Kim refused to sit near Rita at last weekend's Video Music Awards, TMZ reports, because even the prospect of polite conversation during an awards show's ad breaks would have proved too much to handle. (She's pictured above with Ora in happier times, at the MTV European Music Awards back in 2012.) Producers had to scramble to find Kim a new spot, which turned out to be with sisters Kendall and Kylie in the end. TMZ says she wasn't a diva, and "just didn't want any drama," even if a last-minute A-list shuffle does mean at least two VMA staffers hyperventilating/crying backstage.

Why the beef? TMZ adds that Kim blames Rita "for screwing with [her brother] Rob's head." Apparently a number of the Kardashian family think Rob's "issues" stem back to his split from the singer in 2012, which both parties have since referred to as an ugly, protracted breakup.

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