Lady Gaga took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song for A Star Is Born’s “Shallow” at last night’s Oscars, and nobody appears to be more happy for her than… Madonna?
Wait… what?!
In case you need a refresher: An intense rivalry between the two started back in 2011, when Gaga was accused of ripping off the instrumentals from Madonna’s song “Express Yourself” in her career-defining hit “Born This Way.” Madonna responded by calling Gaga’s record “reductive”.
Then in 2016, Gaga took a swipe at Madonna, saying: “Madonna and I are very different. I wouldn’t make that comparison at all … I play a lot of instruments. I write all my own music. I spend hours and hours a day in the studio. I’m a producer. I’m a writer. What I do is different.”
Well, last night, the singers appeared to finally put their differences aside when they were photographed together at the pop icon’s annual Oscar’s afterparty.
Or did they?
In the photo, which was shared on Instagram by TIME magazine, Madonna, dressed in a billowing silk robe and diamond veil, cradles Gaga, sporting a dark spray tan and an elegant black dress, atop a blanket of white paper. In Gaga’s hand: the well-deserved Oscar.
Another way of looking at it: In the photo, Madonna, dressed in a billowing silk robe and diamond veil, holds Gaga, sporting a dark spray tan and an elegant black dress, in a headlock. In Gaga’s hand: the coveted award Madonna could never get herself.
What do you think? It this a friendly embrace between two contemporaries, or is Madonna getting ready to snap Gaga’s neck? Vote in the poll below.
QueerTruth
Madonna just didn’t want all the press razzing her that Gaga has taken every award Madonna wanted her whole career…
ModeI
I think It’s a headlock.
JessPH
I just hope that this closeness is sincere.
@HarryB
We all hope
Mad Fan 89
“Could Never Get Herself” ?
Excuse Me?
Esscourt
Madonna looks like Queen of Sheebah.
bonbon
Madonna desperate for attention as usual.
@_6ft4inches_
No better words spoken, courtesy of nicki minaj chun-li “OH NOW SHE TRYNA BE FRIENDS LIKE I FORGOT”.
o.codone
Madonna is DONE. Stop posing girl and move over. And NO, I don’t wanna see your cheeks again. Never gain. Never ever.
Crystix
That moment write before Mommy Dearest snaps yo neck for being everything she always wanted and could never be.
TMW88
Madge may not have gotten the Oscar for *writing* the Best Song, but two songs on which she was the sole vocalist won Best Song at the Oscars. “Sooner or Later” in 1990 and “You Must Love Me” in 1996. Major congrats to Gaga, though!
Sun
This!
Felecia
First, the Rainbow Masses worshipped Judy Garland; then the next generation loved Liza Minelli – yes, I know that she is Judy’s daughter-….Barbara Streisand had the loyal crowd following her for awhile…until Cher stole the show and became an LGBT icon for yet another generation. Here came Madonna, hot on the trail of her own unusual break-out fame…and now the title of Rainbow Diva is being passed down to her natural successor, the talented Lady Gaga. All of these ladies were or are waaay beyond simple stardom; they stepped into the ruby slippers and claimed Oz, lol…Gaga and Ms. M are no doubt going to be great friends…both have smashed the What is Acceptable glass ceiling of censorship, not a small endeavor, and have more in common than what most people assume…primarily the adoration and respect from the LGBT communities that they support and speak up for. The photo is done ‘tongue-in-cheek’, it appears; I see no malice, just one performer having a bit of fun with the inevitable, lol….and the crown is handed off yet again, leaving me to wonder who in the world is out there right now…honing her skills to someday snatch the title from La Ga. We’ll see, lol…..
jcoberkrom
Poor Madonna. She’s a has been that probably never would have been without music videos.
Let’s face it she’s just not that great a singer.
Stephanie, on the other hand, has a great voice and she knows how to use it.
QueerTruth
She’s not a has been. She’s a legendary entertainer who is 60 years old.
Big difference.
Bob LaBlah
What Lady Gaga did was take the chapter from Madonna’s handbook on how to pump the gay community for all its worth all the way to the Oscars. When I saw the headline here the other day that said she (Lady Gaga) was bi I knew I was right but for some reason my comment was not allowed. The same exact words mind you but the comment wasn’t allowed.
Invader7
Miss Ciccone wants Miss Gaga out of the spotlight. She’s pissed Stephanie is grabbing the attention now. It comes full circle ,Madge.
Jack Meoff
Madonna once again leaching off the popularity of others to stay in the spotlight. She’s been doing it for years now.
Sun
Madonna won an Oscar for Best Original Song (You Must Love Me in Evita) in 1996.
You don’t know your queer history and you should do better.