Madonna is breaking her silence on that disastrous MTV Video Music Awards tribute to Aretha Franklin.
And then they asked me to share any anecdotes I had in my career connected to Aretha Franklin!
I shared a part of my journey and thanked Aretha for inspiring me along the way.
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I did not intend to do a tribute to her!
That would be impossible in 2 minutes with all the noise and tinsel of an award show.
I could never do her justice in this context or environment.
Unfortunately, most people have short attention spans, and are so quick to judge.
I Love [winner Camila Cabello]!
I LOVE my dress!
I love-L O V E!!
and there is nothing anyone can say or do that will change that.
It was a ludicrous moment that kept going and going.
Surely there are a thousand better ways to honor Aretha Franklin.
And yet somehow this moment was the first to feel definable VMA-ish.
At long last, we hadliterally no ideawhat was going to happen next.
