Met Gala guests besides included Doechii, Janelle Monáe, Zendaya, Diana Ross and Rihanna, who unveiled her 3rd pregnancy. The lawsuit was co-chaired by Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour. Los Angeles Lakers prima LeBron James was an honorary co-chair but did not be owed to an injury.

This year, the archetypal Monday of May celebrated the Costume Institute’s upcoming exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” The grounds volition beryllium connected presumption astatine the Met from May 10 to Oct. 26.