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Listen to Episode 14 of ‘We Hear’: Famous families are their own kind of drama

Jay Z, Beyoncé, a bodyguard and Solange exit the Boom Boom Room on May 5.
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The holidays are here which means the only safe thing to talk to your in-laws about is celebrity drama.

From family feuds to celebrity godparents to what stars want for Christmas, we‘ve got you covered.

Let’s break down a few of our favorite family rivalries.

Aaron vs brother Nick Carter

Nick Carter and Aaron Carter
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Just in time for the holidays, a Las Vegas court has reportedly granted former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter a one-year restraining order against his troubled younger brother, Aaron Carter.

Nick previously claimed Aaron confessed to harboring intentions of killing Nick’s wife — who was pregnant at the time — and their unborn child. This led both Nick and Angel to seek out restraining orders this September.

Liam vs brother Noel Gallagher

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Days after his brother Noel was joined on stage by a scissor player while performing on the “Later … With Jools Holland,” the younger Gallagher brother put out the call for a potato peeler to appear at his London concert in November 2017.

“Im looking for somebody to peel some spuds live on stage tonight at this gig in Bethnal Green must have own peeler as you were,” he tweeted.

While the request could be viewed as an attempt to out-weird Noel, 50, it was more likely meant as an attempt to wind him up, since Liam, 45, has spent the last year referring to him as “potato” on Twitter.

50 Cent vs his son Marquise

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Last year, the rapper’s 21-year-old son Marquise posed in a photo with the son of 50 Cent’s rival, Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff. Soon afterward, 50 Cent made it clear he wasn’t amused.

“If both these little n—-s got hit by a bus, I wouldn’t have a bad day,” 50 Cent commented.

According to TMZ, 50 Cent and his son have been at odds ever since Marquise’s mother, Shaniqua Tompkins, sued the rapper in 2008. The suit was dismissed in 2009.

Solange Knowles vs brother-in-law Jay Z

Beyoncé’s sister Solange violently attacks Jay Z
Jay Z, Beyoncé and Solange Knowles exit the Boom Boom Room following the Met Gala on May 5.Splash News

It was the elevator brawl heard around the world. Following the May 2014 Met Gala, Solange Knowles was seen in an elevator on leaked surveillance footage shouting and kicking Jay Z, while Beyoncé quietly looks on in a corner.

Soon after the altercation, the family released a statement. “Jay and Solange each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred,” it read in part. “They both acknowledge their role in this private matter that has played out in the public. They both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family.”

Months later in the summer of 2014, Beyoncé released a remix of “Flawless,” in which she sings the lyrics, “Of course sometimes s–t go down/ When it’s a billion dollars on an elevator.”