Tea: Katie and Ariana

K, here's the tea I can't unfortunately prove.

Katie and Ariana are not doing well working together. And it's bubbling up and has the potential to get bad. When Ariana was busy last year with her million commitments, Katie started feeling resentful - I think she even acknowledged it. However, I guess be careful what you wish for because now that Ariana is more focused on the Something About Her, her and Katie have been butting heads because they have different visions, working styles, etc. Apparently they operate like night and day. Initially I think they thought their differences would compliment each other but it's not, it's just causing resentment. Maybe it would have been different if Ariana was involved from the beginning but Katie is like "where have you been? We've been operating just fine without you and NOW you have all these thoughts and input?!"

They have a bunch of mutual friends so between that and the business they're trying to get past it but it's becoming awkward for their common friends. They used to bring up Something About Her as conversation but now mutual friends try to avoid bringing it up because they don't want to be put in the middle. But they are scared Katie and Ariana's issues will make people choose sides, comparing it to a break up. In one venting session, Katie made a comment something like "I see now why we've never been close before." Katie is also very aware of public perception and is scared to say anything that would be seen as critical- even constructive criticism- because she sees herself as being less "important" (? My word, can't think of the word I mean) than Ariana and that so many people are on the Ariana Train and she's the It Girl now, that people will choose Ariana over her. (I'm also guessing that a marriage with someone that didn't choose her is playing into feeling that way, that nobody will ever choose her if given the option of her and someone so beloved. )