Madonna and Elton John make up after 20-year feud: 'Forgiveness is a powerful tool'

Elton John has had a batch to accidental astir Madonna implicit the years, but precocious helium offered the chap popular icon 2 elemental words: “Forgive me.”

Madge announced Monday connected Instagram that she and the “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” vocalist person enactment an extremity to their nationalist beef aft much than 2 decades. The “Hung Up” hitmaker shared a photograph of John wrapping his arms astir her backstage aft his latest “Saturday Night Live” gig. “We Finally Buried the Hatchet!!!” she said successful a lengthy caption for the photo.

For years John has made his not-so-kind thoughts astir Madonna precise wide and precise public. The “Rocket Man” singer, 78, began throwing shadiness astatine Madonna arsenic aboriginal arsenic 2002 erstwhile helium bashed her James Bond theme, “Die Another Day,” arsenic the “worst Bond tune ever.” Over the years, John besides has taken swipes astatine the “Material Girl” artist’s unrecorded singing abilities and successful 2012 dubbed her a “fairground stripper.”

In her Instagram post, Madonna explained however she had revered John since her teenage years and ne'er understood wherefore “someone I admired truthful overmuch shared his dislike of maine publically arsenic an artist.” When she learned that John would beryllium returning to Studio 8H successful New York to beforehand his caller euphony with Brandi Carlile, Madonna said she “needed to spell backstage and face him.”

“When I met him, the archetypal happening retired of his rima was, ‘Forgive Me,’ and the partition betwixt america fell down,” the “La Isla Bonita” singer, 66, continued. “Forgiveness is simply a almighty tool. Within minutes. We were hugging.”

In the comments, John echoed Madonna’s enthusiasm for mending their narration and thanked his chap Grammy victor for paying him a sojourn and for “forgiving maine and my large mouth.” John admitted helium is “not proud” of his erstwhile comments and praised Madonna for her “groundbreaking” vocation and her legacy, which helium said has inspired generations of pistillate artists.

He besides commended her for her HIV/AIDS activism erstwhile she began her vocation successful the 1980s. Like Madonna, John said helium is “grateful we tin determination forward” amid a clip of divisiveness that helium said has near him feeling “distressed.”

John continued: “Both you and I person wholeheartedly been accepted and embraced by communities who are nether menace astir the world. By pulling together, I’m hopeful that we tin marque large things hap for those who truly request support.”

In her post, Madonna hinted that she and John would soon go much than conscionable friends: They volition beryllium collaborators. She said the “Tiny Dancer” singer-songwriter told her during her sojourn that helium had written a opus for her and wanted to collaborate.

“It was similar everything came afloat circle,” Madonna said.

Madonna and John’s solution comes months aft the second revealed his eyesight has been deteriorating aft helium had a terrible oculus corruption past summer. He announced successful September that the corruption “unfortunately near maine with lone constricted imaginativeness successful 1 eye” and said helium has been receiving attraction for his condition. Months later, John said, “I person mislaid my eyesight,” which made it hard for him to ticker a West End accumulation of his “The Devil Wears Prada” philharmonic adaptation.

Prior to “Saturday Night Live,” John opened up astir his information to the London Times successful an interrogation published Friday. “I can’t spot my boys playing rugby and soccer, and it has been a precise stressful clip due to the fact that I’m utilized to soaking it each up,” helium said.

“It’s distressing. you get emotional, but you person to get utilized to it due to the fact that I”m fortunate to person the beingness I have.”