13 of the most epic sibling feuds and rivalries of all time

Their careers were built on harmonizing together, but the Andrews Sisters weren’t always as bright and cheery as their songs. Known for hits like “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” the Andrews Sisters were one of the most successful female recording groups in pop history.

So it’s strange — or maybe natural — that their success is clouded by a decadeslong feud. Maxene once chalked their intense loathing for one another up to too many years of working too closely together.

However, it may not have helped that Patty reportedly joined another singing group in 1951 without telling her sisters, and believed that their diehard fans didn’t care about the feud at all.

“When I start singing the Andrews Sisters songs, they don’t give a damn whether I talk to my sister or not,” she told The Los Angeles Times in 1987.

All three Andrews sisters have now died.

When you’re two brothers playing in a successful rock band, bickering comes with the territory, but for former Oasis members Liam and Noel Gallagher, their bickering landed them in court.

In 2009, Noel accused Liam of pulling out of the band’s headlining gig at the V Festival in England due to the fact that Liam was hungover — something Liam said was untrue, Time reported.

Liam took his brother to high court in 2011, blaming him for Oasis’ breakup. Liam maintained that the reason he dropped out of the gig was a case of laryngitis, and he wanted to set the record straight for Oasis fans.

Liam later served as the front man for post-Oasis band Beady Eye until the band’s dissolution and then became a solo artist. Noel also had a solo career. When asked in 2014 about the possibility of an Oasis reunion, Noel told The Guardian that it’s never going to happen. “Unless they’re doing it without me,” he said, “But without me, it would be rubbish.”

In the last few years, their feud has continued. In September 2019, Liam Gallagher called out Noel for “slagging off” young fans wanting an Oasis reunion, calling him “ungrateful,” Metro reported.

However, the bandmates appear to have reconciled recently and are in the midst of planning a series of reunion shows in the UK next summer, The Sun reported.

Liam first sparked rumors of a reconciliation with his brother after posting “I never did like that word former” on X.

During an interview on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast in May 2021, Osbourne opened up about her relationship with her older sister, Aimee, revealing that they did not communicate.

“We don’t talk,” Kelly said. “We’re just really different. She doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand her.”

Unlike Kelly Osbourne and her other siblings, Aimee never appeared on the famous family’s reality show, “The Osbournes.” She said that appearing on the show “didn’t really line up with what I saw my future as.”

“It definitely worked great for the rest of my family, but for me, and who I am, I just knew it was never something that I would have been able to consider realistically,” Aimee told New York’s Q1043 radio program in August 2020, People reported.

“Keeping Up With The Kardashians” was no stranger to drama, but things came to a head in season 18 when Kim Kardashian and her older sister Kourtney got into a physical fight while the cameras were rolling. 

Kim Kardashian and sister Khloé Kardashian have been longtime critics of Kourtney’s work ethic and “attitude,” often criticizing her for being less available for filming and not prioritizing the show.

In the scene, which aired in March 2020, Kim praised how she and Khloé Kardashian “always show up” for work commitments, while Kourtney doesn’t “care about stuff.”

Kourtney responded, saying, “You act like I don’t do s—. You have this narrative in your mind. No, no, no, I will literally f— you up if you mention it again.”

The fight then turned physical, with both sisters swinging at each other.

“I don’t really ever resort to violence like that, but she scratched me so hard,” Kim told Jimmy Fallon in March 2020. “You didn’t really get to see that detail.”

However, despite the dramatic moment, the sisters seem to be on better terms now and continue to work together on their new reality show, “The Kardashians,” on Hulu.

The rivalry between John and Jim Harbaugh has always been a relatively friendly one — the brothers genuinely show mutual respect for one another and older brother John has even called Jim “the best coach in football right now,” the NFL reported in 2013.

And then, for the first time, the Harbaughs went head-to-head when their teams — then the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers — each made it to the 2013 Super Bowl.

The Ravens defeated the 49ers 34 to 31, and while Jim congratulated John on his victory, John said that the situation was very awkward after the game, Bleacher Report reported.

Both brothers were soon back on perfectly good terms, and have even occasionally showed up on the sidelines for each other.

The twins ended their ski careers following the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, where Phil won gold in slalom and Steve took silver.

Phil Mahre went down in history as a more celebrated athlete than his brother, finishing in the top three in the World Cup overall standings for six consecutive seasons, and winning the title in three.

But there were no hard feelings: After the Olympics, the brothers went into business together, the Seattle Times reported.

Though the celebrity siblings are on good terms now, a heated custody battle involving Eric Roberts’ daughter, actor Emma Roberts, threatened his relationship with his sister.

Eric Roberts had previously dealt with issues relating to drug and alcohol abuse, and Julia took the side of his ex-wife, Kelly Cunningham, in the custody dispute, even helping pay her legal fees, E! News reported.

However, after Julia Roberts gave birth to twin daughters in 2004, the siblings apparently reconciled. 

“I wouldn’t characterize it as a falling-out. I was crazy about my sisters. Loved them, adored them. They were precious to me, and we had times of great closeness. We all felt very protective of each other, but the hardest person to protect yourself from is yourself,” Eric Roberts told Vanity Fair in 2018.

“I was exhausting to be around: complainy, blamey, unable to enjoy enjoyment,” the actor said of his addiction problem. “Everyone in my world needed a break sometimes, and that must have included Julia.”

Melissa Stanger contributed to an earlier version of this article.