Madonna Slammed for Tone Deaf Aretha Tribute
by EG
Madonna, like millions of other people, once sang an Aretha Franklin song. That's not much of a story, but that's what Madonna focused on when she delivered what was supposed to be a tribute to Aretha at the MTV Video Music Awards. The internet, in general, was not impressed with Madonna's narcissistic "tribute." Read on for details.
Via Page Six.
Madonna opened her heart and expressed herself about Aretha Franklin at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards on Monday night – but was promptly slammed for what turned into an egocentric tribute.
The Material Girl, clad in flowing black with flourishes of African jewelry and spiky headgear, gave the send-off to the late Queen of Soul before presenting the video of the year award to Camila Cabello.
She rambled on about how Franklin, who died Thursday of pancreatic cancer at age 76, helped her launch her own career, according to People.
“Aretha Louise Franklin changed the course of my life. I left Detroit when I was 18, $35 in my pocket. My dream was to make it as a professional dancer. After years of struggling and being broke, I decided to go to auditions for musical theater,” Madge said.
The 60-year-old continued discussing her early years as a struggling artist.
“I had no training or dreams of ever becoming a singer but I went for it. I got cut and rejected from every audition — not tall enough, not blend-in enough, not 12-octave range enough, not pretty enough. Not enough,” she said.
“And then one day a French disco sensation was looking for backup singers and dancers for his world tour. I thought, ‘Why not? The worst that can happen is I can go back to getting robbed, held at gunpoint and being mistaken for a prostitute in my third floor walk-up that was also a crackhouse.’ That’s right, I’m a Rebel Heart.”
“So I showed up for the audition and two very large French record producers sat in the empty theater, daring me to be amazing. The dance audition went well. Then they asked me if I had sheet music and a song prepared. I panicked. I had overlooked this important part of the audition process,” she continued.
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