Diplo, a producer and musician who dated Katy Perry, has a history of beef with pop princess Taylor Swift. And it's just gotten weirder.

You'll remember that in November of 2014, Diplo made the huge mistake of tweeting about Taylor's ass (or rather, her lack thereof), saying that "someone should make a Kickstarter to get Taylor Swift a booty." (So he did.) This drew the ire of Taylor's current BFF, Lorde, who in retaliation tweeted back about Diplo's dick (or rather, his supposed lack thereof).

More apparent tension between the two stars was revealed this week with the release of GQ's "19 Musicians That Matter" feature (surprise: mostly men). "You're a part of the tabloids now," the magazine's Mark Bryne said to Diplo in his interview with the DJ. Diplo's response:

It sucks for me, because now I have to not be as crazy as I am on the internet. Which totally sucks, because it's not going to be fun anymore. But the repercussions are really bad. Like, Taylor Swift fans are really crazy. They threatened to murder me and stuff. It's really bizarre, and disgusting. They're the worst people in the world.

Hm. In what ways are Swifties "really crazy"? Byrne seemed to egg on his subject: "You couldn't pay me enough money to piss off the Taylor Swift fans," he said. Diplo replied:

Yeah. And I'm a pretty big fan. But they're like "I wish your kids had Down syndrome." They're so evil. I dissed Lady Gaga before, and the gays were never even this mean. They're funny. These people are like mean-spirited, evil human beings. I'm not a politician. I shouldn't have to be under the microscope for people like that.

Interesting.

But it seems Taylor's fan army hasn't scared Diplo enough to stop talking about the singer completely, because he goes on to tell Byrne:

She has like forty million Twitter fans. Forty million! Yeah. It's crazy. I'm a fan though. Her powers—she's big. She's strong, bro. Taylor Swift is very strategic with her friends and enemies. And I know lots of secrets. I can't divulge, but I know a lot of stuff about her. And she's definitely, there's definitely scary stuff going on. And I'm scared. I'm scared for my life.

I'm scared for my life.

To make matters more mysterious, that last quote by Diplo—where he says he's "scared for his life"—has led a very interesting life on GQ.com in the past 48 hours.

At first, a slightly different version of that same quote accompanied a photo of Diplo in a slideshow for the magazine's "19 Musicians That Matter":

"Taylor Swift is very strategic with her friends and enemies," he said. "And I know lots of secrets. I can't divulge, but I know a lot of stuff about her. And I'm scared. I'm scared for my life."

But that quote was quickly replaced in the slideshow with this quote:

"So many great albums came out that week, and all people talked about, on all the big press, was Me vs. Lorde, and Kim Kardashian's butt. No one covered any music. And it's funny, because me and Lorde, we're actually friends."

Then Billboard noticed the change. When I asked a rep for GQ to explain, I was told that both quotes come from an online-only interview with Diplo that hadn't been posted in full, and that the Swift quote "didn't make sense out of context."

Then that full interview with Diplo was uploaded to GQ.com. Except the quote was different. Again. It read:

"She's strong, bro. She's very strategic with her friends and enemies. And I know lots of secrets. I can't divulge, but I know a lot of stuff about her. And she's definitely, there's definitely scary stuff going on."

I asked GQ to explain the discrepancy, and the best they could come up with is this editor's note now appended to the story:

In a version of this interview published earlier today we inadvertently abbreviated a quote. This story has been updated and that error has been corrected.

Now the quote appears online in full:

She has like forty million Twitter fans. Forty million! Yeah. It's crazy. I'm a fan though. Her powers—she's big. She's strong, bro. Taylor Swift is very strategic with her friends and enemies. And I know lots of secrets. I can't divulge, but I know a lot of stuff about her. And she's definitely, there's definitely scary stuff going on. And I'm scared. I'm scared for my life.

Either GQ's web production team is sloppy as hell, or Diplo or Taylor Swift's respective teams tried to quash that last quote and too many people noticed GQ capitulated, forcing the men's mag to run the full missive.

Anyway. If you know anything about what would have Diplo "scared for his life" of Taylor Swift, email me: aleksander@gawker.com. Anonymity guaranteed.

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