United Kingdom, March 16 -- Bruno Mars became the focus of online discussion over the weekend after fans noticed he appeared to "like" a post on X criticising Taylor Swift, before later distancing himself from the message and publicly praising the singer.

Pop Faction and several users claimed the 40-year-old singer had briefly liked a post shared on Friday (13.03.26) featuring a video of Taylor performing alongside a caption that read: "Genuinely how did she get famous? White privilege is crazy because imagine if an Asian was as talentless as her."

The post was widely circulated but was incorrectly labelled as coming from BTS' official account, despite not appearing on the group's page.

As screenshots spread, Bruno addressed the situat...