A discussion about the #blacklivesmatter movement has turned into a spat between two of Australian basketball's brightest stars and a high-profile rapper.
It all started when Opals centre Liz Cambage, 24, attended a #blacklivesmatter rally in Melbourne about 10 days ago, part of a movement started in the US hoping to end police violence against people of colour.
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Stars caught in #blacklivesmatter Twitter war
When basketballer Liz Cambage tweeted her support for the #blacklivesmatter movement she didn't expect it would spark a feud between Aussie celebrities.
She tweeted about it calling the event a powerful, yet peaceful, afternoon.
But fellow outspoken Australian basketballer, NBA star Andrew Bogut, was less than supportive, writing that protesting against police brutality in Melbourne was like "protesting for less jumbo jets to be on highways".
Cambage snapped back that Bogut should educate himself.
powerful afternoon here at the #blacklivesmatter rally in Melbourne pic.twitter.com/OO9gai62hk
— Elizabeth Cambage (@ecambage) July 17, 2016
what a powerful, yet peaceful afternoon #blacklivesmatter
— Elizabeth Cambage (@ecambage) July 17, 2016
Protesting against Police brutality in Melbourne is like protesting for less jumbo jets to be on highways......
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) July 17, 2016
![Opals centre Liz Cambage.](/web/20160730113854im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/r/0/3/0/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gqek9j.png/1469617102453.jpg)
It was a rally, not a protest. Educate yourself https://t.co/THV8y6lcFj https://t.co/7Av888RoJ3
— Elizabeth Cambage (@ecambage) July 17, 2016
![Twitter spat: Andrew Bogut.](/web/20160730113854im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/0/5/c/3/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gqek9j.png/1469617102453.jpg)
The argument seemed to simmer down between the two Victorian sport stars, until the ABC's Four Corners aired a story about the shocking abuse of juvenile detainees at the hands of prison guards in the Northern Territory on Monday night.
That was when Indigenous Australian rapper Briggs suggested Bogut tune in, because he might learn something.
![Toadfish Rebecchi aka Ryan Moloney.](/web/20160730113854im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/1/m/z/0/j/e/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gqek9j.png/1469617102453.jpg)
Bogut issued a tongue-in-cheek apology for what he said about the #blacklivesmatter movement in Melbourne.
He then lashed out at Briggs, calling him the self anointed CBF (can't be f----d) world champion.
Seemingly out of nowhere, a Twitter user purporting to be Ryan Moloney, the Neighbours actor who plays long-time character Toadie, chimed in asking why the two were arguing and Briggs called Bogut an "ignorant goose".
Thanks self anointed CBF world champ! Great to hear from you https://t.co/1wCg8S1o1s
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) July 25, 2016
@andrewbogut @BriggsGE where's the Briggs / Bogut beef come from?
— Ryan Moloney (@litenmoloney) July 25, 2016
@litenmoloney @andrewbogut Drew here being an ignorant goose. pic.twitter.com/TAScIutLA1
— BRIGGS AKA BIG SIGH (@BriggsGE) July 25, 2016
Cambage jumped back into the conversation, telling Bogut his change of heart on the issue was better late than never, but Bogut fired up again taking a swipe at her for skipping a team camp to attend the Splendour in the Grass music festival in Byron Bay.
@BriggsGE @litenmoloney highly regret that tweet. Did some research and shocked at the number of police shooting ppl in Melb. Apologies.
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) July 25, 2016
@andrewbogut @BriggsGE @litenmoloney better late than never :)
— Elizabeth Cambage (@ecambage) July 26, 2016
.@ecambage would not have guessed better late than never is your mantra! Know of any music festivals i can skip training for in Rio?
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) July 26, 2016
@fomoaus you left out honest and truth. Otherwise, im more than happy with your assessment. Can add a-hole too
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) July 26, 2016
@andrewbogut @fomoaus HA! If you're looking for truth and honesty maybe you should ask @basketballaus why I sat out last year
— Elizabeth Cambage (@ecambage) July 26, 2016
lol you haven't even played for Australia for years until last year but ok https://t.co/TYWIM6A2be
— Elizabeth Cambage (@ecambage) July 26, 2016
With the Rio Olympics less that two weeks away, there has not yet been an obvious resolution to the very public fight.