Take notes from these celebrity burns

From J.K Rowling's taunting of Piers Morgan to Stephen Fry's burn of Trump at the BAFTAs, 2017 is shaping up to be the year of the best celebrity comebacks. Here are the best comebacks from recent years.

What's an award show in 2017 without a Trump burn? At the BAFTAs, host Stephen Fry was there to deliver. During his opening monologue he jokingly referred to "the most overrated people on the planet" when addressing the audience. The camera then cut to show Meryl Streep laughing, making the connection to Donald Trump's infamous tweet about her pretty clear. A short while later, when Fry introduced Streep, he took it one step further. "Unquestionably, on one of the greatest actresses of all time — only a blithering idiot would think otherwise — Meryl Streep!" he said. So subtle, but undeniably effective. Photo: Getty
After Donald Trump called out Nordstorn for no longer stocking his daughter Ivanka's clothing line, comedian Chelesa Handler hilariously clapped back. She posted this on Instagram along with the caption, "A Jew and a Gay went to pick a Muslim up from the airport, headed straight to Nordstrom, and then headed over to @whitehouse to give our thanks! @POTUS!" Photo: Instagram
JK Rowling has proved it's possible to beat your enemies at their own game without ever having to wave a wand and utter the words avada kedavra. The author of Harry Potter tweeted out an article about her achievements, saying she wanted to find out who the writer was. But Piers Morgan, who seems to be dropping into everyone's business lately, couldn't resist taking the bait. He tweeted: "Priceless #humblebrag BS [bullshit]. Nobody plays the celebrity game more abusively or ruthlessly than you, Ms 'Intensely Private Billionaire.'" Fans broke down on Twitter in hysterics after noting it was in actual fact Morgan who wrote the excerpt about Rowling in 2010 and therefore insulted himself. Mischief managed. Photo: Andrew Montgomery
It all started when she tweeted about Australian comedian Jim Jefferies' comments towards Morgan on HBO show Real Time, "Yes, watching Piers Morgan being told to f--- off on live TV is *exactly* as satisfying as I'd always imagined," to which he bizarrely implied he never read Harry Potter because he had a premonition that Rowling would send out these comments. Piers Morgan replied to this by saying she was "superior, dismissive and arrogant". He wrote: "The superior, dismissive arrogance of rabid Remain/Clinton supporters like @jk_rowling is, of course, precisely why both campaigns lost." She replied: "The fact-free, amoral, bigotry-apologism of celebrity toady Piers Morgan is, of course, why it's so delicious to see him told to f--- off." In solidarity with Rowling, UK Bookstore Big Green Bookshop has started tweeting every single word of Harry Potter to Morgan, adding to the insult. Photo: Twitter
Mariah Carey used her video clip "I Don't" to throw not-so-subtle digs at James Packer, including allegedly burning the dress she was planning to wear down the aisle with the media mogul.
Melissa McCarthy has opened the floodgates, with actors left, right and centre scrambling to volunteer to mock Trump's administration after the Ghostbusters star won the world over with her performance as gum-chewing, hissy-fit throwing White House press secretary Sean Spicer; all complete with a frump suit jacket. The icing on the cake? Trump reportedly hated that a woman played Spicer. Well played Melissa, well played. Photo: Twitter
Empire actress Gabby Sidibe took to Twitter to address fat-shaming comments she received after a particularly raunchy sex-scene aired and pretty much shut the internet down. Photo: Twitter
Emily Ratajkowski has taken inspiration from her dusty rose power suit she wore frow at Altuzarra's NYFW show to stamp out sexism. Known for her vocal activism on female issues and sexuality, the actress called out New York Times journalist Jacob Bernstein who called Melania Trump a "hooker" mid-conversation. Her tweets resulted in Bernstein offering an apology. Photo: Getty Images
After Emily Ratajkowski called out the slut shaming of the First Lady, the New York Times and Bernstein have both issued an apology with the writer taking "ownership" of his mistake in a four-part series of tweets. The New York Times said in a comment,"At a party last night, a Times reporter who does not cover Washington or politics, referred to an unfounded rumour regarding Melania Trump," the newspaper said in a statement. "The comment was not intended to be public, but it was nonetheless completely inappropriate and should not have occurred. Editors have talked to the reporter in question about the lapse." Photo: Twitter
By now the whole of Twitter knows the drill when it comes to Chrissy Teigen - you will need ice for your burn, especially if you are a mummy-shamer, have hit back at her about Trump or dare to mock North West's fashion. When a paparazzo recently said to her "if we evolved from monkeys, why is John Legend still around?" Teigen was quick to fire back on Twitter with, "I was very kind. Answered cooking questions, then he came with that. F---ing disgusting. Guess we'll find him when he puts the video out. That he edits the s--- out of since he didn't get clocked." She gracefully did not name the photographer but did point out he continues with anti-Semitic comments. Photo: Instagram
Chrissy Teigen, who was an active supporter of Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, has been quick to Tweet against Trump's administration. In a hilarious set of tweets about line-up at the inauguration, Teigen wrote, "But have fun with DJ Buttcrack spinning the hot shit and Lil Banana dropping bars at your inauguration." A Twitter troll then went to say that people "at least wouldn't be subjected to your no talent illiterate husband," to which Teigen gave a response that should be nominated for best comeback of the year, "John went to the same university as the Donald, silly billy," she wrote, referring to the University of Pennsylvania. "Only difference was John went at the young age of 16." Photo: Twitter
Teigen's glorious comeback in the wake of the resignation of security adviser Michael Flynn. Photo: Twitter
Games of Throne's actress Sophie Turner joined the Trump burns by reponding to someone who posted a photo of President Trump and the First Lady, under the caption: “Name a better duo. I’ll wait” by simply sharing a picture of a fork and a plug socket. She then went on to say, “Sorry I haven't been tweeting much guys. Here's a roundup 1. No to that orange guy 2. Yes to women's march. 3. Alternative facts is lol,”. Photo: Getty Images
Captain America, aka Chris Evans, has hit out against racist trolls on Twitter so it come as no surprise that he would take on a KKK leader. He had this to say when white supremacist David Duke accused him of hating white women. Photo: Twitter
Guy Sebastian and Shannon Noll have been the centre of memes for years, with the internet claiming that "Nollsy was robbbed" of the Australian Idol title. After Noll was arrested outside Adelaide's crazy horse, Sebastian could not help add a little light to the situation on social media after defending the fellow singer. Photo: Instagram
During their 2013 Golden Globes hosting duties, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler joked that Taylor Swift better “stay away from Michael J. Fox’s son”. Swift felt that burn keenly and later went into revenge mode, telling Vanity Fair (that Katie Couric once told her), “There is a special place in hell for women who don’t support other women.” But, in typical form, Fey and Poehler got the last word. A year later, after winning Best Actress in a TV Comedy for her role as Leslie Knope on Parks And Recreation, Poehler joined Fey on stage for a lot of lady love and one subtle diss: “There’s a special place in hell for you,” Fey said to Poehler, before giving her a congratulatory hug. Sorry Swift, this duo is bulletproof. Photo: Getty
Singer Zendaya gave Twitter fat shamers the ultimate burn by signing up the target of their hate - a plus-sized woman - to her clothing label. But not before giving the trolls a solid telling off. Zendaya wrote, "Stumbling across this is stupid s---, she is fine as hell head to toe and guaranteed doesn't know you exist my man. As for her, slay on queen. Can we find her @....I'd love for her to be a @dayabyzendaya model." Photo: Vincent Sandoval
Nicki Minaj ended her acceptance speech at the 2015 VMAs by thanking her pastor, then calling out awards host Miley Cyrus with this epic line: "And now, back to this b---- who had a lot to say about me the other day in the press: Miley, What's good?" Minaj was referring to Cyrus' remarks that Minaj could have used the snub of Anaconda for video of the year as an opportunity to talk out about racism in the industry, rather than make it about herself. Minaj, in a New York Times interview, fired back by saying, “The fact that you feel upset about me speaking on something that affects black women makes me feel like you have some big balls,” she said. “You’re in videos with black men, and you’re bringing out black women on your stages, but you don’t want to know how black women feel about something that’s so important? Come on, you can’t want the good without the bad. "If you want to enjoy our culture and our lifestyle, bond with us, dance with us, have fun with us, twerk with us, rap with us, then you should also want to know what affects us, what is bothering us, what we feel is unfair to us," she continued. "You shouldn’t not want to know that.” Photo: Harrison Saragossi