Stop the presses! Call the Queen! Cancel your weekend plans (unless they involve karaoke), because pop royalty has made up — and no, this isn’t a Marvel crossover. Madonna and Sir Elton John have officially squashed their beef. That’s right, the glitter-strewn feud that’s been simmering since the early 2000s is now toast. (Like actual toast. Golden, crispy, and slightly dramatic.)
The two legends of music, sass, and spectacular eyewear were spotted together hugging backstage at Saturday Night Live, and the world collectively gasped, clutched pearls, and refreshed their feed twice just to make sure it was real.
“We Finally Buried the Hatchet!!!”
— Madonna, in full caps and zero chill, posted alongside a photo that screamed: “We’re besties now, deal with it.”
But wait — it gets juicier. According to the Queen of Reinvention herself, she didn’t just show up at SNL to awkwardly make eye contact from across the room. Nope. She marched backstage like a pop gladiator and confronted Elton. Face-to-face. Diva to diva. Sequins to sequins.
“I needed to go backstage and confront him,” she said. (Madonna, honey, were you on a forgiveness mission or shooting a Netflix drama?) But plot twist: Elton didn’t throw a tantrum or summon security — instead, he straight-up said “Forgive me.”
BOOM. MIC DROP. DRAMA OVER.
Madonna says the moment was pure magic. One second they were longtime rivals throwing shade in the press; the next, they were hugging it out like long-lost prom dates. Elton even said he wrote a song for her and wanted to collaborate! Like, musically. Not “write diss tracks and post cryptic tweets,” which was the 2000s version of collaboration for them.
And if that doesn’t scream full-circle movie moment, Madonna even threw in an Elton lyric for dramatic flair:
“And you can tell everybody… this is your song…” 💙🩵🩶🤍
Go ahead, cry. We did too.
Now, if you’re new here and thinking, “Wait — what beef? They seemed like fun uncles at a brunch,” let’s time travel.
Back in the early 2000s, Elton basically called Madonna’s James Bond theme “Die Another Day” the worst thing to happen to MI6 since villains with lasers. Then in 2004, he flamed her harder than a disco ball at Studio 54, accusing her of lip-syncing and suggesting anyone who does that should be “shot.” (Casual! Just a little light murder over concert ethics!)
Madonna’s team clapped back with a “she does NOT lip-sync” statement, and pop fans were suddenly forced to pick sides like it was Civil War: Diva Edition.
Then came GagaGate in 2012 — remember that? Madonna called Lady Gaga “reductive” over their suspiciously similar songs, and Elton, ever the protective pop papa, said that’s when things really went downhill.
Elton’s husband David Furnish even got spicy online after Madonna beat Elton at the Golden Globes, calling her acceptance speech “embarrassing in its narcissism.” (Which, honestly, is peak award show energy. Where’s the lie?)
But through it all — the shade, the interviews, the award show face-offs — they’ve finally emerged… reborn. Reconciled. Possibly ready to drop a duet that will shatter the space-time continuum.
So, rest in peace to one of pop culture’s most sparkly, passive-aggressive feuds. The hatchet has been buried. The hug has been hugged. And somewhere, a remix of “Like a Rocket Man” is being quietly produced.
Stay tuned. The collab album is probably called “Forgive & Slay.”
