Have you ever liked someone, and not have them like you back? This apparently is P!nk's problem with Madonna, as she revealed recently in an interview with Howard Stern.
Mumbling a little bit and seeming put out, she said she thinks Madonna doesn't like her.
“It’s just such a silly story. I f**King love Madonna…"
"She was such an inspiration to me, but it sort of got twisted around that I was like, fangirling and dying to meet Madonna when in actuality she invited me into her dressing room.”
P!nk tried to play up the moment while the two of them were guests on Live with Regis and Kelly in 2003, leaning into a bit where she was more famous than Madonna.
It didn't go well, to say the least.
“And so I just said a joke when Regis brought me out and said, ‘I heard you were just falling over yourself backstage. How does it feel?"
"I’m like, ‘I thought she wanted to meet me'."
"It didn’t work out. It didn’t work out for us.”
P!nk says there's no hard feelings and she still adores Madonna, even if she thinks the adoration is only one-sided.
The original spot from Live with Regis and Kelly is still circulating.
\u201cPink in 2003 meeting her idol Madonna for the first time. \ud83e\udd7a\n#Pink #Madonna\nhttps://t.co/p3CHaw8IrX\u201d— Madonna Nation \u274c (@Madonna Nation \u274c) 1676854658
People commented on the interview back from 2003, pointing out how nice Madonna was to P!nk.
\u201c@MadonnaNationX M trying to make Pink more comfortable by saying "we have a lot of friends in common". *heart melting* \ud83e\udd79\u201d— Madonna Nation \u274c (@Madonna Nation \u274c) 1676854658
They were not so nice about P!nk's whole deal.
\u201c@MadonnaNationX \u2764\ufe0f\nAt first Pink looked like she was sent to the principal\u2019s office tho\ud83d\ude02\u201d— Madonna Nation \u274c (@Madonna Nation \u274c) 1676854658
Some people couldn't believe what P!nk said.
\u201cLMFAO my stepdad just said to me that he heard on the internet that madonna doesn\u2019t like pink and i was like whaaaattt nah shut the front fridge that\u2019s a lie that\u2019s gossip then 5 minutes later i\u2019m watching a video where pink says madonna doesn\u2019t like her\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\u201d— lily (pink\u2019s babe)\u26a1\ufe0f (@lily (pink\u2019s babe)\u26a1\ufe0f) 1677166976
\u201cPink is wild right now. But she loves my faves Kelly Clarkson and Beyonc\u00e9, so I\u2019m gonna sit over here and eat my food.\u201d— Andrew Hammond (@Andrew Hammond) 1677180939
\u201c@etnow Pink is making crap up. \n\nhttps://t.co/34jAU3YZyI\u201d— Entertainment Tonight (@Entertainment Tonight) 1677201300
Another person placed P!nk's comment in a harsh light.
\u201cI think a lot of girls go through that "I'm not like other girls" period at some point in their lives but you can always tell which woman never grew out of it. Pink unfortunately seems to be one of them.\u201d— elly. (@elly.) 1677244523
\u201c@nypost Instead of thinking of Madonna\u2026.Pink could have used her time to write a better album.\u201d— New York Post (@New York Post) 1677240063
However, P!nk has also supported Madonna in the face of the rampant misogyny Madonna faces as an older pop star.
\u201c"It\u2019s unfair, it\u2019s always unfair, and it\u2019s ageism. The attitude is no longer that person has been amazing for so long, it\u2019s all about bashing them and I hate it." - @Pink\nhttps://t.co/PJisesBzfg #Madonna\u201d— MadonnaTribe (@MadonnaTribe) 1676782000
\u201cPink does love Madonna. She gave me a stack of autographed posters when I let her and her dancers have my Madonna DVDs to watch on their bus. As for M and fans, she does get weird about that & just because you may be famous also, doesn\u2019t matter. See truth or dare\u201d— Darthmadonna (@Darthmadonna) 1677189979
Maybe P!nk didn't get good vibes from Madonna all those years ago.
Maybe P!nk is currently readying for a new tour and album.
Either way, both of these stars are still in the news and making music twenty years after the interview where they met.
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