Saturday night time’s alright for reconciling.
That’s what occurred when two residing music legends — Madonna, 66, and Elton John, 78 — squashed their longtime beef at “Saturday Night Live” this weekend when the Rocket Man was the musical visitor with Brandi Carlile.
“We Finally Buried the Hatchet!!!” the Queen of Pop introduced in an Instagram put up alongside a pic of her with John backstage at “SNL” set to the tune of his traditional “Your Song.”
“Over the decades it hurt me to know that someone I admired so much shared his dislike of me publicly as an artist,” Madonna wrote about their feud. “I didn’t understand it.”
Attending the “Saturday Night Live” taping in New York together with her boyfriend Akeem Morris, 28, Madonna was clearly out to specific herself to John.
“I was told Elton John was the musical guest on SNL and I decided to go,” she wrote. “I needed to go backstage and confront him.”
Nonetheless, there was no knock-down, drag-out struggle between the 2 superstars.
“When I met him, the first thing out of his mouth was, ‘Forgive Me’ and the wall between us fell down,” Madonna wrote.
“Forgiveness is a powerful tool. Within minutes. We were hugging.”
There was even speak concerning the two music icons working collectively.
“Then he told me had written a song for me and he wanted to collaborate,” Madonna wrote. “It was like everything came full circle!!”
Madonna additionally shared how John was an vital affect on her as an artist.
“I remembered when I was in high school — I snuck out of the house one night to see Elton perform live in Detroit,” she mentioned. “It was an unforgettable efficiency that helped me perceive the transformative energy of music.
“Seeing him perform when I was in high school changed the course of my life. I had always felt like an outsider growing up and watching him on stage helped me to understand that it was OK to be different —to stand out — to take the road, less traveled by. In fact, it was essential.”
However there was no like to justify between Madonna and John up to now.
The feud goes again to 2002 when John dissed Madonna’s “Die Another Day,” calling it “the worst Bond tune ever.”
Then, when Madonna was nominated for Finest Dwell Act on the Q Awards in 2004, John took one other shot on the Materials Lady. “Since when has lip-syncing been live?” he mentioned whereas accepting the Traditional Songwriter Award. “Anyone who lip-syncs on stage in public when you pay …. to see them should be shot.”
John additionally allegedly known as Madonna a “miserable cow” after she turned down his invite to carry out at his bachelor occasion earlier than his wedding ceremony to David Furnish.
In 2012, Furnish even received in on the Madge hate after she beat Sir Elton for Finest Unique Music on the Golden Globes.
“Madonna winning Best Original Song truly shows how these awards have nothing to do with merit,” he wrote on Fb. “Her acceptance speech was embarrassing in its narcissism.”
In response, Madonna mentioned, “Elton has been known to get mad at me, so I don’t know. He’s brilliant, and I adore him, so he’ll win another award. I don’t feel bad.”
John additionally bashed Madonna after she dissed Girl Gaga — the godmother of his two sons with Furnish — for being “reductive” of “Express Yourself” on her 2011 hit “Born This Way.”
“I couldn’t see why she was so ungracious and nasty about it, rather than taking it as a compliment … particularly when she claims to be a champion for women,” John wrote in his 2019 memoir “Me.”
Their beef appears to be buried now, with John responding to Madonna’s Instagram put up: “Thanks for coming to see me at SNL. And thanks for forgiving me and my huge mouth. I’m not pleased with what I mentioned. Notably once I take into consideration all of the groundbreaking work you will have finished as an artist — paving the way in which for a complete technology of feminine artists to succeed and be true to themselves.
“You were also one of the very first people to rise up against HIV/AIDS in the 80’s, bringing love and compassion to so many who desperately needed it. I’m grateful we can move forward.”
He continued, “I’m more and more distressed by all of the divisiveness in our world in the meanwhile. Each you and I’ve wholeheartedly been accepted and embraced by communities who’re below risk around the globe.
“By pulling together, I’m hopeful that we can make great things happen for those who really need support. And have a lot of fun doing it!!”
