You would think they’d be bosom buddies, what with all that ego and flamboyancy, but it seems the veteran king and queen of pop (Sir Elton John and Madonna) are far from a happy couple.
It all started when Elton accused Madge of lip-synching during her 2004 Re-Invention tour. "Anyone who lip-synchs in public on stage when you pay $134 to see them should be shot."
Fighting talk, for sure. It seems the claws are out once again, with Elton telling Good Morning America he hoped Madonna would "lip sync good" for her Super Bowl halftime show.
And he blasted the singer when during an interview with Molly Medrum on Australia's Channel 7, saying her career is over. Over? Her stage antics are definitely passe, though.
“She’s such a nightmare," he said, before adding that "she looks like a f--king fairground stripper."
If the battle seems a little one-sided, consider that Lady Gaga is happens to be godmother to Elton John’s son Zachary. And Madonna has had less than complimentary things to say about Gaga in the past. It’s true that similarities between Gaga’s hit "Born This Way" and her own "Express Yourself" are uncanny. So much for copycatting being the highest form of flattery.
"[Born This Way] feels reductive," Madonna told ABC earlier this year. For what it’s worth, I happen to agree with her.
It remains to be seen if the repartee continues, with Madge striking back at Elton, whose own career has been a little dormant lately. Glass houses, Sir. Glass houses.
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