Taylor Swift may have just taken her revenge on Justin Bieber after subtly confirming the cheating rumors that swirled around during his relationship with her bestie Selena Gomez years ago. Swift took her revenge on Monday after she wrote an open letter about Scooter Braun’s “manipulative bullying” and Bieber responded to Swift’s letter to come to his manager’s defense.

The Swift–Braun drama started when Braun bagged the Big Machine Records deal and acquired Swift’s entire music catalog. Following the acquisition, Swift wrote an open letter about Braun and called it the “worst case scenario,” saying that it was the most “incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years.”

Swift’s grudge against Braun instigated a Twitter firestorm, with most people siding with the female singer. But while artists like Selena Gomez and Nicki Minaj quickly unfollowed Braun in support of Swift, Demi Lovato and Bieber defended Braun and denied the claims made by the singer.

Justin Bieber and Demi Lovato
Musician Justin Bieber (L) and singer Demi Lovato arrive at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

“As the years have passed we haven’t crossed paths and gotten to communicate our differences, hurts or frustrations,” Bieber wrote in response to Swift’s open letter about Braun. “So for you to take it to social media and get people to hate on Scooter isn’t fair,” he added.

Bieber went on to write a long Instagram post addressed to Swift, telling the “Bad Blood” singer that Braun only wanted the best for her. “I usually don’t rebuttal things like this but when you try and deface someone I love that’s crossing a line,” he wrote.

With most sympathies on Swift, fans started firing shots at Bieber on Swift’s Tumblr, and Swift showed her support by liking posts calling out Bieber and Braun’s problematic behavior. One particular post that caught the attention of eagle-eyed fans was about Bieber’s cheating history when he and Gomez were still together, which Swift liked.

“We haven’t gotten to communicate our differences you cheated on her best friend and then publicly sided with the man who made revenge porn against her was she supposed to invite you over for tea???” the post read. “F**k outta here.”

Swift, who was there since the beginning of Gomez’s romance with Bieber, liked the post, hinting that she knew that there was some truth in it. It can be recalled that at one point during Gomez and Bieber’s on-and-off relationship, Bieber was rumored to have cheated on Gomez. However, neither of the two parties confirmed the cheating rumors.

Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift
Musicians Selena Gomez (L) and Taylor Swift attend the 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. Jason Merritt/Getty Images

While Swift did not respond directly to Bieber’s post addressed to her, Bieber’s wife, Hailey Baldwin, commented on her husband’s post and said he was a “gentleman,” referring to the way he handled the situation. This made the drama escalate even more, as Cara Delevigne, another bestie of Swift, called out Baldwin for standing up for Bieber instead of trying to understand Swift’s current situation.

Amid her drama with Braun, Swift has been turning a blind eye on Bieber’s tirades against her. If her recent move to like posts about Bieber’s attitude and cheating is anything to go by, however, it looks like she has already gotten her sweet revenge.

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