Elton John had a lot to say about Madonna over the years, but recently he offered the colleague Pop icon two simple words: “forgive me”.
Madge announced on Monday Instagram That she and the singer “Do't Go Breaking My Heart” ended their public beef after more than two decades. The Hitmaker “Handing Up” shared a photo of John wrapping his arms around his behind the scenes after his last concert “Saturday Night Live”. “We finally buried the ax !!!” She said in a long legend for the photo.
For years, John has made his reflections not so little impatient on Madonna very clear and very public. The singer of “Rocket Man”, 78, began to throw shadow on Madonna in 2002 when he struck his theme James Bond, “Die Another Day”, like “Worse Bond Tune of all time”. Over the years, John has also scanned on the artist “Material Girl” Live singing capacities and in 2012 nicknamed it “Stripper Fairground.”
In her Instagram article, Madonna explained how she had venerated John since her adolescence and never understood why “someone I admired so much shared her aversion to me as an artist”. When she learned that John would return to the studio 8 am in New York to promote her new music with Brandi Carlile, Madonna said that she “should go behind the scenes and confront her”.
“When I met him, the first thing out of his mouth was” forgive me “and the wall between us fell,” continued the singer of “La Isla Bonita”, 66. “Forgiveness is a powerful tool. In a few minutes. We hugged each other.”
In the comments, John echoes Madonna's enthusiasm for having repaired their relationship and thanked his colleague winner of Grammy for visiting her and having “forgiven my big mouth”. John admitted that he was “not proud” of his previous comments and congratulated Madonna for his “revolutionary” career and her inheritance, which, according to him, inspired generations of female artists.
He also recommended it for her HIV / AIDS activism when she started her career in the 1980s. Like Madonna, John said he was “grateful that we could go ahead” in the middle of a moment of division which, according to him, had left him to “distress”.
John continued: “You and I have been accepted and adopted by communities that are threatened in the world.
In her article, Madonna hinted that she and John would soon become more than friends: they will be collaborators. She said that the singer-songwriter “Tiny Dancer” told her during her visit that he had written a song for her and wanted to collaborate.
“It was as if everything was in a loop,” said Madonna.
The resolution of Madonna and John occurs for months after the latter revealed His sight has deteriorated After having a serious eye infection last summer. He announced in September that the infection “unfortunately left me only a limited vision in an eye” and said that he had received care for his state. Months later, John said, “I lost sight of“What made him difficult to look at a West End production of his musical adaptation” The Devil Wears Prada “.
Before “Saturday Night Live”, John opened his state London Times In an interview published on Friday. “I can't see my boys playing rugby and football, and it was a very stressful period because I used to dip everything,” he said.
“It's painful. You become emotional, but you have to get used to it because I am lucky to have the life I have. ”
